Fishing season hasn’t been and won’t be canceled, says Newsom

Post by **WB Staff** » Fri Apr 10, 2020 5:21 pm

California is mulling a possible delay to the start of fishing season amid concerns of potential health risks due to the coronavirus epidemic, sparking backlash among passionate anglers.

But Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday sought to quell that anxiety, emphatically saying that the upcoming fishing season hasn’t been and won’t be canceled.

“I’m passionate about fishing myself and I’m getting inundated by people that are concerned that we’ve canceled the fishing season,” the governor said at his daily COVID-19 briefing. “That is not the case, we are not canceling the fishing season in California.”

He added the state wants “to delay, not deny, the season.”

Newsom’s remarks came after a Fish and Game Commission emergency meeting had to be rescheduled due to an “overwhelming” volume of calls that caused technical glitches, according to a statement from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

The governor said a formal decision on the matter will come later as a result.

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JL · Post by JL » Fri Apr 10, 2020 5:33 pm

birdman920 · Post by **birdman920** » Fri Apr 10, 2020 5:45 pm

I have never been ! but I’ve heard the eastern Sierra trout opener ‘ is a mob scene ?....

MT · Post by MT » Fri Apr 10, 2020 8:20 pm

I'm guessing there was an email from CDFW to the Governor after that attempted meeting. "Can you please tell people we're not cancelling trout season? These people are crazy!" The Eastern Sierra gets a huge influx of anglers from NorCal and socal during the trout opener. They're a little gun-shy understandibly. That's all this meeting was ever about. Thanks to the internet it became an inevitable complete shutdown statewide. Take a breath....

Wannafishmo · Post by **Wannafishmo** » Sat Apr 11, 2020 8:14 am

This issue is understandable. As reasonable as this sounds, reality is they have already closed 95 % of fishing opportunities.

J Gondal · Post by **J Gondal** » Sat Apr 11, 2020 8:36 am

Wannafishmo wrote:This issue is understandable. As reasonable as this sounds, reality is they have already closed 95 % of fishing opportunities.

Talking about hitting the nail on the head

callwakeup · Post by **callwakeup** » Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:06 am

Let my people fish!!

WRB · Post by **WRB** » Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:12 am

"Fishing Season" = trout fishing , not the lowly bass.
Tom

JL · Post by JL » Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:54 am

WRB wrote:"Fishing Season" = trout fishing , not the lowly bass.
Tom

Nailed It ! You have to READ between the LINES. We fish year round for bass in this state. I'm thinking Tom is correct when "Fishing Season" is mentioned as the trout deal. Hope I'm wrong. Will have to wait and see what happens next week.

J Gondal · Post by **J Gondal** » Sat Apr 11, 2020 10:10 am

It’s referring to the trout opener
? NO KIDDING
As if we can not read.

So hell with the trout guys???
That just as bad. What about each is own?
The country really is divided badly.