Chase for the king: Salmon fishermen return to Delta The Stockton Record By Alex Breitler September 3, 2010 There is a whiskered catfish, a spiny sturgeon and a gaping largemouth bass mounted on t...

White sturgeon's numbers are dwindling in the Delta Lodi News-Sentinel By Mollie Bloudoff-Indelicato August 24, 2010 The wardens carry guns, their chests bulging a bit more than normal, a telltale...

Fly fishers serving as transport for little invaders The Seattle Times By Felicity Barringer August 21, 2010 For fly fishers who pride themselves on a conservationist ethic, it hurts to discover t...

King salmon gather off Marin coast for run The San Francisco Chronicle By Tom Stienstra August 12, 2010 The "Salmon Highway" off the Marin County Coast is gaining traffic as king salmon stage for ...

Coastal salmon fishing is good-news, bad-news situation The Statesman Journal July 28, 2010 Special regulations go into effect Sunday for anglers pursuing fall Chinook salmon on coastal rivers and...

Salmon fishing to reopen on Sacramento, American... The Modesto Bee July 21, 2010 State and federal fisheries officials believe that king salmon runs returning to Sacramento Valley streams have re...

Obama to launch ocean initiative The Los Angeles Times By Jim Tankersley July 19, 2010 Reporting from Washington - President Obama on Monday is set to create a national stewardship policy for Amer...

Idaho Fish and Game panel sets fall chinook season Seattle PI July 10, 2010 The Idaho Fish and Game Commission approved a harvest season on fall chinook salmon starting Sept. 1 on the Snake River ...

The fourth is a license free fishing day Chico Enterprise Record By Steve Carson July 2, 2010 The upcoming Fourth of July holiday Sunday will feature another nice ...

Now is the time to catch Columbia shad The News Tribune By Allen Thomas June 21, 2010 Shad have been labeled as herring on steroids and the piscatorial Rodney Dangerfield. And although some angl...

Steelhead rules liberalized for Oregon rivers Oregon Live By Bill Monroe June 17, 2010 Anglers will get to keep up to three hatchery summer steelhead a day instead of two on the Willamette, Clacka...

Summer chinook run expected to be above average The Columbia Basin Bulletin June 11, 2010 Tribal and non-Indian commercial fishermen, and anglers as well, get to test the Columbia River mainstem w...

Salmon seasons announced for Northern California rivers Napa Valley Register June 11, 2010 Continuing optimism about salmon populations has led to the announcement of fishing seasons this fall on ...

Kenai River in Alaska closed for king salmon fishing The Seattle Times By Mark Yuasa June 7, 2010 Those who planned a fishing trip up to Soldotna, Alaska to fish the famed Kenai River for king sal...

Salmon fishing regulations set for Feather River... Chico ER By Steve Carson May 28, 2010 Last week's teleconference vote by the California Fish and Game Commission finally approved 2010 salmon fi...

Mixed feelings about new salmon rules The Stockton Record By Alex Breitler May 21, 2010 For the first time since 2007, anglers this year can chase fall-run Chinook salmon on three Central Valley r...

Major US fishery takes a beating after oil spill Associated Press By Alex Ogle May 13, 2010 One of the biggest victims of the huge oil spill slamming Louisiana's economy is the region's largest fi...

Go fish? News Review By Alastair Bland May 13, 2010 Last fall, the number of chinook salmon that returned to the Sacramento River was the lowest in history. Yet ocean fisherman have received the g...

Oil spill imperils Gulf Coast fishing industry Bloomberg Businessweek By Aaron Kuriloff and Jim Polson April 29, 2010 Shrimp boats headed to fishing grounds east of the Mississippi River today aft...

Salmon-fishing seasons to be adopted Friday Mail Tribune By Mark Freeman April 22, 2010 The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission is set to adopt its share of the ocean salmon-fishing seasons for sp...

Officials delay decision on salmon fishing The Sacramento Bee By Matt Weiser April 21, 2010 State wildlife officials on Wednesday delayed reopening recreational salmon fishing in Sacramento Valley...

Salmon fishing seasons set Seattle Times By Mark Yuasa April 15, 2010 The Pacific Fishery Management Council meetings ended Thursday in Portland, Ore., and the 2010-11 sport salmon fishing seasons...

$768 for every salmon caught in Puget Sound Seattle Times By Craig Welch April 10, 2010 Puget Sound's popular blackmouth fishery - made possible by a complex system of hatcheries that produce and ...

Dallas angler's first sailfish is among rarest The Dallas Morning News By Ray Sasser April 3, 2010 Dallasite Dru Guillot had good luck and bad luck during an early-March fishing trip in Guatemala....

Alaska felt-sole ban clarified American Fisheries Society April 5, 2010 After the recent article on the proposed felt-sole ban for Southeast Alaska, I heard from Dave Kumlien, executive director o...

Salmon opener a mixed bag Santa Cruz Sentinel By Alia Wilson April 3, 2010 Charter boat Capt. Gerry Brooks and four anglers were among the crowds of fishermen who took to sea from Santa Cruz harbo...

Local congressmen attend salmon summit KGO News By Mark Matthews April 1, 2010 Hundreds of angry salmon fisherman crowded into a meeting with elected officials in San Francisco on Thursday. It wa...

Fishermen weigh salmon options The World March 30, 2010 COOS BAY - Commercial and recreational fishermen are split on several options the Pacific Fishery Management Council has laid out for the up...

Recreational salmon fishing returns Saturday Santa Cruz Sentinel By Kurtis Alexander March 29, 2010 Tackle shop owner Todd Fraser has spent a long time preparing for the coming weekend. He's duste...

Nestucca River salmon issues The Oregonian By Bill Monroe March 28, 2010 The recent public meeting about options for fall salmon fishing on the Nehalem River and Bay was a barnburner, but state of...

High hopes for coastal lingcod fishery The Seattle Times By Mark Yuasa March 13, 2010 The coastal lingcod fishery reopened Saturday, and anglers are dusting off their gear in anticipation of what ...

Bassmaster Elite Series opens in California Los Angeles Times March 11, 2010 Top Bassmaster anglers will be visiting California for the first two stops of the Bassmaster Elite Series, featuring to...

Salmon fishery doubtful for 2010 Granite Bay Press Tribune By George deVilbiss March 9, 2010 For a couple of years now, there has been no offshore salmon fishery for any recreational, sport angler...

Fishermen rally in Washington for the right to fish Fish News EU February 25, 2010 A ‘UNITED WE FISH' rally at Capitol Hill in Washington drew a crowd of several thousand brought together by the...

Feds: Calif. returning chinook salmon a record low San Francisco Chronicle By Jason Dearen February 12, 2010 Members of the public will have a chance to voice their views on what is expected to be...

Recreational fishing in federal waters Honolulu Advertiser By Christie Wilson February 3, 2010 Many of the estimated 192,000 Hawai'i residents who fish in federal waters for food or sport are requ...

Jumbo squid ink-jet their way to Newport Beach The Los Angeles Times By Amina Khan February 2, 2010 Braedon Flynn got the text Friday from his friend Ryan Lawlor: Jumbo squid had invaded the water...

White marlin look-alike raises questions The News Journal By Molly Murry January 14, 2010 In 2007 and 2008, anglers in the Ocean City White Marlin Open --called "the largest billfish tournament in...

Winter steelhead returning in large numbers The Daily Astorian By Cassandra Profita January 14, 2010 A thick run of early winter steelhead will be swimming back to hatcheries on six North Coast ri...

Sturgeon fishing tactics in Oregon City challenged The Oregonian By Bill Monroe January 11, 2010 Consternation is in the creel again as anglers take another close look at how sturgeon are handled ...

New law makes salt-water fishermen register with U.S. By Candus Thomson Baltimore Sun reporter December 31, 2009 OCEAN CITY - In the most sweeping change for Maryland anglers in 25 years, tens of ...

Next decade key for recreational fishery New York Post By Ken Moran January 1, 2010 This next decade will be extremely important for saltwater anglers and the industry should be heard in Washingto...