Fishing Reports News

Salmon fishing season shrinks - A virtual shutdown of ocean salmon fishing off northern California and most of Oregon made the biggest waves, but state and federal fish managers also on Friday announced sharp reductions in fishing seasons along the Washington coast to protect weak Columbia River runs.
Meeting in Sacramento, Calif., the Pacific Fishery [...]

Ohio fishing report
CENTRAL OHIO
Buckeye Lake (Fairfield, Licking and Perry counties) - Crappie fishing is heating up; try small minnows or jigs with plastic crappie-grubs around docks as early season bait. Use a jig and minnow combination in the area near the dam and around any point drop-offs for saugeye. Fingerlings saugeye (1-and-one-half inches) are stocked [...]

Minnesota Fishing Report -A few anglers were “sneaking” on the ice earlier this week, but it was not advised. The shorelines have opened and the ice that remains on area lakes is not in good shape. Open water should be very noticeable by this weekend.
ANNANDALE AREA
Ice fishing is no longer an option and open [...]

Spring chinook successis not all that bad - Spring chinook counts at Bonneville Dam may be horrible, but it appears there is a decent number of salmon in the lower Columbia based on sport catches.
For the weekend, the state found a catch rate of one spring chinook per 5.6 boaters. That compares with one [...]

Charter boat fishing impacting on stocks - Two thirds of all big game fish caught off the East Coast is being stripped of its fillets then dumped back overboard, a traditional Maori fisherman says.
Joe McClutchie was recently involved in a dispute at sea with the American skipper of a Whakatane-based vessel. The Maritime Safety Authority [...]