PITTSBURG − Striped bass fishing has been outstanding on the west bank of the Sacramento River below Rio Vista for live bait drifters and spoon enthusiasts, while sturgeon fishing has been superb ...

On July 9, 1983, Joey Pallotta of Crockett, California caught the world record white sturgeon weighing 468 pounds while fishing from his boat in San Pablo Bay in Contra Costa County. His epic catch ...

A female sturgeon captured by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is tagged to document movement in the San Joaquin River Basin. April 17, 2024 (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service via Bay City News) After over 100 ...

Killed by algae blooms and dwindling from dams and droughts, the largest freshwater fish in North America is at risk in California. Now, wildlife officials have taken the first major step toward ...

The sturgeon is an ancient and iconic species of fish. Long and bony, with a body covered in armored plates known as scutes, the sturgeon has been called a “living fossil” with evolutionary roots ...

After over 100 million years of existence, the white sturgeon may be fading from the San Francisco Bay estuary. On June 19, the California Fish and Game Commission approved white sturgeon as a ...

By Laurel Neme Following up on a tip to the state’s poaching hotline, game wardens in California rushed to a popular fishing spot, Clifton Court Forebay, in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

Most days, researcher Stefan Tucker, with trawls, trammel nets, trot lines and even electrofishing gear, is on his boat looking for sturgeon in the Rock River. The nearly 300-mile waterway winds ...

Killed by algae blooms and dwindling from dams and droughts, the largest freshwater fish in North America is at risk in California. Today, wildlife officials took the first major step toward ...

Details of a 2022 poaching bust involving three anglers and five oversized sturgeon recently came to light in a press release from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. As a result of the ...