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WHO WE ARE

he Outdoor News Service is your source for the latest outdoor news. Our Fishing Report is the most comprehensive and up-to-date fishing report for Southern California available on the Internet. Our freshwater report covers virtually every major water in the region, from Bridgeport to Otay, from Havasu to Nacimiento. We udpate each water at least once a week, sometimes more frequently, with information from marinas, tackle shops, fishermen, and other sources. We'll give you hot lakes, hot spots and hot baits. Our fishing reports have been published in Southern California newspapers' outdoor sections since 1978. The Outdoor News Service also provides you with the latest outdoor news, including a waterfowl report and Jim Matthews' award-winning outdoor column that many of you read in local newspapers throughout Southern California. The Outdoor News Service publishes Western Birds, The Wingshooter’s Newsletter, which is the most detail bird hunting scouting report published in the world.

 
SEMINARS

  • 2012 HUNTING SEMINARS FOR DOVES AND UPLAND BIRDS

        Our 2012 seminar schedule is complete We will again have sessions in three categories: 1) information for beginning bird hunters, 2) public land dove hunting, and 3) public land quail and chukar hunting. They will be held at locations throughout Southern California with the complete schedule below. The goal of all our seminars is to educate hunters on how and where to hunt on public lands in this region. All fee seminars include a trial two-issue subscription to our Western Birds newsletter for the class fee, and existing Western Birds subscribers can attend any seminar for $10.
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MATTHEWS’ OUTDOOR COLUMN

  • Walmart ad in DFG regulations depicts unsafe, slob hunting
    By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The full page Walmart advertisement on the back page of the California Department of Fish and Game’s 2012 Big Game Hunting Digest depicts unsafe and unethical hunting behavior. But apparently no one cares. The ad shows a camouflaged hunter sitting in a tree stand, and Walmart lists all many of brands of outdoor products carried in its stores for hunters. There are two glaring problems with the ad. First, the hunter in the image is aiming a bolt-action big game rifle that has no sights. None. No iron sights. No scope sights. He is obviously about to shoot the gun because his gloved finger is resting on the trigger -- and everyone who has ever had any kind of firearms or hunter safety class knows you don’t put your finger on the trigger until you are…
Newsletters

  • Western Birds Backissues

    The Outdoor News Service publishes Western Birds, The Wingshooter's Newsletter. The most detailed bird hunting scouting report published in the world. That is not an exaggeration. The newsletter gives hunters precise details about where to find game birds. We formerly also published California Hog Hunter and California Bucks, newletters dealing with hunting California's two most popular game species. While these two big game hunting newsletters are no longer being published, Western Birds -- our oldest newsletter which has been published since 1996 -- is still being published. Back issues of all three newsletters are available here through our web site. The direct
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MATTHEWS' FISHING REPORT

  • Panfish are hot at Henshaw, Piru, and the Salton Sea but a sleeper is the Elsinore wiper bite

    MATTHEWS’ PICKS OF THE WEEK 1. The top picks stay panfish bites. While Lake Henshaw was off from the previous week, its crappie bite was still very good even during the poor moon phase. This bite should surge again once more this spring as we go into the new moon this Sunday. The best bite is on small jigs tipped with meal worms or Crappie Nibbles. Most of these fish have been from 3/4-pound to 1 1/2 pounds with some in the two-pound or better class. It has simply been the best fishing in the region. Call the Henshaw store
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ONS Gallery

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    April 22, 2012 - Nhan Doan, Pomona, and his fishing buddy hold up the 34.77-pound striper caught on trout-like swimbait at Diamond Valley Lake right after a DFG trout plant. This fish was a new lake record.

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