Fishing California

   It was about 85 degrees. The pine trees above were motionless and the humidity was unbearable, somewhere between 90 and 95 percent. I was sitting on top of a beaver dam, admiring nature.
   A few mallards were swimming across the small beaver pond, along a dammed portion of Hale Creek. A loon could be heard in the distance. Two deer were drinking their daily supply of water near the creek inlet and the water looked like glass. There wasn’t a ripple. It was so quiet I could hear every bullfrog croak.
   It was about an hour before sunset and all the swimmers, ATV riders and hikers had gone home for the day. Only trout and bullhead fishermen remained. I had run about a mile on a dirt path through a dense wooded forest to watch the usual anglers work the evening bite.
   This was a regular routine for me. School ended nearly two weeks ago and my parents sent me across the country to my aunt and uncle's house to get away from the big city life. I'd visited the same small creek in the woods behind the house each evening observing everything from casting to reeling, watching fish rise to the surface in search of scrumptious little flies and the beavers repairing leaks in their dam. Read More

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO FISHING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

The Definitve Guide to Fishing in Southern California is the most comprehensive guide to fishing Southern California ever compiled. With more than 13,000 books in circulation this book has been the highest seller of the series so far. Covering everything from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border and from the Antelope Valley to the Colorado River, this full color guide spans 286 pages, covers more than 135 waters, is choked full with 300 photos and more info that even the most hardcore angler can digest.