SWIMBAITS RESEMBLING TROUT CAN SCORE BIG FISH By Bill Schaefer SAN DIEGO—It is that time of year when a lot of the Southern California lakes plant trout for the benefit of fishermen. Usually, winter in the Southland can bring difficult fishing...
By Tiffany Haugen A couple months remain to get after quail, and both mountain and California valley quail offer plenty of opportunities. They’re also some of the best eating upland birds around. Due to their low fat content, game birds can...
THE CHALLENGE OF QUAIL HUNTING By Scott Haugen Rounding a corner in the logging road, I brought my mountain bike to a slow halt. Moving forward on foot, I confirmed that what I’d seen from the bike was, indeed, the head...
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...
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,...
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...
