OUTPOST.

New Year's wishes: In the December issue of Chum Line, the newsletter of the Los Angeles Rod & Reel Club, president Randy Sharon offers the following fishing wishes for 1997:

That I will see blue skies and calm seas on all of my trips.

That my future fishing days are better than the ``good old days.''

That I fish on the day before the deckhand says, ``You should have been out here yesterday.''

Tourney results: Charlie Weyer and Edgar Uyema of West Hills outlasted a field of 70 on Saturday with a weight of 13.25 pounds of largemouth bass to capture the WON BASS-Southern California team tournament at Lake Casitas.

The pair used Tora Tubes and Optimist swim baits to lure the bass in 20 to 25 feet of water. The limit was the usual seven, but the winners were only able to boat three bass. For their efforts they earned $2,090 in winnings.

Jim Olivarez of Anaheim and Frank King of La Habra caught five at 12.61 pounds for a second-place purse of $1,055. Mike Rooke of Saugus and Shawn Weir of Castaic were third with four fish at 12.30 pounds for $815.

Trout tourney: Irvine Lake, the Orange County fish-for-a-fee lake at 4621 Santiago Canyon Road in Silverado, will hold a club trout tournament on Saturday with cash and other prizes of up to $500.

Participants must be Irvine Lake Fishing Club members; those who aren't can sign up for a free membership, which offers discounts on lake admission fees, boat rentals and bait and tackle. Information: [phone].

The biggest rainbow trout the week ending Dec. 1 was a 7.30-pounder caught by Ron Janke of Downey while trolling a ``fire tiger'' colored Rapala lure.

Running event: Santa Clarita will host a 5K run and walk on Saturday in celebration of the city's ninth birthday.

The mayor will fire the starting gun at 8 a.m. in the City Hall parking lot.

Information: [phone].

Congratulations: Following wins at the Tour DuPont, Tour of China, Tour of America and the Olympic Trials, the West Hills-based Nutra Fig-Colorado Cyclist bicycle team won the VeloNews award for North American Team of the Year.

Team member Chris Horner of San Diego also was named North American Rider of the Year and Most Improved Rider of the Year.

Ski report: Bear Mountain - machine groomed, packed powder, 36- to 60-inch base, seven trails, five lifts; Mountain High - 2 to 3 inches new snow, 24-inch base, four trails, three lifts; Snow Summit - machine-groomed, soft, wet surface over 12- to 24-inch base, five trails, four lifts; Mammoth Mountain - 24 inches new powder, 48- to 84-inch base, 29 lifts, 100 percent open.

Early hunting closure: The DFG on Dec. 4 announced the closure of bear-hunting season, marking the earliest closure in recent history. The season opened much earlier than previous years.

Under regulations adopted by the Fish and Game Commission, the season is to be closed when the DFG verifies that 1,500 bears have been taken by hunters.

The take will not have a negative impact on the state's total bear population of 20,000 to 25,000, officials noted.

Holiday boat race: The Kris Kringle Regatta will be held at 12:30 p.m. Sunday at Westlake Lake in Westlake Village.

Southern California Yachting Association members are invited to participate. All classes of sailboats 18 feet or shorter are eligible. The entry fee is $5.

Information: [phone] or [phone].

Restored fishery: Electrofishing has confirmed that Lahontan cutthroat, the native trout of the Lake Tahoe Basin, has become re-established in the Upper Truckee River after a 57-year absence, according to the Department of Fish and Game.

Unable to compete successfully with other trout species, the fish disappeared from Lake Tahoe and its tributaries in the late 1930s. In 1990, the DFG removed non-native trout from the headwaters of the Upper Truckee and restocked it with pure Lahontan cutthroats. Surveys now reveal a population of about 1,500 cutthroats.

The stream has been closed to fishing since 1991. A recommendation to reopen it to catch-and-release angling is under consideration. Information: Chuck Knutson of the DFG's Inland Fisheries Division, [phone].

Hunting directory: Hunters can scout hundreds of quality upland hunting spots across the country with a little help from the 1997 edition of the Directory of Hunting Resorts, a listing of 370 public hunting resorts published by the National Shooting Sports Foundation.

The selections, approved by the North American Gamebird Association, met the organization's standards for offering quality hunting country and well-trained hunting dogs, as well as full-plumaged birds of the same color and conformation as birds in the wild.

License requirements, hunting seasons for each state and amenities such as lodging and clay-target ranges are noted.

To obtain a copy, send $1 to: NSSF, Literature Department, 11 Mile Hill Road, Newtown, Conn. 06470-2359.

Chilhood memories: A Men's Journal Buyer's Guide survey revealed that men are nostalgic for their boyhood toys, especially their first bicycles (33 percent), followed by their baseball gloves (19 percent), fishing rods (11 percent), BB guns (8 percent), roller skates (6 percent) and footballs (5 percent).

Name game: And now what you've all been waiting for, the winners of Boating magazine's fourth annual boat-naming competition:

Luna Sea, Fishcally Irresponsible, Lady Go Diver, Fishin: Impossible and Wake, Rattle and Troll.