...Bonds waves to the crowd while attending a basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings in Sacramento, Calif., Sunday, April 6, 2008.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

Cut films or fish

Filmmaker Hazeleur enjoys his time chasing fish in northern California waters

Fishing America: Mosiac of recreational fishing

A mosaic of U.S. anglers, what they're are pursuing and how they are going about it

California could be salmonless again

...may have some bigger Kings, up to 90 lbs. and more. And the Columbia and Fraser Rivers certainly have decent runs, but historically the Chinook salmon run up the Sacramento River has been the...

Friends of Butte Creek: Hope for California Salmon

...have heard that the fall run of Chinook salmon up the Sacramento River in California has collapsed. Where once 800,000 big king salmon, some weighing up to 70 pounds, swam upstream to spawn...

Backcasts archive: Through Aug. 15, 2008

Indulge us for a slightly skewed view of the world of outdoor sports.

Off the wire

Outdoors headlines from across the country

Salmon alliance

Collapse of California salmon fishery creates some new alliances

Fishy Business: Salmon Closure Calls for Careful Analysis

Closing California and Oregon salmon season causing an economic catastrophe

Catfish Gumbo: 2007 archive

A spicy, robust entreé blending many delectable ingredients, of which there are endless variations.

Chris Olsen Fresno, Calif. King salmon Sacramento River 35 pounds

Bassmaster Western Open season begins at California Delta

2005 CITGO Bassmaster Western Open — Bethel Island, Calif.

Salmon anglers hold out hope for American

California fishing map feature

Keep some wilderness in your life

Wilderness areas serve as a baseline to judge all other things in life and remind us to be humble in the face of nature.

Pacific salmon season, livelihoods on brink

Along 700 miles of the Pacific Coast, fishing towns and fishermen are facing the unthinkable this spring: a total closing of the salmon season.