CDFW ANNOUNCES ANGLING CLOSURE AT THE MOUTH OF THE KLAMATH RIVER

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 28 -- The California Department of Fish and Wildlife issued the following press release:

The spit fishery at the mouth of the Klamath River will be closed to angling at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 2. Based on California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) projections of the recreational fall-run Chinook Salmon harvest, anglers will have met the "spit area" adult fall-run Chinook salmon quota of 15 percent of the total Klamath River Basin recreational allocation of fish caught below the Highway 101 bridge.

Meeting the quota triggers the closure of the spit fishery at the mouth of the Klamath River, within 100 yards of the channel through the sand spit formed at the Klamath River mouth. The spit area is downst...