OUTPOST.Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire Services Local talent: Fishing with plastic, watermelon-colored Robo shad shad, fish, Alosa sapidissima, of the family Clupeidae (herring family), found along the Atlantic coast from Newfoundland to Florida and successfully introduced on the Pacific coast. The shad is one of the largest (6 lb/2. to 60 feet deep was the ticket Saturday for Castaic angler Aaron Martens, who put together his strongest effort of the BASSMASTER Western invitational at Lake Oroville Lake Oroville is a large man-made reservoir lake in central Northern California in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. It is located east of the city of Oroville, California in Butte County. The lake has a capacity of 3,537,580 acre feet (4. in Butte County to win the $148,000 event. The 11-pound, 7-ounce limit of five spotted bass brought Martens' three-day total up to 32-3/4 pounds on 15 fish for $28,500 in winnings, including a fully-rigged bass boat and outboard engine. He was one of three area anglers to crack the top five places in the prestigious contest. Mike O'Shea of Thousand Oaks made an impressive jump from 23rd place to finish second with a tourney-best limit of 13 pounds, 15 ounces Saturday for a 32-pound, 3-ounce total and $25,000. Gary Boyd of Van Nuys placed fifth for $4,800 on a 15-fish limit of 30 pounds, 5 ounces. Although Oroville turns out an assortment of largemouth bass largemouth bass see micropterus salmoides. at other times of the year, the overwhelming majority of fish taken during this event were spotted bass, which feed on pond smelt. For complete results, visit the www.bassmaster.com Web site. Let's meet: Rhea rhea, in zoology rhea (rē`ə), common name for a South American bird of the family Rheidae, which is related to the ostrich. Weighing from 44 to 55 lb (20–25 kg) and standing up to 60 in. Topping, recently named Woman of the Year by the Federation of Fly Fishers, looks at angling ethics in her presentation ``Rod Rage or Fly-Fishing Etiquette'' during today's 6 p.m. dinner meeting of the Sierra Pacific Flyfishers at the Encino Glen, 16821 Burbank Blvd., Encino. The Upperville, Va., fly-casting and fishing instructor achieved the federation's distinction of Master Caster, only the second woman to do so. Dinner begins at 7 p.m. The meal is $22 for non-member guests; those not wishing to dine may attend free of charge. Reservations: (818) 789-1919. For the birds: The 16th annual Wildlife Art Festival takes place Friday through Sunday at the San Bernardino County Museum, 2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands. The event offers hunters a unique opportunity to view the original artwork in the federal duck stamp art competition hosted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service each year. Show hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $6 for adults, $5 for students and seniors, $4 for children. Information: (909) 307-2669. And the winner is . . .The winning entries for the 1999 National Outdoor Book Awards, include, by category: History - ``One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey'' (Alaska Northwest Books) by Sam Keith from the journals of Richard Proenneke; Literature - ``The Lost River: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Transformation on Wild Water'' (Sierra Club Sierra Club, national organization in the United States dedicated to the preservation and expansion of the world's parks, wildlife, and wilderness areas. Founded (1892) in California by a group led by the Scottish-American conservationist John Muir, the Sierra Club Books/Random House) by Richard Bangs; Children's - ``The Inuksuk Book'' (Owl Books) by Mary Wallace; Nature and the Environment - ``Washington's Mount Rainier National Park Mount Rainier National Park (rānēr`, rə–), 235,625 acres (95,395 hectares), SW Wash., in the Cascade Range; est. 1899. The area is dominated by Mt. Rainier, a volcanic peak 14,410 ft (4,392 m) high. : A Centennial Celebration'' (The Mountaineers) by Tim McNulty, and ``Islands of Hope: Lessons from North America's Great Wildlife Sanctuaries'' (John F. Blair) by Phillip Manning;Instructional - ``Extreme Alpinism: Climbing Light, Fast and High'' (The Mountaineers) by Mark Twight and James Martin; Nature Guidebook - ``Scats SCATS Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System SCATS Summer Camp for Academically Talented Middle School Students SCATS Simulation Checkout and Training System SCATS Suspense Control and Automated Tracking System and Tracks of the Rocky Mountains: A Field Guide to the Signs of 70 Wildlife Species'' (Falcon Press) by James Halfpenny; Design and Artistic Merit - ``Wildflowers of the Appalachian Trail'' (Menasha Ridge Press) by Leonard Adkins; Adventure Guidebook - ``Trout Unlimited's Guide to America's 100 Best Trout Streams'' (Falcon Press) by John Ross. Complete reviews of all of the books are found on NOBA's www.isu.edu/outdoor/bookpol.htm Web site. Old birds: Long before posh estates dotted Beverly Hills and interstates cluttered the landscape, Los Angeles harbored a wilder kind of life. About 10,000 to 4,000 years ago, the area was populated by woolly mammoths, mastodons, camels, saber-toothed cats . . . and the wild turkey, according to a release by the National Wild Turkey Federation. The evidence lies in the goo that is the La Brea Tar Pits La Brea Tar Pits Fossil field in Hancock Park (formerly Rancho La Brea), Los Angeles, Calif., U.S. It is the site of “pitch springs” oozing crude oil, formerly used by local Indians for waterproofing, and was explored by Gaspar de Portolá's expedition in , where scientists theorize the·o·rize v. the·o·rized, the·o·riz·ing, the·o·riz·es v.intr. To formulate theories or a theory; speculate. v.tr. To propose a theory about. predators hunted quarry such as turkeys that got stuck in the sludge, and then become trapped themselves. Out of the 135 bird species discovered there, the California turkey is the second most common, behind the golden eagle, said Kenneth Campbell, curator of ornithology ornithology Branch of zoology dealing with the study of birds. Early writings on birds were largely anecdotal (including folklore) or practical (e.g., treatises on falconry and game-bird management). at the Los Angeles County Museum Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, Calif. The original museum opened in 1913. Among its important patrons was William Randolph Hearst, whose enormous collection brought the museum major status among the country's art houses. of Natural History. CAPTION(S): photo PHOTO AARON MARTENS |
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