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BY GUNDY GUNDERSON SAN DIEGO - The cow grounds continued to please with good catches of 100-pound class yellowfin tuna to go with a sample of big fish and terrific wahoo fishing. The Hurricane bank and buffer zone has seen...

MARINA DEL REY — The Channel Islands are a special place. The archipelago located in the Southern California Bight consists of eight individual islands, each with their own geographical identifiers. Anglers wait in anticipation for that early season squid...

BY GEORGE KRAMER Maybe you file it under unintended consequences, or maybe evolution, but a funny thing happened the other day at the lake. As I made a midday run from the far end back down to the dam, déjà...

BY TIM HOVEY Due to prior commitments this year, I haven’t been able to get out as much as I would like to hunt during the general California spring turkey season. With the end of the season fast approaching, I...

BY BLAKE WARREN WINTERS – Just the mention of it alone had the future travel plan gears kicked into high speed. A sheer guttural response. When the good folks Suntex Marinas generously offered early this spring to give Western Outdoor...

BY BLAKE WARREN JULIAN – Turns out, it was well worth the wait. After being post- poned from mid-December until the last weekend in April, the inaugural Western Outdoor News Troutcast went off without a hitch as nearly 400 anglers...

BY TIM HOVEY As a kid, I can clearly remember the first time I ever heard the word, varmint. It was during a Saturday morning cartoon, out of the bright red-mustached and animated mouth of Yosemite Sam. From then on,...

BY MERIT McCREA In the past year, the way bluefin have bit best – the way one could hook and land a big one while not being up to bat in the kite rotation — has been on the iron,...

BY GUNDY GUNDERSON There is nothing about a barred surfperch that strikes fear in the heart of a fisherman. The diminutive little fish with a flat, compressed body in a barred silver color is hardly a challenge for the typical...

Early Bird Raffle prize in 2021 a ‘bucket list’ adventure on Lake Berryessa or Lake Don Pedro Marina LAKE HAVASU CITY, ARIZ. — The WON-Lake Havasu Striper Derby has a new, high-end and unique prize in the 2021 hopper, but...