2005 salmon season was a big disappointment

This year’s salmon season, which ends October 15, will be remembered as a disappointment by local fishermen, according to the County Times.  Unable to fish for the entire month of June, some fishermen saw their catch cut in half. Many blame the government’s decision to divert water from the Klamath River to potato farmers in Oregon in 2002.  The lower water levels led to higher water temperatures in the river and diseases that killed the salmon fry.