Mount Shasta dreamin’: 30-pic photo adventure
If you dream big in the outdoors, then your dreams will eventually take you to 14,179-foot Mount Shasta for the best hiking, flat-water paddling and flyfishing in the north state. It is one of...
View ArticleGolden Gate salmon: 20-pic photo adventure
The photo gallery above is a collection of photographs that captures a salmon trip out the Golden Gate, from start to finish. Diary of a salmon trip At 2:42 a.m. Tuesday, you wake up for the third time...
View ArticleEagle Lake, native trout devastated by drawdown
Many leaks will sink a big ship, and Eagle Lake, California’s second largest natural lake inside state borders, is going down. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service posted a 90-day petition to undertake a...
View ArticleDelta weeds, cash top Cal boaters’ fears
An invasive weed called water hyacinth threatens to choke off portions of the San Joaquin Delta to boating. The Recreational Boaters of California (RBOC) has put the Delta weeds as a key piece of their...
View ArticleHere comes spring — what sets you free?
The arrival of spring can be your gateway to nature’s paradise. It is happening right now in the Bay Area. Last week’s cool nights and light rains have given way to this week’s bright sun and...
View ArticleSaturday’s salmon opener looks promising
The salmon season opens Saturday with the best outlook, fish forecast and optimism since 2005, the last decent season. The last great season was 2002. The Pacific Fisheries Management Council has...
View ArticleAmazing Monterey orca, humpback sightings (photo gallery & video)
Those aboard whale watching boats Sunday in Monterey Bay feasted on rare sightings of a pod of killer whales on the move -- plus sensational tail salutes from humpback whales, and a sighting of a blue...
View ArticleMemorial Day recreation outlook, great to nightmare
Conditions for the coming Memorial Day Weekend could hardly be more disparate –- from great to nightmare — across the state as the recreation season launches for summer. People are included in that...
View ArticleCrazy ends to salmon spectrum
If you love salmon, you might be going a little bit crazy right now. But knowing the fish are out there might help you from going insane. It’s a salmon bonanza on the briny green. That is, providing...
View ArticleBest summer lakes
School is out and the summer heat is in. The vacation season is in full gear across Northern California, lakes are at their highest levels of the year for boating, water sports, fishing and camping,...
View ArticleStienstra: 10 question quiz for boater’s driver license
Is it legal to drive your boat with one hand on the wheel while drinking a beer with the other? What percentage of boating accidents last year involved Personal Watercraft? True or false: It’s OK to...
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