The First Open Season in Years Comes With a Catch For the first time since 2023, both sport and commercial salmon fishing will be legal in California waters this spring. After years of closures that ...

Recreational salmon fishing will be available in 2025. It's been three years since the last recreational salmon fishing season. Fishermen will have at least two chances to fish California's coastlines ...

Warm water and late salmon runs delayed fall fishing along the Columbia River. Backtrolling Kwikfish lures and flat-lining Wee Warts proved consistently effective. Anglers share stories that preserve ...