Golden State Salmon Association

Quick break right now.

When we come back, we'll hook up with Mike Ogney from the Golden State Salmon Association with the latest on what's going on.

It was just a big meeting yesterday and the day before.

We'll find out what's been talked about.

We won't get them back naturally.

But, Mike, we certainly appreciate everything the Golden State Salmon Association has done and you sharing with our audience.

It's always appreciated very much.

And we are relishing the salmon populations that we have right now.

He got this premio- primo spot and just went up there and was just spewing lies about how voluntary agreements were gonna just turn the whole fishery around, and it was gonna be rainbows and unicorns from here on out if we got the voluntary agreements.

And then, you know, it, it was just a, a bunch of BS, Sep, and we need to get people there, um, to be our political allies because we're pushing through very hard with the Golden State Salmon Association.

You know, you don't realize it, but we have people in Sacramento almost every week, almost every day, speaking for salmon.

We always have some issue, and when it relates to, to water, it is just a constant battle because there's so many groups and so many water districts.

It's their little, their, it's their secret little ticketing system, so be sure that you got your California boater's card as well as all the proper licensing.

Good tip.

Mike Ogney with the Golden State Salmon Association.

We appreciate you, my friend.

And, and I'm gonna, I, I want to clearly state this, this is my opinion.

This is not an, a, an official- stance of the Golden State Salmon Association or anything like that.

But we've been raising those fish in those rice fields for over 10 years now, Sep, and we haven't had any, almost zero meaningful return.

Those fish are, are all tagged.

And it's just we're the only place that trucks the vast majority of our fish to a spawn, and it's, it's, it's not a sustainable way for the population going forward.

We have to leave enough flows in there, natural flows that are cold and sufficient to get fish moving both ways, up and down.

Mike Ogney, Mike Ogney with the Golden State Salmon Association.

He's got the right idea.

Appreciate you having me on.

Golden State Salmon Association, listen to this close right here and become a big supporter.

They need your help, and we all need your help in addition to the salmon.

Thanks, Mike.

Golden State Salmon Association, a group working together.

Fishermen, charter boat captains, river guides, and people from all walks of life who care, all with a single objective, to restore and maintain California salmon for their economic, recreational, commercial, cultural, and health values.

GSSA's ongoing mission is to develop and implement policies and projects targeted to improve salmon survival rates for the benefit of all people, wildlife, and communities.