Freshwater Fishing

WINCHESTER – The first trout plant of 2021 arrived at Diamond Valley Lake this week with the usual fanfare, and while the striped bass bite has been on the upswing, it hasn’t been of the big-swimbait variety that’s typically...

Covering water Mark Zona’s mainstay technique BY PAUL LEBOWITZ                                                      The drop-shot is a can’t miss trick for fall and winter bass. What if you could take this bread and butter and jazz it up? Bass fishing personality Mark Zona...

BY MIKE STEVENS and BLAKE WARREN BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. – Various areas throughout the Colorado River chain finished 2020 strong on the striped bass stage after a slower-than-usual fall, and that trend is carried right into the new year with...

BY MIKE STEVENS PERRIS – There have been bass biting at Perris for a month, quality models at that, but most of them are coming in on minuscule baits in excruciatingly-deep water. Well, the double-digit bell recently rang, and while...

BY ANDY MARTIN SMITH RIVER - Slow for most of December, steelhead fishing improved over the weekend on the Smith River as the latest storm brought in fresh adult fish, producing the best catch rates so far this season. Guide Mick...

BY ERNIE COWAN BISHOP — It’s the New Year, the winter solstice has passed, and days are getting longer. It’s a great excuse to do more Sierra trout fishing, right? Things were on the slow side the past few weeks with...

With 2020 finally in the rear-view window, we’re looking ahead to try and get an idea of what challenges are in our immediate future, what bummers we can move past, and what we know for sure will or will...

BY DAVE HURLEY IONE – Continued trout plants have boosted the success of bank fishermen and trollers for rainbow trout within the Mother Lode reservoirs. The concessionaires at Lake Amador and Lake Camanche continue to pour quality trout into their...

BY ROB MAGARGAL As the weather gets colder and days get shorter, we see water temps falling weekly.  From that, many of us, myself included, are doing our damnest to keep the dream alive of chasing down topwater schools that...

Trio of Penn Fathom reels up for grabs to monthly winners BY BLAKE WARREN SAN CLEMENTE – It goes without saying, 2020 was one heck of a strange and unpredictable year, with just about everyone on the globe having to adjust...