The river's salmon make up as much as 50% of coastal California's commercial catch.

CLEMENTS − A record high number of over 23,000 fall-run Chinook salmon have returned to the Mokelumne River, a tributary of the San Joaquin River, while the second lowest number of Sacramento River ...

The East Bay Municipal Utility District reported this week that more than 10,500 Chinook salmon have returned to the Mokelumne River to spawn during the 2025 fall run. The agency said the returns ...

LODI -- More fall-run Chinook salmon are returning to spawn in the Mokelumne River this year than in any year since 1940, when wildlife officials first began tracking the population, according to the ...

For the second year in a row, a record-breaking number of Chinook Salmon have returned to the Mokelumne River — the 95-mile waterway that runs through Northern California — to spawn, signaling hope ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 2—LODI — Lodi Fire Department responded to Lodi Lake at about 11 a.m. Friday to rescue two people clinging to an overturned ...

CLEMENTS -- Down on the Mokelumne River one man is hoping to go fishing. As CBS13 is filming a story, he notices the closed gates and turns around in disappointment. From Stillman Magee Park to the ...

CLEMENTS − A new record for the number of steelhead returning to the Mokelumne River has been set this year. A total of 1,749 steelhead, including 968 adults and 781 fish under 18 inches, have come ...

The Mokelumne River, a 95-mile waterway that supplies a majority of drinking water to the East Bay, earned its name because of the abundance of salmon in its waters. Local legend has it that, many ...