Joey Nocchi and his two friends set out for a day of kayak fishing near Paso Robles, Calif., but he got a bit of a bigger bite than he planned on. He was on the move when it felt like a baseball bat hit the bottom of his kayak, but it was no piece of [...]
California Fishing
Robert Redford’s Colorado River Documentary
The magnificent Colorado River flows some 1,400 miles from the Rocky Mountains through seven American states and two Mexican states, finally emptying in the Gulf of California. However, with the growing needs for fresh water in the ever-developing West, the dammed, diverted and drained river now literally runs dry before it reaches the sea. Produced [...]
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California Trio in Hot Water for Poaching Sturgeon
California wardens have arrested three men on suspicion of sturgeon poaching on the Bear River, thanks to two tips from citizens. While serving search and arrest warrants at the suspects’ homes on May 12, Department of Fish and Game (DFG) wardens also discovered evidence of deer and bear poaching. Peter Anthony Gibbs, 25, Steven Michael Logan, [...]
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Six Fish Species Rebound Thanks To Catch Limits?
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service is touting the success of their fisheries management strategies as six populations of fish have returned to healthy levels. In a report delivered to Congress, they have shown that the Bering Sea snow crab, the summer flounder on the mid-Atlantic coast, the haddock in the Gulf of Maine, the Chinook salmon [...]
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Video of the Real-Life, Whale Conservationist Mermaid
We just told you about Hannah Fraser, the 36-year-old model turned mermaid who swims with big sea mammals and fish in the name of conservation. Well, here’s the aforementioned video of Fraser’s activism. -Brian McClintock Do you like this story? Be sure to share it on Facebook, Google+, Twitter, and Pinterest by clicking the share icons [...]
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Model Transforms Into Mermaid. Swims With Whales. Promotes Conservation.
Ever since Hannah Fraser saw Splash at the age of 9, she has wanted to be a mermaid, and now she is. Fraser, 36, honed her underwater swimming skills in her native Australia and now swims with the whales to promote conservation, based out of her new hometown of Los Angeles. According to the Daily Mail, [...]
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Fisherman Found Not Guilty in Stabbing Over a Fishing Spot
Last August, Pakwai Woo and Zhi Chen were fishing on San Francisco’s Pier 30 when things got ugly. The two got in an argument, allegedly over a fishing spot, and Chen, 49, started punching Woo, pushing him to the ground and started kicking him. That’s when Woo pulled out his pocket knife and stabbed Chen. [...]
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Record Largemouth Landed in South California’s Lake Skinner
Just like the striped bass, largemouth records seem to be falling quickly in southern California. Lake Skinner, located outside of Temecula, has been the home to plenty of 10-plus-pound bass, but the lake record has officially fallen, and the angler who caught it is no stranger to the big bass of Skinner. Chip Gilbert landed [...]
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GIANT Seabass Drags Man One mile Out to Sea
Off San Clemente Island, Calif., a monster, 250-pound black seabass towed a kayak fisherman one mile out to sea. On the morning of April 21, Skipper Ricky Perez was watching a dozen or so kayakers that he had ferried over to the island the night before. He noticed a group of them had strayed far away. [...]
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Record Largemouth Landed in California’s Lake Perris
Southern California is a hot bed of big bass, and there is a new king lunker from Lake Perris just outside of Los Angeles. According to SDFish.com, Dan Hoover landed an 18.2-pound fish, and, if certified, the fish should take the lake record from the current 17.375-pounder. “Perris is known for big bass, and has [...]
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