Edwards Air Force base is not far away from some of California’s best bass lakes, but the, like many military bases, there is good fishing right on the base. About 200 children and volunteers decided to show off just how good the fishing can be with a Family Fishing Derby on November 17. The big [...]
California Fishing
100-Pound Sturgeon Sets San Francisco Record
There are plenty of big fishing swimming off the coast of San Francisco, but it is a freshwater sturgeon that is turning heads in the Bay Area. According to the San Francisco Gate, Gary Howard was fishing at Del Valle Reservoir near Livermore, California when he hooked into a 100-pound sturgeon. Using anchovies for bait, it took [...]
Republicans Kill Sportsmen’s Act in Senate
UPDATE: We can still save this bill! Click here to find out how you can help! The entire hunting, fishing, and sportsmen’s conservation community has been championing the Sportsmen’s Act of 2012, and while the bill had a lot of support going into the final vote in the U.S. Senate, partisan politics reared it’s ugly [...]
Record Salmon Return in California’s Russian River
After years of terrible news about salmon coming out of California, there have been a couple years of good news, and this year, it’s a record. According to the Press Democrat, a record number of Chinook salmon are swimming up the Russian River. They have counted 6,348 salmon moving through the Sonoma County Water Agency’s dam [...]
Clear Lake Bass Tournament Brings Up Monster California Largemouths
Clear Lake is Kevin VanDam’s favorite bass lake in all of California. This is why. At a recent, local WONBASS tournament, the bass were so big at the weigh in, that the average was 4.3 pounds. According to the Lake County Record-Bee, the top six teams all had more than 52 pounds, with the big [...]
Will Sea Otters Be Welcomed Back to Southern California?
Since 1986, the coast of California from Point Conception to the Mexican boarder has been an “Otter-Free Zone” but that might change. According to DailyNexus.com, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is looking into lifting a ban on otters in the area after 24 years. The agency first removed otters because they wanted to prevent a [...]
Giant Wahoo Landed in Mexico
This wahoo is 70 pounds less than the IGFA world record, but it was turning heads in Baja California’s East Cape region. According to Pete Thomas Outdoors, the 114-pound wahoo was landed near Punta Pescadero aboard Borraccho y Amigos (which translates to Drunk and Friends), captained by Oscar Verdugo. The fish are very popular in the Pacific [...]
Shark Kills Surfer in California
Surf Beach, California, located 160 miles northwest of Los Angeles, is obviously a popular destination for surfers, but it’s also a deadly destination. For the second time in two years, a person has been attacked and killed by a shark. While shark attacks are rare (there have only been 13 fatal attacks in California since [...]
Leopard Shark Falls from the Sky Onto California Golf Course
In Florida, a mackerel fell from the sky and injured a teacher. That fish died, but a shark was found alive and four miles from the coast. According to the Daily Mail a leopard shark was found trashing in the rough at San Juan Hills golf club in San Juan Capistrano, California. “Shark falling from the [...]
Sea Lion Trapped in Gillnet on an Oil Rig: Awesome Rescue Video
A sea lion managed to make its way up to the platform of an oil rig off the coast of Huntington Beach, California, but the contractor had to call in the Pacific Marine Mammal Center for some help. According to the OCWeekly, the center rushed to the aid of the sea lion, and the rescue [...]
