by Joel Shangle ANGELS CAMP-The term “best ever” is a dangerous, somewhat ambiguous label to hang on a fishery, even one as well-known and productive as New Melones Reservoir. How can you possibly prove it? Here’s how: “There have been over...
SAN FRANCISCO–As is typically the case early in the season, the salmon bite out of the Golden Gate has been “hot and cold,” and somewhat at the mercy of late-spring weather. If you’re able to sneak away this week, though, the...
It’s bound to happen, I suppose. Anytime you have a gathering of thousands upon thousands of new-ish anglers, there’s a better than average potential for some skirting of the rules. That said, percentages weren’t bad in the Eastern Sierra, where 17...
By Rachel Alexander / Editor, Western Shooting Journal It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Mike Raahauge, one of the legends of the West Coast firearms community. Raahauge, son of the Southern California hunting/shooting legend Linc Raahauge,...
1.45. FILLETING OF SALMONIDS IN INLAND WATERS. Except as otherwise required, all salmon and steelhead taken in inland waters where a sport fishing license is required, must be kept in such a condition that species and size can be determined until...
It’s long been a belief here in the California Sportsman offices that the West Coast – and specifically the Golden State – is the true Mother Lode of bass fishing. The Southern-based professional circuits obviously believe otherwise, but, our editors here...
