California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1 - Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game › Subdivision 1 - Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles › Chapter 3 - Trout, Salmon and Special Regulations › Article 2 - District General Regulations › Section 7.00 - District General Regulations

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Unless otherwise provided, waters shown as open to
						hatchery trout and hatchery steelhead fishing in subsections (a) through (g)
						below are open to fishing for other species. Gear restrictions listed in this
						section apply to the take of all species of fish unless otherwise noted. Every
						body of water listed in subsections (a) through (g) is closed to all fishing,
						except during the open season as shown. Unless otherwise provided, waters
						closed to hatchery trout and hatchery steelhead fishing are closed to fishing
						for all other species, except that these closures do not apply to fishing for
						amphibians (see Section
						5.05), freshwater clams (see
						Section 5.20), crayfish (see Section
						5.35), and lamprey (see Section
						5.40), using legal fishing methods
						other than hook-and-line fishing, and saltwater clams, crabs, ghost shrimp, and
						blue mud shrimp (see Ocean Regulations Booklet Sections
						29.20 to
						29.87). Crabs may only be taken
						using hoop nets or by hand, and Dungeness crab may only be taken within the
						North Coast District and Sonoma and Mendocino Counties.
Daily bag and possession limits, unless otherwise
						provided, mean the total number of hatchery trout and hatchery steelhead.
						Unless otherwise provided, no more than one daily bag limit may be possessed.
						Coho (silver) Salmon may not be taken in any of the waters of the State.
						Incidentally hooked Coho (silver) Salmon must be immediately released unharmed
						to the waters where they are hooked. In waters where the bag limit for hatchery
						trout and hatchery steelhead is zero, fish for which the bag limit is zero must
						be released unharmed and should not be removed from the water.
These waters may also be subject to restrictions on
						fishing methods and gear (Sections
						2.00 through
						2.45), fishing hours (Section
						3.00), and the use of bait
						(Sections 4.00 through
						4.30).
(a) North Coast District
District/Water
Open
								Season and Special Restrictions
Daily Bag
								and Possession Limit
(1) Anadromous waters of the Klamath and Trinity
								River systems, and those entering the ocean south of Humboldt Bay, which are
								not listed in the Special Regulations.
Closed to all fishing all
								year.
(2) All anadromous waters tributary to Humboldt
								Bay, and north of Humboldt Bay, except those of the Klamath and Trinity River
								systems and those listed by name in the Special Regulations.
Fourth
								Sat. in May through Oct. 31. Only artificial lures with barbless hooks may be
								used.
2 hatchery trout or hatchery steelhead*. 4 hatchery trout or
								hatchery steelhead* in possession. Closed to the take of salmon.
(b) Sierra District
District/Water
Open
								Season and Special Restrictions
Daily Bag
								and Possession Limit
(1) All rivers and associated tributaries above
								Lake Shasta.
Closed to the take of salmon.
(2) Anadromous waters of Tehama and Shasta Cos.
								not listed in Section
								7.40, Special Regulations). (See
								subsection (b)(80) of Section
								7.40 regarding the Sacramento
								River.)
Last Sat. in Apr. through Nov. 15. Only artificial lures with
								barbless hooks may be used.
2 hatchery trout or hatchery steelhead*. 4
								hatchery trout or hatchery steelhead* in possession. Closed to the take of
								salmon.
(c) North Central District
District/Water
Open
								Season and Special Restrictions
Daily Bag
								and Possession Limit
(1) All streams except those listed by name in
								Section 7.40, Special
								Regulations.
Closed to all fishing all year.
(2) The tidewaters of all streams except those
								listed by name in Section
								7.40, Special Regulations. Note:
								Some waters within this district are tide waters under regulations for the
								ocean and San Francisco Bay District (see sections
								1.53 and
								27.00).
Closed to all
								fishing all year.
(d) Valley District
District/Water
Open
								Season and Special Restrictions
Daily Bag
								and Possession Limit
(1) All anadromous waters except those listed by
								name in Section
								7.40, Special Regulations (See
								definition of anadromous waters, Section
								1.04).
All year.
2
								hatchery trout or hatchery steelhead*. 4 hatchery trout or hatchery steelhead*
								in possession. Closed to the take of salmon.
(e) South Central District
District/Water
Open
								Season and Special Restrictions
Daily Bag
								and Possession Limit
(1) That portion of any stream west of any Highway
								1 bridge except those listed by name in Section
								7.40, Special
								Regulations.
Dec. 1 through Mar. 7, but only on Sat., Sun., Wed., legal
								holidays and opening and closing days. Only barbless hooks may be
								used.
2 hatchery trout or hatchery steelhead*. 4 hatchery trout or
								hatchery steelhead* in possession. Closed to the take of salmon.
(2) All anadromous streams and portions of streams
								except those listed in subsection (e)(1) above or by name in Section
								7.40, Special
								Regulations.
Closed to all fishing all year.
(f) Southern District
District/Water
Open
								Season and Special Restrictions
Daily Bag
								and Possession Limit
(1) All anadromous waters except those listed by
								name in Section
								7.40, Special Regulations (See
								definition of anadromous waters, Section
								1.04).
Closed to all
								fishing all year.
* Hatchery trout or steelhead have a
								healed adipose fin clip (adipose fin is absent). Unless otherwise provided, all
								other trout and steelhead must be immediately released. Wild trout or steelhead
								are those not showing a healed adipose fin clip (adipose fin present).
1.
						Repealer and new section filed 3-1-90; operative 3-1-90 (Register 90, No. 10).
						For prior history, see Register 89, No. 46.
2. New subsections
						(a)(4) and (b)(7) filed 3-12-92; operative 3-12-92 (Register 92, No.
						20).
3. New subsections (a)(5) and (c)(4) and amendment of
						subsections (a)(1)-(3), (b)(2)-(4) and (c)(1)-(3) filed 3-7-94; operative
						3-7-94 pursuant to Fish and Game Code section
						202 and
						215
						(Register 94, No. 10).
4. Amendment of first paragraph, subsections
						(b)(7) and (f) and new subsections (f)(1)-(5) filed 2-9-96; operative 2-9-96
						pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
						202 and
						205
						(Register 96, No. 6).
5. Editorial correction of subsection (b)(3)
						(Register 97, No. 26).
6. Amendment of subsections (a)(5), (b)(7),
						(c)(4) and (e)(2), new subsection (f)(2), subsection renumbering, amendment of
						newly designated subsection (f)(3), and amendment of NOTE filed 2-5-98;
						operative 3-1-98 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
						202 and
						215
						(Register 98, No. 6).
7. Amendment of subsections (a)(1) and (a)(3),
						repealer of subsection (a)(5), amendment of subsections (c)(2)-(3), repealer of
						subsection (c)(4) and amendment of NOTE filed 2-11-98 as an emergency;
						operative 2-11-98 (Register 98, No. 7). A Certificate of Compliance must be
						transmitted to OAL by 6-11-98 or emergency language will be repealed by
						operation of law on the following day.
8. Editorial correction
						restoring inadvertently deleted subsections (b)-(b)(7)(B) and correcting
						subsection (c)(3) and HISTORY 7 (Register 98, No. 11).
9. Amendment
						of subsections (a)(1) and (a)(3), repealer of subsection (a)(5), amendment of
						subsections (c)(2)-(3), repealer of subsection (c)(4) and amendment of NOTE
						refiled 3-13-98 as an emergency; operative 3-13-98 (Register 98, No. 11). A
						Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-13-98 or emergency
						language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
						day.
10. New subsection (a)(3), subsection renumbering, and
						amendment of newly designated subsection (a)(4) filed 5-15-98 as an emergency;
						operative 5-15-98 (Register 98, No. 20). A Certificate of Compliance must be
						transmitted to OAL by 9-14-98 or emergency language will be repealed by
						operation of law on the following day.
11. Certificate of Compliance
						as to 3-13-98 and 5-15-98 orders, including additional amendment of first
						paragraph and subsections (a)(3), (a)(4), (d)(2), (d)(3), (e)(2) and (f)(6),
						transmitted to OAL 7-7-98 and filed 8-11-98 (Register 98, No.
						33).
12. Repealer and new subsection (a)(3), new subsections (a)(4)
						and (b)(5), subsection renumbering, amendment of newly designated subsection
						(b)(7), and amendment of subsections (e)(2) and (e)(4) filed 2-18-2000;
						operative 3-1-2000 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
						202 and
						215
						(Register 2000, No. 7).
13. Amendment of first paragraph and
						subsections (b)(1) and (b)(3), new subsection (b)(4) and subsection renumbering
						filed 1-10-2002; operative 1-1-2002 pursuant to Fish and Game Code sections
						202 and
						215
						(Register 2002, No. 2).
14. Amendment of first paragraph filed
						6-19-2003; operative 7-19-2003 (Register 2003, No. 25).
15.
						Amendment of subsection (b)(1), repealer of former subsection (b)(3),
						subsection renumbering, amendment of newly designated subsection (b)(3) and
						subsections (e)(2) and (f)(2)-(5) and repealer of subsection (f)(6) filed
						2-24-2004; operative 3-1-2004 pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4
						(Register 2004, No. 9).
16. Amendment of subsection (b)(5), new
						subsection (b)(6), subsection renumbering, amendment of newly designated
						subsection (b)(8) and subsections (c)(3) and (f)(5) filed 2-28-2007; operative
						2-28-2007 pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4
						(Register 2007, No. 9).
17. Amendment of subsections (b)(1) and
						(d)(2) filed 5-26-2009; operative 5-26-2009 pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4
						(Register 2009, No. 22).
18. Amendment of first paragraph, new third
						paragraph, repealer of subsection (b)(6), subsection renumbering and amendment
						of newly designated subsection (b)(6) filed 2-9-2010; operative 3-1-2010
						pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4
						(Register 2010, No. 7).
19. Amendment of subsection (b)(1) filed
						6-16-2011; operative 6-16-2011 pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4
						(Register 2011, No. 24).
20. Amendment of first paragraph filed
						1-9-2012; operative 2-8-2012 (Register 2012, No. 2).
21. Repealer of
						subsection (a)(1), subsection renumbering, amendment of newly designated
						subsection (a)(3) and subsections (b)(1) and (b)(4), renumbering of former
						subsection (b)(10) to subsection (b)(8) and amendment of subsections (d)(2) and
						(e)(2)-(3) filed 12-27-2012; operative 1-1-2013 pursuant to Government Code
						section
						11343.4
						(Register 2012, No. 52).
22. Amendment of subsection (e)(2) filed
						2-19-2014 as an emergency; operative 2-19-2014 (Register 2014, No. 8). A
						Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 8-18-2014 or emergency
						language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
						day.
23. Reinstatement of section as it existed prior to 2-19-2014
						emergency amendment by operation of Government Code section
						11346.1(f)
						(Register 2014, No. 34).
24. Amendment of first and second
						paragraphs filed 2-29-2016; operative 3-2-2016 pursuant to Government Code
						section
						11343.4(b)(4)(A)
						(Register 2016, No. 10).
25. Amendment of section and NOTE filed
						2-28-2017; operative 3-1-2017 pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4(b)(4)(A)
						(Register 2017, No. 9).
26. New subsection (b)(1) and subsection
						renumbering filed 2-27-2018; operative 3-1-2018 pursuant to Government Code
						section
						11343.4(b)(4)(A)
						(Register 2018, No. 9).
27. Amendment of second paragraph and NOTE
						filed 7-15-2020; operative 7-16-2020 pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4(b)(4)
						and Fish and Game Code section
						265
						(Register 2020, No. 29).
28. Amendment of section and NOTE filed
						3-1-2021; operative 3-1-2021 pursuant to Fish and Game Code section
						265
						(Register 2021, No. 10). (Filing deadline specified in Government Code section
						11349.3(a)
						extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20.)
29.
						Amendment of subsection (e)(2) and repealer of subsection (e)(3) filed
						12-6-2022; operative 12-6-2022 pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4(b)(4)(A)
						and Fish and Game Code section
						265
						(Register 2022, No. 49).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  200,
						  205,
						  265 and
						  275,
						  Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections
						  110,
						  200 and
						  205,
						  Fish and Game Code.