Canada Fishing Info

Print | E-Mail | | Digg it | del. The California Fish and Game Commission today rejected a proposal for an immediate two-month ban on fishing along the lower American River. Three of the four commissioners at the meeting voted unanimously to accept the recommendation of state scientists, who said the ban is not the way to ward of poaching or preserve the steelhead trout population. A Northern California branch of the Federation of Fly Fishers had asked to ban fishing from Nimbus Dam to the Sacramento River because low river levels make the fish more susceptible to “snagging. Water levels are expected to rise and the bulk of the season is over, according to state Department of Fish and Game, which recommended against the ban. read more

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