My Salmon Fishing Experience

In the past I have fished for salmon off of the Point Reyes Peninsula. Back in the day the salmon were plentiful and within a few hours everyone on the boat would have caught his/her limits. (Limits for sport fishing were two 24’’ or larger fish per person per day.) The salmon often are found farther out in the earlier summer when the cool nutrient-rich water is off shore, during the l
ater months of the summer and into the fall, the salmon could be caught right off the beach where they fed. In the last couple of years people have been catching fewer and fewer salmon. This is due to a dramatic decrease in salmon populations, which has resulted in a ban on salmon fishing for the 2008 season.