Lake Piru, a popular Ventura County fishing and boating area just west of Castaic near the Los Angeles County border, was recently found to have invasive dreissenid mussels in its water. The big concern with these non-native freshwater mussels is their...
Since I started on the California Sportsman editor’s gig in August, more than a few fishing and hunting folks I’ve chatted up have shown great concern over the lack of rain throughout the Golden State and the potential for drought-like conditions...
Is it really 2014 already? Apparently so. Here is a fishing update from our friend Butch Paddock down at Lake Cuyacama (lakecuyamaca.org) to ring in the new year: We are half way through our waterfowl hunting season, and so far the ducks...
Friend of the magazine, Scott Feist of Feisty Fish Charters (feistyfish.net), had this report on his winter waterfowl hunting guide opportunities: Waterfowl Report 12-28-2013 Duck hunting has dramatically improved over the past ten days… We have been shooting a...
Albert Quackenbush (aka “The SoCal Bowhunter“) makes his California Sportsman debut in January with some great perspective on his upbringing in western New York and comparing that to his new experiences hunting in Southern California. Here’s a taste of what is writing...
By Chris Cocoles Although I’m a diehard fan of the NHL’s San Jose Sharks – and those closest to me know how loyal I am to Team Teal- I have rarely written stories that were more fun than my profile of Willie Mitchell, who...
