Fishing report compiled by California Outdoors Hall of Fame member Dave Hurley and edited by Roger George, who guides in the ...

To celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) invites you to go fishing without a sport fishing license by taking advantage of the first of two 2026 ...

A fishing trip out of Newport Beach, Ca., last week produced an extraordinary catch of a type of octopus that constructs its own shell in which to roam ocean currents. The argonaut, or paper nautilus, ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—With summer crowds returning to California beaches, state wildlife officials are rolling out emergency restrictions on shore-based shark fishing—saying the changes are aimed at ...

California’s troubled commercial salmon fleet, fishing this year for the first time since 2022, is in store for some federal disaster aid after the Trump administration announced it would allocate $21 ...

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Garrett Rose shows off some fresh-caught California king salmon, packed in ice, on May 5, 2026. California has reopened commercial and recreational salmon fishing, but experts warn the rebound is ...

For anglers looking to cast their lines on a glassy lake rimmed by the snow-capped Eastern Sierra, the best day of the year always comes on the last Saturday of April. It’s the opening day of trout ...

California is seeing bear populations surge, and the state is changing how we hunt them. The new rules will let hunters kill two bears a year instead of one. We heard from hunters and bear advocates ...

It's the time of year that any freshwater California angler loves to see coming: the start of trout season. With spring runoff rejuvenating many of California's rivers and lakes, the California ...