Anglers would be allowed to triple their daily striped bass catch in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta under proposed rule changes to be discussed Tuesday in Rio Vista.
Due to extensive public interest in the proposal, the California Department of Fish and Game is moving the meeting to a larger venue. The 7 p.m. meeting will now be held at the Rio Vista & Isleton Club, 295 South 7th Street, Rio Vista.
The California Department of Fish and Game is required by the terms of a lawsuit settlement earlier this year to propose new striper fishing rules. The lawsuit was filed by the Coalition for a Sustainable Delta, a group of San Joaquin Valley farm irrigation districts that asserts nonnative stripers are harming native species, including endangered salmon and Delta smelt.
The state's proposed striped bass rule changes include: raising the daily bag limit from two to six fish; raising the possession limit from two to 12 fish; and lowering minimum size from 18 to 12 inches.
The agency also proposes to create a "hot spot" for striper fishing at Clifton Court Forebay, where stripers are known to prey heavily on smelt. Here, the daily bag limit would be 20 fish and the possession limit 40 fish.
For more information on the proposal, visit: http://bit.ly/rICwqw.
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