After a two-year hiatus, the recreational ocean salmon fishery will reopen statewide for two days on June 7-8, 2025.

Salmon anglers, grab your gear! After two years of closure, the recreational ocean salmon fishery will open statewide for two ...

The fall fishery will have a separate 7,500 Chinook salmon harvest guideline and will open in regions like San Francisco and ...

The coho fishing should stay open much later. Ocean salmon anglers are required to use barbless hooks when fishing for salmon in the ocean. The minimum size for Chinook is 22 inches. For coho the ...

Anglers are advised to check the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's Ocean Salmon Fishery Information page for ...

On Friday, May 16, 2025, the National Marine Fisheries Service published the annual West Coast salmon fishing regulations for federal waters, including those for California’s limited ocean ...

After Two Years of Closure, California Recreational Ocean Salmon Fishery Will Open Statewide For Two Days on June 7-8, 2025 ...

Respecting fish’s lateral lines needs to be part of the salmon recovery discussion. However, more studies are not needed to ...

If the harvest guideline is not met in the first opener, the season will reopen for additional days in July and August until ...

Coho salmon are returning in record numbers and spreading into parts of the Upper Willamette Basin they’ve never historically been seen. After a record number of the ocean-going fish entered the ...

On Sunday, volunteers released Coho salmon from the net pen at the Edmonds Fishing Pier. The Puget Sound Anglers (PSA) ...

Coho spark spring fishing bonanzas in southernmost Lake Michigan, action that moves from port to port northward until, in ...