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Northern Fishery to Remain Closed until Jan. 15 Due to Inability to Complete Industry-Sponsored Crab Quality Testing   The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will open the commercial Dungeness crab fishery from the Sonoma/Mendocino county line to the U.S./Mexico border

Sam checked in with a new report from Topaz Lake. He was fishing on Friday the 13th and got out in the morning before the wind picked up. It was a nice day, with 7 fish landed, the largest weighing

Finally getting some snow in Tahoe It's stacked up for mid-December. Not much down here in Hirschdale, but we usually don't get too much anyways.  Flows are still great on the Truckee River, and the Winter fly fishing is good. Good all

The lake has yet to really slow down and this week we are seeing days on par with the most epic November we’ve seen. This fishery will certainly be one to benefit from a storm pushing through, and the low pressure

The Truckee has fished very well this week, with quite a few days where we lost count of the fish caught and landed multiple fish in the 20” range. The key to the river this time of year is fishing during

Hello fellow anglers. A very Merry Fishmas to you all. I would like to say thank you to all that sent  well wishes while I was detoured for a short while. I am looking forward to a winter season of

Pyramid is still fishing solid, with decent numbers of fish already cruising the shorelines. Indicator nymphing with Balanced Leeches and midges has been especially successful, as has stripping Popcorn Beetles, Midnight Cowboys, or Pyramid Minnows. Numerous large fish have already

It's gametime anglers! Lower Owens River is down to a perfect flow, days are nice, and trout are biting! The last week has seen the river come down to prime shape and fish are eagerly responding to properly presented flies.

At Prosser Creek Reservoir, anglers won’t find much of a bite here. Currently, the water levels at Prosser Creek Reservoir are at 33% capacity.

At Stampede Reservoir, the bite is also slow with most fish moving to deep waters. Stampede Reservoir is currently at 70% capacity.

At Boca Reservoir, there is a good shore bite off the dam on the east end of the lake. Boca reservoir is currently at 25% capacity.

CDFW releases 270,000 fall-run Chinook salmon into Fall Creek, the first yearling hatchery salmon release following historic dam removal  Media Note: Download photos, video and interviews involving CDFW’s salmon work in the Klamath Basin here.  The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW)