After years of having no season at all, fishermen on the West Coast are expecting a robust salmon catch. Fishery biologists are reporting a big increase in the Pacific salmon population after several lean years when populations plummeted, prompting regulators to cancel or severely restrict chinook fishing off the northern California coast.
According to the Pacific Fisheries Management Council (PFMC), the Sacramento River is projected to see 729,900 fall chinook return this year, more than…
