If Fish Could TalkFishing Conservation
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California Free Fishing Day in August
Have you ever felt the excitement of watching your bobber suddenly jiggle, then dive out of sight? Or feeling the tap-tap-tap of a bass as it tastes the worm on the end of your line? Or having a salmon practically tear the rod out of your hands as it smashes your lure? What's that? You say you never learned to fish?
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Restoration Campaign at Klamath River
Over the past year, Trout Unlimited's long involvement in the campaign to restore the Klamath River and its salmon and steelhead runs paid dividends as this three-pronged effort passed several major milestones.
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A vigilant watercraft inspector prevented the introduction of zebra mussels
This incident is an example of the great collaboration between the counties and the DNR inspector training program.
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Crappie Angler Strikes Gold
The sun may have cooked away any rainbows over Lake Columbia on Saturday, July 27, but local angler David Allen Sisson certainly found the proverbial pot of gold when he netted a fish few in the fishing world have ever heard of.
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Project Permit Reaches Milestone of 150 Tagged Fish
BTT scientists are able to track the movement patterns of tagged fish for up to five years, providing important information on habitat use and spawning locations.
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A hatchery program to restore white sturgeon
A hatchery program to restore white sturgeon above Grand Coulee Dam some 15 years ago was initially so successful that agencies are now turning to anglers to remove some of the offspring the program first produced.
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California Department of Fish and Wildlife selected the 2019 Wildlife Officer of the Year
CDFW Honors Wildlife Officer of the Year The California Department of Fish and Wildlife Law Enforcement Division has selected Warden Anastasia Norris as the 2019 Wildlife Officer of the Year.
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Number of Fish Stocks at Sustainable Levels Remains Near Record High
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released the Status of U.S. Fisheries Annual Report to Congress, which details the status of 479 federally-managed stocks or stock complexes in the U.S. to identify which stocks are subject to overfishing, are overfished, or are rebuilt to sustainable levels.
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190 trophy-sized fish caught this summer
Anglers across Wyoming are catching trophy-sized fish, and lots of them. These fishermen and women have submitted more than 190 applications with photos, lengths and catch locations to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Master Angler program. The new program launched in June to inspire people to fish more.
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Striper Overfishing Meeting
Captain Chris Dollar The Atlantic striped bass (rockfish) population is in trouble. Avid Bay anglers have noticed the warning signs of smaller and fewer fish over the last few seasons, and the trouble was confirmed in November when fisheries biologists and analysts reported that the population has fallen below the sustainable threshold and overfishing has been occurring, perhaps for nearly a decade, which makes Thursday’s Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) meeting so important. Representatives from 15 coastal states will discuss and vote on a course of action to mitigate overfishing and chart a course to rebuild the stock.
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Keep an Eye Out for a Reward Tag on Sturgeon in California
Every year, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) scientists rely on help from California anglers in order to monitor and manage our White Sturgeon population.
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California reef, likely the world’s largest, is getting bigger
The project will more than double the size of what is already likely the world’s largest man-made reef, expanding it from 174 acres to 384 acres.
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Firearms, Poaching and Trash Discovered by CDFW on Marijuana Grow at Protected Ecological Reserve
Black Market Marijuana Grow Eradicated in Sacramento County Firearms, Poaching and Trash Discovered at Protected Ecological Reserve
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Sawfish Update
Because the U.S. is one of only a few bright spots for sawfish in the world, proactively sharing lessons from our research and conservation successes can be key to inspiring other countries to take meaningful action and bring their populations back from the brink.
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Tide Strategies for Columbia River
With a combined run of nearly a million chinook and coho salmon returning to the Columbia River mouth this August and September: forecast by state agencies to include 340,000 chinook and 600,000 coho,
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Invasive Species Threatening Lake Tahoe
The lake faces many environmental challenges, and scientists at the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) in Incline Village, Nevada, have discovered an invasive species that is affecting the lake's clarity.
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Catching Kokanee
Kokanee mature between three to five years old and achieve sizes of three to five pounds.
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