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...
Charismatic Larysa Switlyk Of Reality TV Makes Hunting Less Intimidating By TomClaycomb III and Chris Cocoles Larysa Switlyk is a certified public account and licensed real estate agent by trade. But she also considers herself a teacher,with the wild as her classroom. An avid hunter and...
Editor’s note: The author actively promotes tree-stand safety and wears a safety harness. For the purpose of shooting these photographs, he did not have it on as he was only 4 feet off the ground and wanted to emphasize the size of the stand. Please be...