Legislative Updates!

AB 2787, the Fishing Tackle Ban Study Bill, will be heard tomorrow, May 16th in the Assembly Appropriations Committee. The good news is the bill was amended from an outright ban of fishing weights/sinkers 50 grams or less, to a bill that will “study” the potential impacts of lead on California wildlife. AB 2787 has not yet earned our support because the study, as defined by the author, is overly broad and could be contracted out to an anti-fishing organization, instead of an objective government agency.

AB 1337, a bill that would require Fish and Game Commission meetings to be broadcasted live, was vetoed by Governor Jerry Brown on May 14th. This bill was intended to shed light on how fishing regulations are considered and adopted. This veto is a setback for government transparency.

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How Can a Salmon Release Anger Nor California Anglers?

"Members of the Nor-Cal Guides & Sportsmens Association were justifiably angry this week when 1 million baby salmon became largely fish food.

In the aftermath of the Lake Oroville spillway disaster, the fishing guides helped convince the state Department of Water Resources to donate money to help raise 2 million hatchery salmon. The juvenile fish were released in late April and early May. Flows in the Feather River were so low that the fish were trucked over to the Sacramento River. Then guides circulated a video online showing large, voracious striped bass roiling the surface of the river as they fed on the baby salmon in the low, clear water.

The guides group says the juvenile salmon should have been released in late winter when the water is high, or at least releases from Lake Oroville should have been cranked up to help flush the baby salmon downriver," writes the Oroville Mercury News.

One million Chinook salmon were released into the Sacramento River Wednesday. Smolts bred in the Feather River Fish Hatchery were old enough to be released into...

Additional sections of the California coast will open up to recreational ocean salmon fishing in June, reports the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Click below for information on size limits, regulations, etc...

Additional sections of the California coast will open up to recreational ocean salmon fishing in June. In the Klamath Management Zone, which is the area between the Oregon/California state line and…

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