If we had more help with persuading our idiot Governor that DFG needs more Wardens (not fewer as he's trying to do) and with the Water4Fish campaign to restore our fisheries, we probably wouldn't be in this kind of situation.....

Due to low flows in the American, which is the direct result of the excessive pumping of water south of the Delta last summer and fall, The state Fish and Game Commission is set to consider a two-month fishing ban on the lower American River. If approved at the commission's February meeting, it would mark the first such ban along that stretch of river in years.

The ban would interrupt steelhead trout season in full swing along one of the region's most popular fishing spots

The Northern California Council, a branch of the national Federation of Fly Fishers, is asking for the ban during February and March, saying the unusually low river levels increase the opportunity for "snagging." Snaggers illegally catch fish by dragging a line through the water until a fish gets hooked, often on its body.

Read more here..

http://www.sacbee.com/fishing_huntin...ry/661086.html

Mike