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Welcome to our newly formatted newsletter! We hope that you enjoy our offerings, and feel free to email us your feedback at r2fishinginthecity@wildlife.ca.gov.
JEDI Outdoors
Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
JEDI Outdoors is a recurring section in our newsletter that features people, groups, and organizations in the North Central Region and beyond that are committed to diversity and inclusion in the outdoors.
Learn more about CDFW’s commitment to JEDI here!
Do you know of a local organization that is focused on inclusion in the outdoors? Let us know!
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Outside Voices
Using our Outside Voices to redefine outdoorsy. Our stories, our relationships to nature.
Outside Voices Podcast shares personal stories about our relationships with nature and the outdoors. Every month, we’re using our Outside Voices to celebrate and amplify Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), people with disabilities, LGBTQIA+ folks, and others who redefine outdoorsy.
We all have a connection to the earth, perhaps severed by colonization, enslavement, assimilation and racism. Outside Voices is about unlearning everything we were told about “the Great Outdoors” and instead, reconnecting to ancestral knowledge and finding healing in relationship with nature.
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Fishing in the City
Free "Learn to Fish" Clinics
Fishing in the City hosts free "Learn to Fish" clinics for youth ages 5-15 at local Sacramento parks. We teach new anglers everything they need to know - casting, knot tying, ecology and more!
Next Clinic - July 6th
Join us at Howe Community Park from 8am - noon for a morning of fishing! Pre-registration required, click the link below to sign up.
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Nimbus Fish Hatchery
Public Hatchery Tour - June 8th
Explore the Nimbus Fish Hatchery and neighboring American River through our free, family-friendly guided tours. Hosted at 11am on the second Saturday of each month!
Tot Time - June 23rd
Join us for nature-themed stories and fun arts and crafts on the third Sunday of each month at 11am. For children ages 2-7 years, with parent or guardian supervision.
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Say Cheese!
FIC is so proud of all the kids with UCP that learned, practiced, and caught fish with us recently!
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Ask the Donfather
You have questions? We have answers!
One of our fish and wildlife experts is Don Paganelli, also known as "The Donfather." Don has been an outdoor enthusiast for as long as he can remember and has operated his own fishing guide business for over 20 years.
Question:
I'm planning a bass fishing trip up a small river. Honestly, I didn't even know bass would be in rivers until my friend told me. I've only fished for them in lakes and ponds. What should we do differently for these "river bass"?
Answer:
Your friend is correct, bass certainly live in rivers, especially smallmouth. You may even find you have the bass population to yourself, as other people often overlook rivers as good bass waters. Success will still be dependent on addressing the usual variables of season, temperature, turbidity, etc. However, be aware of the following:
- Cast upstream and work your lures back towards you. Fish will be oriented to look upstream for food passing by.
- Bass will be on structure, as usual, but especially look for any obstruction that breaks the current and provides slower water (tree roots, fallen trees, branches hanging into the water, any sunken structure like stumps or rock piles, docks and other man-made structures). When in sections that don't have visible structure, read the river for eddies (they are formed because a large underwater object is obstructing the current).
- Don't forget about slower water being created by river bends, points, side channels, flats, as well as the side opposite the main channel when it cuts hard against one side.
- Lure choices will be highly dependent on water current speed, but don't leave home without an assortment of spinner baits, jigs, top waters, and soft plastics on a drop-shot rig or if need be, a weedless rig.
Got a question for the Donfather? Email interpretiveservices@wildlife.ca.gov. Your question may be featured in our next newsletter!
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Creature Feature
Let's learn about our local wildlife!
California's Invasive Species Week takes place in June and accordingly, this month's feature is "invasive species"! Invasives are non-natives that cause ecological and/or economic harm, often due to a lack of competition or predators. We focused on zebra and quagga mussels, nutria, and yellow starthistle to show the variety of forms of invasive species and the wide-ranging harm they can cause to native species.
Check out this month's display at the Nimbus Fish Hatchery to learn more!
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Try This!
Check out some of our favorite outdoor activities, recipes, and crafts to try at home.
Nova Scotia Fish Cakes Recipe
Finicky fish eaters in your family? Looking to liven up that boring tilapia? Maybe you want to catch the shad that are currently running in local rivers?
Whatever your reason, try these craveable, crunchy fish cakes by Judith Sanders and Joan Nathan of cooking.nytimes.com. With nearly universal appeal, it's no surprise this recipe has a 5-star rating. Using any flaky, white fish, this simple but delicious recipe will delight!
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Upcoming Events
Local Family-Friendly Educational Events!
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Are You Batty for Bats?
Did you know that a huge colony of migratory bats live under the Yolo Causeway during the summer? Join Yolo Basin Foundation for a summertime Bat Talk and Tour to learn all about these amazing and beneficial mammals.
Following a presentation on bat natural history, where you will have the opportunity to see live ambassador bats up close, the group will carpool out to the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area for a brief tour of the wetlands and rice fields.
Bat Talk and Tour events begin late-June and run through September.
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CDFW News
Updates from Fish and Wildlife
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Salmon Fisheries Closed
The California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously to close in-river salmon sport fishing in the Klamath River Basin and Central Valley rivers for the second consecutive year. This is due to low abundance of adults that resulted from the prior years of drought they were born in.
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California’s 500th Heritage Trout Challenge
The California Fish and Game Commission and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) have recognized Scott Lyons, an El Dorado County resident, retired educator and lifelong angler, with having completed California’s 500th Heritage Trout Challenge.
In reaching the Heritage Trout Challenge milestone, Lyons, 57, caught six of 11 qualifying native California trout species within their historic watersheds. They were the California golden trout, the McCloud River redband trout, a steelhead from the Trinity River, a coastal cutthroat trout, a Goose Lake redband trout and a Lahontan cutthroat trout.
The Commission established the Heritage Trout Challenge in 2004 to promote the ecological and aesthetic values of California’s native trout species and their historic habitats, build support for native trout restoration efforts, and encourage anglers to explore new waters and experience California’s diverse fishing opportunities.
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Get Involved!
Want to volunteer with us? We are always seeking support for our education programs. Click the link below to apply.
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This program receives Federal financial assistance from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, or disability.
If you believe that you have been discriminated against in any program, activity, or facility, or if you need more information, please write to:
Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Civil Rights U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C St NW, Washington, DC 20240.
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