California will reopen recreational Chinook salmon fishing south of Pigeon Point from April 11, 2026, with a catch limit.

The first ocean fishing season of 2026 starts Saturday (March 14), with the opening of the bottomfish season in Marine Areas one and two.

Chris and Larissa Giffin hold a fine fall Chinook taken during last year’s Buoy Ten fishery. They were fishing with guide Matt Eleazer of Eastfork Outfitters. (Photo courtesy of Top Guides NW) Ocean ...

Open ocean salmon fishing last weekend generated quite a bit of anticipation and excitement. As expected, there were hundreds of boats fishing for kings on Monterey Bay for the “limited opening” on ...

Three ocean salmon fishing catch-quota options were set by state and federal fisheries officials, and it could mirror last summer’s good season. “Our quota range for coho encompasses last year, but it ...

MONTHS. WE’RE GOING TO PUT A LITTLE LINE ON THIS. SEE HOW THAT WORKS FOR THE LAST 48 YEARS? DEPENDS ON WITH A FOOT PEDAL UNDER THE COUNTER. DENNIS FENNER HAS OWNED AND OPERATED. THERE WE GO.

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Officials expect a wave of anglers to visit the California coastline over the weekend as the recreational ocean salmon season opens for the first time following a two-year ...

After weeks of trepidation the ocean lay down in flat, glassy calm, creating safe conditions for the flotilla of boats heading out from every port from Monterey north to Crescent City for the the ...

California commercial salmon fishing will not happen for the third year in a row. The Pacific Fishery Management Council voted to close commercial salmon season for the remainder of the year on ...

September’s coho rodeo off the central Oregon coast just got rowdy for a little longer. The preseason quota for an any-coho season, 25,000 legal-sized fish, has been boosted to 30,700. Beginning Sept.

Adult fall-run Chinook salmon congregate near the Nimbus Hatchery Fish Ladder on the American River in Sacramento County in this October 2012 file photo. (Photo by Carl Costas/California Department of ...

The 2025 commercial salmon fishing season in California will be closed for an unprecedented third year running, and sportfishing will be restricted to only a few days due to dwindling numbers of fish, ...