fishing news from the rivers edge

WDFW shut the Satsop from the mouth to Bingham Creek Hatchery dam, including CRC 329A, Sept. 16–30 after enforcement saw anglers targeting salmon before the Oct. 1 opener. Low flows made Chinook more vulnerable; the close preserves October coho impacts.

TPWD’s Sept. 14 release: a red tide bloom reported off Galveston since Sept. 8 is being sampled from Crystal Beach to Bolivar Roads and along southern Galveston Island. Cells are moderate to high; the kill is mostly Gulf menhaden and striped mullet.

Pacifica’s three-day (26 anglers) returned Sept. 16 with 58 yellowfin, 66 dorado, and 2 blue marlin. Same-day Seaforth dock: San Diego 131 yellowfin, New Seaforth half-days on local bonito and calico, Aztec 25 yellowfin plus 24 yellowtail and 2 striped marlin.

NOAA Fisheries published recalibrated recreational effort and catch estimates back to 1981 under an improved Fishing Effort Survey. The new numbers are systematically lower. Catch limits and seasons do not change until stock assessments use the data, starting late 2026.

Nebraska Game and Parks’ Sept. 17 release: hatcheries are putting 12-inch rainbow trout into ponds and lakes statewide, starting the week of Sept. 21 on East Branch Verdigre Creek and swinging through urban waters in October.

Yellow Dog’s Sept. 16 Missouri River report via Montana Outdoor: mornings are the main event around Craig, nymphs are leading, ants and hoppers still work, Callibaetis is in the mix, and jumbo October caddis is starting on low, weedy, steady flows.

NorCal Fish Reports dock totals for Sept. 16 show continued Bay Chinook: California Dawn II 11/17 kings to 24 lb, Right Hook 6/8, Outer Limits 19/17, Lovely Martha 9/18 to 25 lb. Emeryville’s Diamond and Here We Go added a quieter salmon day.

A Sept. 11, 2026 CDFW director declaration under Fish and Game Code 5523 bars commercial and recreational take of northern anchovy for human consumption from south of Pigeon Point to a line due west of Point Lobos after OEHHA and CDPH found elevated domoic acid.

Emergency Order 1-CO-D-29-26 shut sport fishing for coho in Bear Cove near Medvejie Hatchery and in Deep Inlet from Sept. 15 through Oct. 31 after ADF&G had collected zero of the 2,250 coho needed for broodstock.

Wyoming Game and Fish lifted multiple voluntary catch-and-release fishing closures around the state effective immediately Sept. 15 after cooler weather dropped stream temperatures — not every heat restriction is gone.

Oceanside Sea Center’s 2:30 p.m. Sept. 15 dock total: three boats, 42 anglers, 260 yellowfin tuna, plus skipjack, dorado, and a yellowtail mix on the half-day.

Active NorCal’s Sept. 15 recap of a CalTrout-led Scientific Reports study: more than 20,000 Chinook have pushed past the old dam sites, reoccupying close to 90 percent of historic range in two seasons.

Fish City’s H&M Landing sheet through Sept. 16: Excalibur’s 2.5-day (20 anglers) came back with 145 yellowfin, 80 dorado, 7 yellowtail, and a striped marlin. Legend posted a 3-day the same date. Dock-day totals: 310 yellowfin and 148 dorado on two reported trips.

Wyoming Game and Fish lifted the voluntary afternoon fishing closures on the North Platte below Lusby PAA and on Deer Creek through Deer Creek PAA, effective immediately Sept. 14, after cooler nights brought trout water back into a safer range.

Humptulips North Bay (Marine Area 2–2) stays one salmon a day through Sept. 15; East Grays Harbor opens Sept. 16–Nov. 30 at two salmon, all Chinook released, on a 165,215-coho basin forecast.

Seaforth’s 2:30 p.m. Sept. 15 update: Polaris Supreme 93 dorado on a three-day, Tribute overnight 82 yellowfin, and San Diego’s full day 127 yellowfin on flyline bait and small sniper jigs.

New York DEC will not open the Salmon River’s lower fly section on Sept. 15. The quarter-mile stretch from the Route 52 bridge in Altmar up to the hatchery boundary stays closed until enough Chinook eggs are taken; water below Route 52 and the upper fly area remain open.

NOAA Fisheries awarded $103 million for 16 habitat-restoration projects after nearly 350 proposals sought $1.5 billion — 17 times the money on the table — spanning salmon passage, marsh, coral, and Great Lakes work.

Ron Powers’ Sept. 10 On The Water report: Capt. Andy into big pollock on Jeffreys Ledge high spots, Piscataqua stripers on squid and herring fry, and southern Maine beach bass from Fortune’s Rocks to Scarborough when seas settle.

Michigan and Ohio managers put Lake Erie’s age-2-and-older walleye near 57 million this year, with catch rates still above the 1980s golden age, while yellow perch harvest is cut 20–40% by basin.

530 Outfitters’ Sept. 9 Lower Sac report says the river fished great around 7,000 cfs, with quality trout on small flies and 5X after a cold spell, and salmon rolling through town — no redds yet.

ADF&G’s Sept. 14 Bristol Bay sport report: Togiak River coho good to excellent through mid-to-late September, Wood River coho fair to good, and resident rainbow, Arctic char, and grayling still great to excellent on flesh and eggs.

Dean Bortz in Outdoor News (Sept. 11): after DNR budget cuts threatened to dump Bayfield’s spring-hatched browns as 2–3 inch fingerlings in October, Friends of Wisconsin Fisheries paid to overwinter more than 120,000 Lake Superior browns at St. Croix Falls.

WDFW opens Chinook and coho retention on the lower Yakima Sept. 15–Oct. 31 from the Highway 240 bridge in Richland to the Grant Avenue Bridge in Prosser — one adult a day, barbless, night closure.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2026–27 station-specific final rule opens or expands hunting and sport fishing at 111 field stations (107 refuges and 4 hatcheries) across 32 states — about 1,488 opportunities, including first-time access at 14 refuges and 3 hatcheries. It also rescinds delayed non-lead ammo/tackle rules that were set for Sept. 1 at nine refuges.

ORN/GoErie coverage dated Sept. 12 says steelhead are starting at the mouths of Elk Creek and Walnut Creek after rains, with numbers still modest. In July PFBC approved three new Walnut Creek fishing easements.

ODFW’s weekly trout schedule for Sept. 14–18 lists 3,600 legals at North Fork Reservoir, 3,000 at Foster, and thousands more across the Klamath lakes, Clackamas ponds, and Tillamook-area trophy plants. Dates can slip — check the Recreation Report.

ODFW and NMFS closed recreational coho retention from Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain at 11:59 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12. The stretch stays open for Chinook (24-inch minimum) two a day through Oct. 31.

NJDEP Fish & Wildlife’s 2026 fall trout schedule begins Tuesday, Oct. 13, for about two weeks: ~29,000 two-year-old rainbows 14–16 inches plus up to 1,000 broodstock. Low water shifts fish off parts of the Big Flat Brook, Black River, Rockaway, and Wallkill.

Michigan DNR’s Sept. 14 Northeast report: a few walleye and Chinook out of Alpena, very good lake trout 80–120 feet at Rockport, and salmon staging off Swan Bay in low, inconsistent numbers.

Idaho Fish and Game’s Sept. 1 Clearwater Region sheet lists more than 6,500 catchable 10- to 12-inch rainbow trout for September, including 3,000 at Winchester Lake and 480 at Fenn Pond.

Chad Burton and Chris Borden’s SoCal Fish Reports filing for the week of Sept. 11: Castaic still full pool, 75–80°F, good-to-excellent clarity. Striper boils have faded, but shoreline chases and surface largemouth/smallmouth remain the morning program.

CDFW closed adult fall-run Chinook on the main-stem Klamath from the Highway 96 Bridge at Weitchpec to the Pacific at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, after the lower-river quota filled. Jacks 23 inches and under stay open; adults must be released.

Denis Peirce’s Sept. 11 Union column says Sacramento and Feather salmon are on decent flows, Eagle Lake cooled enough to pull trout to the surface, and Almanor’s September topwater bass bite has started after a 10-degree drop.

The Sept. 11 Northern Kenai sport report says Kenai River coho are still producing limits early and late. Quartz Creek above the Sterling Highway Bridge closes to all sport fishing Sept. 15–Oct. 31; Hidden Lake closes Sept. 15–Nov. 30. The two-coho EO stays through Nov. 30.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Yak-A-Bass with a two-day Type A black bass permit on Lake Berryessa Oct. 24–25 — separate from the club’s mid-September Clear Lake Type A already on the desk.

Wyoming Game and Fish lifted the voluntary C&R closure on the Green between Fontenelle and Flaming Gorge on Sept. 10 after cooler weather dropped water temperatures — 70°F is still the stop-releasing line.

A Sept. 9 Press Times column says spawn-minded Chinook will hit Green Bay and Lake Michigan tributaries in the coming weeks — and shore casters should be curing fresh skein now from Algoma, Kewaunee, Marinette, and Sturgeon Bay cleaning stations.

Columbia salmon managers, noticed Sept. 9, raised the Buoy 10 recreational hatchery coho bag to three fish starting Sept. 12 through October — Chinook stay closed from the mouth buoy to the west end of Puget Island.

The Fly Rod Shop’s Sept. 10, 2026 river report says fishing improved on low, clear water — 60–68°F on the big rivers, ISO hatches on cool days, and a overnight bump that made small tributaries worth a brook-trout look.

Utah DWR’s 2026 stocking table shows early-September catchable rainbows at Scofield, Navajo Lake, and community ponds, plus a large Sept. 3 cutbow plant at Fish Lake.

DWR set inaugural Fall Free Fishing Days for Sept. 25–27, 2026 — no recreational rod-and-reel license in fresh or salt water, and designated stocked trout waters open without a trout license.

Capt. David Dillman’s Sept. 11 Galveston Daily News Reel Report says speckled trout and redfish are chewing from Freeport reefs to the Matagorda surf, with gigging flounder still good ahead of the first cool front.

Guide Matt Heron’s Sept. 6 Truckee report says temps dropped into the high 50s, dry-fly action is thin in the summer-to-fall gap, and streamers plus hopper-droppers and nymphs are carrying the day.

Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s trout-stocking report, updated Sept. 7, lists early-September plants on Tellico River and Tims Ford tailwater, with more trucks still on the 2026 calendar through late September.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Temecula Valley Bass Anglers with a one-day Type B black bass permit on Diamond Valley Lake on Sept. 19 — a week after American Bass’s Type A weekend on the same water.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows TBF/Student Angler Federation with a one-day Type A black bass permit on Lake Oroville on Oct. 4 — the same weekend Two Birds Fishing’s Clear Lake catfish card already on the desk.

A Sept. 10 Bay Area week report puts 8- to 20-pound halibut on Berkeley-to-Marin flats and stripers feeding on anchovies and shad around Carquinez and the South Bay bridges.

Mission Bay’s Seaforth dock on Sept. 11 leaned yellowfin on the longer trips while New Seaforth half-days stacked bonito, barracuda, and calicos — Highliner alone weighed 150 yellowfin on a two-day.

DRG’s Aug. 31 Missouri River report flagged Sept. 1 as the end of the no-minimum-length window on Lakes Francis Case and Sharpe, while GFP’s September meeting left inland muskellunge catch-and-release.

SCDNR’s weekly trout summary for Sept. 4–10 lists 2,184 trout stocked, including the North, Middle, and South Saluda rivers on Sept. 10 after a Big Eastatoee plant on Sept. 4.

On The Water’s Sept. 10 Rhode Island report says stripers remain consistent but not yet on a fall topwater run, false albacore have arrived, and tautog plus cooler-pond largemouth are the next turn.

PFBC’s 2026 Fishing Summary and September/October Angler & Boater put the extended trout season on designated stocked trout waters from Sept. 8 through Dec. 31 — three trout, seven-inch minimum.

ODWC’s Sept. 4 Lower Illinois warden report (printed Sept. 9) called rainbows slow in 74°F, low-oxygen water, while the agency’s stocking pause from a flooded Arkansas federal hatchery is still the September update.

Cleveland Metroparks’ Sept. 3, 2026 fishing report logged the first steelhead of the fall around Cleveland — one at the Rocky River boat ramps, another upstream at the Nature Center ford — with numbers still not target-worthy.

On The Water’s Sept. 10 upstate New York report says staging Lake Ontario Chinook are still chewing, while a cancelled Labor Day whitewater release kept the Salmon River low and spread early kings through the system.

NDOW’s Sept. 1, 2026 water reports say fall rainbow stocking has started again at Baily Fishing Pond, and Cave Lake’s completed spring plant stands at 21,169 rainbows averaging 8.9 inches.

The Albuquerque Journal’s Sept. 10 Fishing Line says Conchas Lake walleye were very good on a bottom-bouncer and crawler, while trout reports ran from slow at Eagle Nest to very good on the Animas and the Pecos.

NJ Fish & Wildlife’s 2026 Marine Digest keeps black sea bass at one fish, 12.5 inches, through Sept. 22, then 10 fish from Sept. 23 through Oct. 31 — the mid-month turn anglers have been waiting on.

NH Fish and Game’s 2026 seasons put landlocked salmon and lake trout harvest through Sept. 30 — then salmon are off the table, lake-trout/salmon lakes bar trolling Oct. 1–Dec. 31, and ice-only rules return in January.

The Sept. 8 Keith County outdoor report — citing Nebraska Game and Parks — says catfish remain the reliable bite on Lake McConaughy, trout are still in the Ogallala system, and Big Mac is sitting at 3,201.3 feet after years of drought.

Mike Peluso’s Sept. 9 News Dakota report says Lake Sakakawea walleyes are in their annual September funk — cover water with crankbaits — while Garrison Dam is slated to drop to 13,000 cfs mid-month.

NC DMF set the 2026 recreational flounder season at Sept. 1–14 in coastal, joint, and inland waters — one fish, 15 inches, hook-and-line or gig, with mandatory harvest reporting.

Fish, Wildlife & Parks lifted afternoon fishing bans on parts of the Madison and Beaverhead in early September 2026, while drought closures and remaining 2 p.m.–midnight hoot-owl stretches stay on the live restriction page.

Minnesota DNR took comments through Sept. 11 on adding and dropping trout-stream and stream-trout-lake designations across about 125 miles in 11 counties — Lanesboro proposing 72 new stream miles.

MDMR reopened private and state for-hire red snapper Sept. 4–7 at two fish, 16 inches, then Friday–Sunday only until the private ACL is projected met — Tails n’ Scales and an MS-ROLP required.

SoCal Fish Reports’ Sept. 11 Central Coast counts show Morro Bay’s Avenger, Endeavor, and Starfire stacking rockfish, bocaccio, and reds, with Endeavor and Starfire adding lingcod on half- and three-quarter-day trips.

Lilleys’ Landing’s Sept. 1, 2026 Taneycomo report says August generation and a 53°F tailwater put rainbows back on the pink worm, while operators inject liquid oxygen to hold dissolved oxygen above 4 ppm.

Michigan’s Natural Resources Commission enacted Fisheries Orders 254 and 205 on Sept. 9, effective Sept. 10 — clarifying inland-lake trout and salmon possession and aligning Menominee River lake sturgeon rules with Wisconsin.

MDIFW’s September 2026 regional report says cooling lakes are opening trout and salmon again, while rivers, streams, and brooks stay artificial lures or flies only through Sept. 30 with a one-salmon, one-brook-trout bag.

Maryland DNR’s 2026 striped bass maps put the Bay and tidal rivers closed to all targeting in August, then open Sept. 1–Dec. 5 at one fish, 19–24 inches, with the same circle-hook bait rules.

On The Water’s Sept. 3 Massachusetts report says Buzzards Bay tautog are so thick boats are limiting, then finishing the day on schoolie striper blitzes from the bay through the Westport River.

Kenny Priest’s Sept. 10 North Coast report says lower Klamath salmon fishing opened up hard with adults and jacks mixed, flows dropping from 4,000+ to about 3,300 cfs and looking excellent through the weekend.

Cope’s Tackle’s Sept. 11 Success report says heat kept pressure and bass lethargic at about 18% capacity — early/late work around submerged trees was the best bet, with night catfish biting liver and cut bait.

Cope’s Tackle’s Sept. 11 Kaweah report says some anglers are catching and releasing more than 10 bass a session at 12% capacity, with morning topwater giving way to finesse plastics deeper.

LDWF reopened private and state-charter red snapper Sept. 4–7 after LA Creel showed 35,109 pounds left of the 882,439-pound 2026 allocation — then shut it until further notice.

KDFWR’s September 2026 monthly trout sheet lists 5,250 fish on Sept. 16 (Paintsville tailwater plus four streams) and 900 more on Sept. 24 at Roundstone and Otter Creek — Cumberland tailwater dates stay unannounced.

KDWP’s last biologist sheet, updated Aug. 17 and still the live September page, rates white bass and wipers good to excellent on several federal reservoirs while walleye stay slow-to-fair in warm, low water.

Indiana DNR’s Aug. 27 Lake Michigan report — still the live sheet into September — says a few early Chinook are in Trail Creek, Little Calumet, and Salt Creek, but warm water and low flows are holding the real push.

Cope’s Sept. 11 Kern report says Sections 5 and 6 were due for trout plants this week, while Lower Kern bass stay strong through the canyon on Ned rigs and drop-shots with flows near 174/628 cfs.

Outdoor News posted its Sept. 11 Illinois statewide fishing report with the lede that early-fall crappie action looks positive on most lakes. A Sept. 2 piece from the same desk still ranks Evergreen Lake’s saugeye and muskies first.

Idaho Fish and Game’s 2026 fall Chinook season (Aug. 18–Nov. 1) opened the North Fork Clearwater on Sept. 1 — three adults a day, only one unclipped — on a projected 26,000-fish return to Lower Granite.

The Iowa DNR fishing report for the week of Sept. 10 says all trout-stream stocking is back on after the summer heat pause, with freshly stocked rainbows rated excellent in Northeast Iowa.

San Diego Fish Reports dock totals for Sept. 11 show H&M’s overnight and multi-day boats loading yellowfin while Excalibur and Little G kept bluefin and dorado in the mix — 302 yellowfin and 99 bluefin across the landing.

The Georgia Wildlife Blog’s Sept. 4, 2026 statewide report says August heat still left bass and catfish chewing in rivers and PFAs, with a Labor Day-week trout plant on North Georgia streams including Taliaferro Creek.

FWC opened the 2026 Gulf private-recreational red snapper fall season daily Sept. 1–Oct. 4, and reopened snook harvest Sept. 1 in all east-coast and most west-coast management regions.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Delta Bass Club with a one-day Type A black bass permit on the Delta (Contra Costa County) on Oct. 3 — a mid-fall tidal-water card.

DNREC’s Sept. 3, 2026 fishing report says heavy rain muddied inshore water, but spot and croaker still carried the bays while ocean structure and the Old Grounds produced flounder and black sea bass.

The District Department of Energy and Environment will run a learn-to-fish morning at Diamond Teague Park on Saturday, Sept. 26, with staff-provided gear, bait, and instruction on the tidal Anacostia.

On The Water’s Sept. 10 Connecticut report says false albacore arrived in numbers to the east and bonito are as close as The Race, while DEEP tautog stays closed until the Oct. 10–Nov. 28 window.

Crystal Fly Shop’s Sept. 2, 2026 report says CPW has a full-day voluntary closure from Highway 133 mile marker 64 to the Roaring Fork, while 30-plus miles of upper Crystal are low, clear, and on hoppers.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Camp Pendleton Bass Anglers with a one-day Type B black bass permit on Diamond Valley Lake on Sept. 19 — same Saturday as Temecula Valley Bass Anglers’ Type B card.

CDFW’s September calendar lists a Fishing in the City event at Brannan Island State Recreation Area on Sept. 26 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for youth and licensed adults learning Delta bank and pier fishing.

AGFC’s Sept. 10 weekly fishing report keeps repeating the Feb. 1 emergency trout limits on the White, Norfork, Beaver, and Greers Ferry tailwaters — two fish, with the 14-inch release rule still in force.

AZGFD’s community fishing schedule keeps Phoenix, Tucson, Safford, Gila Bend, and Yuma ponds off the truck from June 25 through Sept. 15 because of extreme heat — mid-September is when those lower-elevation plants start again.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows American Bass with a one-day Type A black bass permit on Diamond Valley Lake on Oct. 25 — after the club’s Sept. 12–13 Type A weekend already posted.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows All American Bass Club with a one-day Type B black bass permit on Don Pedro Reservoir on Sept. 19 — the middle day of the BAM Don Pedro Pro-Am Type A already on the desk.

Great Days Outdoors’ Sept. 4–10 Alabama saltwater show recapped the Saltwater Fanatics Inshore Championship slam — including a 22-inch, 4.65-pound flounder — while Outdoor Alabama still lists private red snapper open seven days a week against a 664,552-pound quota.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Westside Anglers with a one-day Type B black bass permit on Lake Oroville on Sept. 26 — the same Saturday BANC is Type A at Berryessa and Cen Cal Elite is Type A on the Delta.

The Fly Shop’s Sept. 10 Upper Sacramento report says temps near the lake are just below 65°F, with small dark nymphs the daytime play above Dunsmuir.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Two Birds Fishing with a two-day Type D catfish permit on Clear Lake (Lake County) Oct. 3–4 — the same weekend Anglers Press Outdoors holds a Type A bass card on that water.

Seaforth Sportfishing’s multi-day boats came home with bluefin limits while yellowfin stayed thick offshore — 218 bluefin across the dock totals for Sept. 10.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Red Bluff Bass Anglers with a one-day Type B black bass permit on Shasta Lake on Sept. 20 — the Sunday of Yak-A-Bass’s Clear Lake Type A and the BAM Don Pedro Pro-Am.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Paradise Bass Club with a one-day Type B black bass permit on Lake Oroville on Sept. 12 — the Saturday before Folsom Bass Team’s mid-month card.

Bass Angler Magazine’s Sept. 6 Clear Lake guide says temperature and hitch activity decide whether you start on north flats with swim jigs or south rock with football jigs.

Oxnard’s Channel Islands Sportfishing fleet put up a strong midweek yellowtail and kelp-bass day, with Speed Twin, Aloha Spirit, and Island Tak leading the counts.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Battle Born Bass Nation with a two-day Type B black bass permit on Lake Oroville Oct. 10–11 — the same weekend Clear Lake stacks Best Bass Type A plus two Type B club cards.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Bass Angler Inc. with a two-day Type C black bass permit on Shasta Lake Sept. 12–13 — immediate release after weigh or measure, no centralized livewell weigh-in.

ADF&G’s preliminary Blue Sheet statewide total is about 87.4 million salmon so far in 2026, led by pink and sockeye, with figures still updating and subject to change.

BDOutdoors’ Sept. 4 SoCal Bight report says bluefin are back and biting at Cortez Bank, yellowtail are still along the coast, and offshore action is hot around the Channel Islands.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Shasta Cascade Bass Anglers with a two-day Type A black bass permit on Shasta Lake Oct. 24–25 — the same Saturday as American Bass’s one-day Type A at Clear Lake.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Kern County Bassmasters with a one-day Type A black bass permit on Lopez Lake on Sept. 19 — a Central Coast mid-month bass card.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Gilroy Bassmasters with a two-day Type B black bass permit on Clear Lake (Lake County) Sept. 19–20 — same weekend as Yak-A-Bass Type A on the same water.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Folsom Bass Team with a one-day Type B black bass permit on Lake Oroville on Sept. 19 — a foothill club card the Saturday before the Bass Reapers weekend.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Folsom Bass Team with a two-day Type B black bass permit on Lake Oroville Oct. 17–18 — a separate card from their Sept. 19 one-day Type B already posted.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Fairfield-Suisun Bass Reapers with a two-day Type B black bass permit on Lake Oroville Sept. 20–21 — the day after Folsom Bass Team’s one-day card.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Fairfield-Suisun Bass Reapers with a two-day Type B black bass permit on Clear Lake (Lake County) Oct. 10–11 — beside Best Bass Type A and All American Bass Club Type B.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Delta Bass Club with a one-day Type B black bass permit on the Delta (Contra Costa County) on Sept. 19 — same day and water as Bay Area Bassbusters.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Cen Cal Elite Bass Tournaments with a two-day Type A black bass permit on the Delta (Sacramento County) Sept. 26–27 — same Saturday as BANC’s Berryessa Type A.

Catchable trout plants listed for the week of Sept. 13–19 include Kern River sections 5 and 6 plus Convict Creek and Rock Creek sections in Mono County — dates can slide with roads and weather.

After the Sept. 4–8 block closed, CDFW’s fall commercial schedule lists the next open window south of 38°02′ N. for Sept. 11–15 under the shared 20,000-Chinook fall harvest limit.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Best Bass Tournaments with a two-day Type A black bass permit on Clear Lake (Lake County) Oct. 10–11 — after Anglers Press Outdoors and before BANC’s mid-month Type A.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Bay Area Bassbusters with a one-day Type B black bass permit on the Delta (Contra Costa County) on Sept. 19 — a mid-month club card on tidal water.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Bass Angler Inc. with a three-day Type A black bass permit on Don Pedro Reservoir Oct. 16–18 — a month after the BAM Don Pedro Pro-Am already on the desk.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Basin Bassmaster Loomis with a one-day Type B black bass permit on Clear Lake (Lake County) on Sept. 26 — the same Saturday as BANC at Berryessa and Cen Cal Elite on the Delta.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Bass Anglers of Northern California with a two-day Type A black bass permit on Clear Lake (Lake County) Oct. 17–18 — the third straight Type A Saturday on that water.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows American Bass with a three-day Type A black bass permit on Shasta Lake Sept. 25–27 — the same weekend as their Clear Lake Type A card.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows American Bass with a one-day Type A black bass permit on Clear Lake (Lake County) on Oct. 24 — a separate card from the club’s Sept. 25–27 Type A already posted.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows All American Bass Club with a two-day Type B black bass permit on Clear Lake (Lake County) Oct. 10–11 — same weekend as Best Bass Tournaments Type A and the Bass Reapers Type B.

CDFW’s approved fishing-contest list shows Yak-A-Bass with a three-day Type A black bass permit on Clear Lake (Lake County) Sept. 18–20 — the same busy weekend as the BAM Don Pedro Pro-Am.

CDFW’s recreational groundfish summary: in the Southern Management Area (Point Conception to Mexico), boat-based rockfish, lingcod, and other RCG take stays prohibited seaward of the 50-fathom RCA line through Sept. 30.

NMFS and the states, noticed Sept. 3, cut the Cape Falcon–Humbug Mountain September recreational non-mark-selective coho quota by 1,800 fish to 25,700 after the summer mark-selective coho fishery overran.

NMFS and the states, noticed Sept. 8, cut the Cape Falcon–Humbug Mountain ocean commercial troll weekly coho landing limit to 50 fish per vessel effective 12:01 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 10 — about half the coho quota still left.

A Sept. 3 Federal Register correction restores the omitted “all salmon except coho, two salmon per day” bag limit for the Monterey recreational ocean salmon area and clarifies San Francisco-area wording.

NMFS and the states reopened the Cape Falcon–Leadbetter Point ocean recreational salmon fishery for five days of marked coho; that window ends at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026 — Chinook retention stays off.

CDFW’s approved fishing-contest list shows Catfish Bash with a one-day Type D catfish permit on Clear Lake (Lake County) on Sept. 12 — the same weekend as Bob’s Marine Type A bass event.

Catchable trout plants for the week of Sept. 6–12 include Kings River below Pine Flat, Bishop Creek, Owens River stretches, Lee Vining Creek, West Walker sections, and Jackson Meadows Reservoir — dates can slide with weather and roads.

CDFW’s Southern ocean regs and lobster page confirm recreational spiny lobster closed since March 19 reopens Friday, Oct. 2, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. — report card required, seven-bug bag, 3¼-inch carapace minimum.

CDFW’s September calendar says the Oroville hatchery fish ladder opens Sept. 15, with salmon spawning starting the following week through about mid-November — public tours and the Oroville Salmon Festival follow later in the month.

CDFW’s fall commercial ocean salmon schedule lists Sept. 4–8 as an open block south of 38°02′ N. — that window closes at the end of Tuesday, Sept. 8, with the next block Sept. 11–15 under a 20,000-Chinook harvest limit.

Bass Angler Magazine’s Lake Don Pedro Pro-Am runs Sept. 18–20 out of Fleming Meadows. Late fees kicked in Sept. 8; registration closes Sept. 14, with off-limits the 14th–15th and practice the 16th–17th.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Bob’s Marine with a two-day Type A black bass permit on Clear Lake (Lake County) Sept. 12–13 — amateur-only, with Friday check-in at Konocti Vista Marina.

CDFW’s approved contest board shows Best Bass Tournament with a two-day Type A black bass permit on the Delta (Contra Costa County) Sept. 12–13 — the same weekend Bob’s Marine and Catfish Bash hit Clear Lake.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Bass Anglers of Northern California with a one-day Type A black bass permit on Lake Berryessa on Sept. 26 — another mid-month NorCal bass card.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows Anglers Press Outdoors with a two-day Type A black bass permit on Clear Lake (Lake County) Oct. 3–4 — right after American Bass’s late-September card.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows American Bass with a two-day Type A black bass permit on Diamond Valley Lake Sept. 12–13 — SoCal’s big mid-month bass card.

CDFW’s approved contest list shows American Bass with a three-day Type A black bass permit on Clear Lake (Lake County) Sept. 25–27 — right after the Yak-A-Bass and Bob’s Marine weekends.

On Aug. 28 the Board of Land and Natural Resources rejected DAR’s proposal to reopen commercial aquarium fish collection in West Hawaiʻi. September coverage confirms the statewide halt stays in force while staff rewrite the rules.

At the Pacific Islands Forum in Palau, the State Department said it intends to put $17 million into laws, officer training, and monitoring against IUU fishing.

CDFW’s Sept. 1 ocean-regs update: white sturgeon are closed July 1–Sept. 30, 2026. Green sturgeon may not be taken or lifted from the water at any time.

CDFW’s Sept. 1 update: recreational ocean salmon is open from near Point Reyes to the Mexican border, with a 20,000-Chinook fall guideline that can shut the days early.

Effective noon Alaska time Sept. 1, NOAA Fisheries prohibited directed Pacific cod fishing by hook-and-line catcher vessels 50 feet or longer in the Central Gulf of Alaska to protect that sector’s 2026 TAC.

ADF&G emergency order 2-SS-1-49-26 keeps the Kenai River bag and possession limit for coho 16 inches or longer at two fish from Sept. 1 through Nov. 30.

The 83,000-Chinook summer harvest limit is in. Commercial ocean salmon is closed. San Francisco recreational spring/summer ended Aug. 23.

NOAA opened Gulf greater amberjack to recreational harvest Sept. 1 through Oct. 13 — 43 days, up from 26 last year — then closes the stock, which is still listed as overfished.

Alaska Fish and Game shut both early- and late-run Kenai king sport fisheries, including catch-and-release, to protect a weak return.