BIOGRAPHIES
MIKE AUGHNEY
Mike Aughney is the originator of online fishing reports. An outspoken proponent of fisheries and the environment, he has been a leading voice for California salmon.
DUSTY BAKER
Major League Baseball legend Dusty Baker is also a legendary angler and duck hunter. This extraordinary champion has inspired thousands to head to the outdoors and accomplished a scope of adventures that has made him one of the nation’s most traveled outdoorsmen.
BELNO “BEL” LANGE
One of California’s first outdoor broadcasters, Bel Lange started his Emmy-winning TV show, ‘The Outdoorsman’ the mid 1950s. He introduced his viewers, listeners and readers to the greatness of California’s outdoors for decades thereafter.
YANCEY FOREST-KNOWLES
Described as the embodiment of the authentic outdoorsman, Yancey Forest-Knowles has experienced the outdoors like few others. He has fished fresh and saltwater species worldwide, guided white water trips, sailed the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, been a competitive sporting clays shooter and been a key voice in the halls of government for the outdoorsman.
BRIAN RILEY
Brian Riley is the California originator of what has become a national trend in outdoor youth education. Three generations of young outdoorsmen and women have been inspired at his Red Bank Outdoor Academy.