By Andy Walgamott, on April 30th, 2013 (O.F. MOSSBERG & SONS PRESS RELEASE) Since the first model came off the line on August, 21, 1961, the Mossberg 500 Pump-Action shotgun has received accolades from sportsmen and women, law enforcement and military...
By Joel Shangle BISHOP-To say that the recently completed opening weekend of the 2013 season was the best ever might sound like a stretch, but by most accounts, it was easily one of the most productive and pleasant (weather-wise) in decades....
By Joel Shangle Let the arguments begin. Even though we Golden Staters are honored that Bassmaster magazine ranked two California lakes in its recently released Top 100 Bass Lakes of 2013, we’re already dialing Bassmaster editor James Hall to lobby for...
By Joel Shangle BODEGA BAY-This is about as stereotypically “early season salmon” as you can get: one day, the Chinook bite was ripping out of Bodega Bay, the next it had dissipated. The moral of the story is pretty simple: be...
By Joel Shangle ANGELS CAMP-Let this serve as an official preview of a story that hits the newsstands in about a week, with the May issue of California Sportsman: get thee to New Melones Reservoir for what some locals are declaring...
So it turns out that there aren’t 300 people in Northern California who give a damn about salmon? If you hadn’t heard, the scheduled April 26 Golden Gate Salmon Association dinner has been postponed until the fall because ticket sales fell...