“It feels good,” says Hamilton, who has been rescuing steelhead in the Carmel River for 22 years, “to help save something.” Since 1989, nearly 500,000 fish have been rescued, many of them having been ...

Fishing report compiled by California Outdoors Hall of Fame member Dave Hurley and edited by Roger George, who guides in the greater Fresno area and holds the striper record at Millerton Lake. Best ...