Winter Means California Predator Hunts By Tim E. Hovey When the days start getting shorter and the weather starts to cool, my attention starts to shift to predator hunting. I’ve been calling predators for over 15 years, and of all the...
Look for our November issue to read a Q&A with former Eureka-area resident Jason Schmidt (pictured at top), who is one of the featured Hawaiian kayak anglers of a new Discovery Channel series, Pacific Warriors. Above are a couple of video...
By Tiffany Haugen Ever crave the robust flavor of smoky fish but don’t have the time to slow-smoke your catch? Less messy than grilling, smoke-cooking over chips is an easy, tasty solution. Smoke-cooking can be accomplished in many ways. A smoker, gas or charcoal grill or camp fire...
SAN DIEGO-The much-discussed return of anchovies is already yielding a substantially increased catch of perhaps California’s most exciting near-shore game fish, the bonito. A massive school of anchovies, estimated to be over 100 million strong moved in tight to the beach in La Jolla last month,...
TUNA-WRAPPED PLUGS ONE WAY TO STALK SALMON By Scott Haugen Four decades has passed since I landed my first Chinook salmon on a plug, a U20 Flat- Fish to be exact. Since that time there have been numerous Chinook, coho and steelhead taken by back trolling plugs,...
I remembered sitting in the kitchen as he spoke, hanging on his every word as he described the chase. Even before I knew where the island was, I wanted to hike those same hills with a rifle, just like my grandfather had. QUITE A...
