By V. Paul Reynolds Right now, from Lake Winnipesaukee to the Rangeley Lakes to the Fish River chain of lakes in northern ...

Fishing report compiled by California Outdoors Hall of Fame member Dave Hurley and edited by Roger George, who guides in the ...

It's been three years since local commercial fishermen were able to cast their lines off the California coast because of ...

Anglers around the Monterey Bay are enjoying our first real salmon season in years.

While trollers in Southeast Alaska catch king salmon almost year-round, mid-May marks the official start of Alaska’s salmon ...

The Oregon Salmon Commission (OSC) is an industry-funded state commodity commission under the Oregon Department of ...

California King salmon is back for the 2026 commercial fishing season, bringing one of the West Coast’s most sought-after ...

Two spawning pink salmon head upstream in shallow water in Cove Creek in Whittier on Aug. 5, 2024. Pink salmon have two-year life cycles, the shortest of all of Alaska's five salmon species, and in ...

Alaska’s statewide commercial salmon harvest this year is expected to total 125.5 million fish, less than two thirds of the total landed by commercial harvesters in 2025, according to the annual ...

Sarah Bates pulls lines to adjust a trolling mast aboard her boat, the Bounty, at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco on March 20, 2026. (Jungho Kim/CalMatters) AFTER THREE YEARS of unprecedented ...

The Pacific Fishery Management Council finalized their recommendations for 2026 ocean salmon seasons on Sunday, April 12. The adopted seasons are available at the PMFC’s website, and graphics of the ...