OROVILLE — The Department of Water Resources announced Monday its fish monitoring station at the Feather River Fish Hatchery, installed July 2023 about 6.5 miles from the hatchery, has helped reduce ...

As the salmon fishing closure continues on California’s ocean waters and rivers, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced that it has completed the release of approximately 23 ...

OROVILLE — From car shows to hatchery tours, the 2025 Oroville Salmon Festival was in full swing Saturday in Downtown Oroville and the Feather River Fish Hatchery. The festival, which began in 1997, ...

There hasn’t been much change at Lake Sonoma, where the water remains stained from early January rains. The Redwood Empire Bass Club is holding a tournament here on Feb. 18. The action should be ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Wednesday it has completed its release of approximately 23 million fall-run Chinook salmon raised in Central Valley fish hatcheries. The 23 ...

Salmon spawning at the Feather River Fish Hatchery in Oroville is in full swing and hatchery staff are seeing numbers of adult fall Chinooks twice of those received to date last season. "We have ...

*The Feather River Fish Hatchery released smaller juvenile fall-run Chinook salmon earlier in the spring than the typical smolt releases to diversify hatchery release strategies as well as the timing ...

This past fall has seen another good run of steelhead on the Feather River. Without a salmon season again this year, many anglers focused on the steelhead run through the fall. To ensure a staging ...

RANCHO CORDOVA — The steelhead season opened Jan. 1 in sections of the American, Mokelumne and Feather rivers that were closed during the salmon spawning season. Anglers found tough fishing for adult ...