This is my annual reminder that many California waters will close to fishing on Friday, November 15. So if you want to fish any of them, you better hustle because you are rapidly running out of time. Those waters will not re-open until the last Saturday in April next year (April 26, 2014), and that is a long, long time to wait to wet your line.
With abundant seasonal rainfall and enough mountain snow to bury a giraffe, the Western U.S. is rapidly recovering from a years-long drought that tapped reservoirs and exhausted the region’s rivers, lakes and streams.