

Yellowtail fishing is just like it was (or even better) back in the good ol’ days
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com In ocean fishing, there is a thing called the “outdoor writer jinx,” which roughly means that...


DFW’s new deer management plan appears to be a roadmap to failure
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The Department of Fish and Wildlife released its draft Deer Conservation and Management Plan...


Spring turkey hunting season opens statewide this coming weekend
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The spring hunting season for wild turkeys opens statewide this coming Saturday, March 28....


Willow Beach hatchery to resume raising and planting trout in the Colorado River
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery on the Colorado River below Hoover Dam will resume...


Condors and Lead: It’s time to find out where the lead really originates (and quit blaming hunters f
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com For nearly two years now, the scientists involved in the recovery of the endangered California...


Hunting, fishing license sales drop to lowest level in history
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The final 2014 numbers are in and the number of hunters and fishermen in California dropped to...


Fred Hall Show is March 4-8 at Long Beach Convention Center
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The Fred Hall Show, the West Coast’s premier fishing, boating, and outdoor show, will be held...


Lake Skinner trout plants resume after two-plus-year hiatus
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com Trout plants will resume at Lake Skinner after two-plus years without being stocked by either...


Puddingstone and Peck Road Park trout plants need to be restored
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com There have been no Department of Fish and Wildlife trout plants at Puddingstone Lake in San...


So why bother to expand the shorebird hunting program?
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com Over the past 20 years, I have become a more-or-less avid snipe hunter. Today (Sunday, Feb. 1)...