It’s important to handle bass — especially big ones — properly to avoid damaging their jaw. The safest way is the two-handed horizontal hold, with a thumb gripping the lower lip and a second hand ...

Compiled by California Outdoors Hall of Fame member Dave Hurley and edited by Roger George, who guides in the greater Fresno area and holds the striper record at Millerton Lake. In the northern ...

Fishing the right depth is the key to catching kokanee in Merwin. “You can have the best lure, best dodger, best presentation, but if you can’t get it in front of the fish you’re not going to catch ...

For the past two weeks, my friend, Mike Bruton, has taken me kokanee fishing on Ririe Reservoir while I continue to recuperate from a heart attack. The fishing for kokanee continues to get more ...

Winter kokanee fishing is a fairly new phenomenon. Or, it is fairly new to most anglers. Some old-timers, who knew that the landlocked salmon could be caught in December as easily as June, kept it ...

Silver Bow Fly Shop said the St. Joe is rising but is still fishable. Big bugs are taking trout on top and a good March brown hatch has had fish looking up midday. Trout and kokanee Kokanee fishing on ...

Brad Halleck remembers waking up before sunrise to go fishing at Green Peter Reservoir. “If you didn’t get there by 7 a.m., the parking lots were full,” said Halleck, a longtime angler and board ...

Central California fishing report, Aug. 21-27: Delta striper and bass bites are good, kokanee are hitting at Don Pedro and New Melones. Shaver is kicking out kokanee and trout. Roger George and Dave ...