OR/CA Border to Horse Mountain (KMZ)
June 1 – September 3
- Open seven days per week
- Minimum size limit: 20 inches total length
- Klamath Control Zone* (KCZ) closed in August
- Additional closures around mouth of Klamath, Smith & Eel rivers
Horse Mountain to Point Arena (Shelter Cove and Fort Bragg)
June 17 – October 31
- Open seven days per week
- Minimum size limit: 20 inches total length
Point Arena to Pigeon Point (San Francisco)
June 17 – October 31
- Open seven days per week
- Minimum size limit: 20 inches total length
Pigeon Point to U.S./Mexico Border (Monterey and South)
April 7 – July 2
- Open seven days per week
- Minimum size limit: 24 inches total length
General Sport Regulations
- Daily bag limit: 2 salmon of any species except Coho.
- Possession limit: No more than two daily bag limits may be possessed when on land. On a vessel in ocean waters, no person shall possess or bring ashore more than one daily bag limit.
- 2018 Sport Ocean Salmon Season Flyer (PDF)
*Klamath Control Zone: The ocean area at the Klamath River mouth bounded on the north by 41°38’48” N. lat. (approximately 6 nautical miles north of the Klamath River mouth); on the west, by 124°23’00” W. long. (approximately 12 nautical miles off shore); and on the south, by 41°26’48” N. lat. (approximately 6 nautical miles south of the Klamath River mouth).
