We can spear in fresh water

I have been trying to figure this out and finally got it.

2.30. Spearfishing.
Spearfishing is permitted only in:
(a) The Colorado River District for carp, tilapia, goldfish and mullet, all year.

(b) The Valley District for carp, goldfish, western sucker, Sacramento blackfish, hardhead, Sacramento pikeminnow and lamprey, from May 1 through September 15, except that no spearfishing is permitted in:
(1) Shasta and Tehama counties (see Section 2.12).
(2) Butte Creek (Butte Co.).
(3) Feather River below Oroville Dam (Butte Co.).
(4) Designated salmon spawning areas.
(c) The Kern River from the Kern-Tulare county line upstream to the Johnsondale Bridge for carp, goldfish, western sucker, hardhead and Sacramento pikeminnow, from May 1 through September 15.
(d) See bullfrogs (Section 5.05).

6.36. Valley District Definition.
The Valley District consists of all of Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Kern, Kings, Merced, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties; Tulare County west of the west boundaries of Sequoia National Forest and Sequoia National Park; Fresno County west of the west boundaries of Sierra and Sequoia National Forests (including all of Pine Flat Lake); Madera County west of the west boundary of the Sierra National Forest; Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mariposa, Nevada, Placer and Tuolumne counties west of Highway 49 (including all of Don Pedro, McClure and New Melones lakes); that portion of Alameda County which is both east of Interstate 680 and north of Interstate 580; and all of Contra Costa County east of Interstate 680 and that portion of Contra Costa County which is both north of Highway 4 and east of Interstate 80; and all of Black Butte Lake.
Quick steps to help find fishing regulations are on page 4

There is a bunch of county and state park rules as well.  It is easer to drive to the ocean.

Go for it.

There is a bunch of county and state park rules as well.  It is easer to drive to the ocean.

Thats exactly what I was thinking also.  I was snorkeling in a local lake and the ranger came down and threatened to write me a tickect for swimming in a SC Co. water source.....apparently you're allowed to water ski and drift around on innertubes but swimming is a no no 

I'd call and check with the rangers before making the drive.

Thats exactly what I was thinking also.  I was snorkeling in a local lake and the ranger came down and threatened to write me a tickect for swimming in a SC Co. water source.....apparently you're allowed to water ski and drift around on innertubes but swimming is a no no 

You can run a two stroke and dump oil in to the lakes but you can't pee it in. Make you wonder about the filtration they are using.

-Brian G

It's easy to spear suckers on the stanislaus and tuolome river.  If you'd like to give that a go you can come along next time.  It's pretty easy, just drift along with the current, and when you're around the fish there's one ever 20 feet or so.  They're hard to hit with a single point though because their scales are fairly heavy and they're cigar shaped.  Best to use a trident point I think.