Every year, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) gives outdoor enthusiasts a chance to enjoy fishing without needing a sport fishing license on two special days. In 2025, these Free ...

In an effort to reel new anglers into the hobby, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife will be hosting a statewide Free Fishing Day on Aug. 30, according to CDFW. No licenses will be required ...

Fishing an alpine stream in northwestern Colorado. / Photo by Jasper Taback As the summer months approach, dreams of small stream trout fishing resurface. In most parts of the country, alpine streams ...

Obviously, we don’t wanna fish on stocks that are in bad shape. We want healthy fisheries,” Tim Klasse.n, owner of Reel Steel ...

Several months after the start of a pilot program aiming to restore salmon runs in California’s Sierra County, Chinook salmon can be found in the North Yuba River “for the first time in close to a ...

California’s embattled salmon populations continue to struggle. According to figures released on February 26 by the California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) at an Anadromous Fishes Conservation ...

In October 2024, scientists created dozens of man-made nests and deposited 300,000 Chinook salmon eggs. Now, those eggs are hatching. California Department of Fish and Wildlife Chinook salmon were ...

(FOX40.COM) — The California Department of Fish and Wildlife released 3.5 million juvenile fall-run Chinook salmon into the Sacramento River amid a struggle to boost the fish population. • Video Above ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — 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 ...

Dams were dismantled on the Klamath River last year. An Indigenous writer reflects on how the river is starting to recover.