There was a time when trophy browns prowled the waters of Lake Silverwood
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com In the spring of 1978, Fred and Lou Albrecht of San Bernardino had caught over 80 brown trout...
Salton Sea: A journey from the best fishery in California to a dead sea
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com It was the kind of sight avid ocean anglers dream about. The sea was calm, and for as far as...
Climbing the desert’s unnamed mountains, AKA, chukar hunting
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com Not surprisingly, I don’t kill many chukar. I never have. It’s not that I don’t go out and run...
Quail hunters are about a century behind duck hunters
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com I came to the realization this week that quail hunters are about a century behind duck hunters...
New innovative outdoor products from the Matthews Whole Outdoors Catalog
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com It is still surprising to me that many of the regular readers of this column are not familiar...
What does the DFW know about long-term quail declines in state?
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com I saw an interesting graph on a Facebook group from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife...
National Park Service policies slowly decimating wildlife on Mojave Preserve
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The National Park Service has been implementing the systemic destruction of water sources on...
California politicians prove they have no interest in curbing shooting deaths
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com California politicians and state law enforcement leaders have proven this week they have no...
It’s hopper time for trout fly-fishermen in Eastern Sierra
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com It may not be the best time to catch the most trout. It may not be the best time to catch the...
Dick Dahlgren, Eastern Sierra fly-fishing crusader, has died
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com Dick Dahlgren, the man who battled the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to restore...
