California Salmon Fishing 2024 Season

California Salmon Fishing 2024 Season. The pacific fishery management council (pfmc) has produced three options for ocean salmon seasons beginning may 16, 2024. The california department of fish and wildlife (cdfw) announces california recreational ocean salmon fishing season dates are now set for the remainder of 2022 and offer about the same number of open days as last year.

The prognosis for a 2024 salmon season does not look good. The pacific fishery management council today released a series of options that are under consideration, all of which either ban commercial and recreational salmon fishing in the ocean off california or shorten the season.