It all started with an office coffee break. A colleague of mine had just returned from vacation and was recounting her summer escape to Bass Lake, California. While most people dream of Yosemite when ...

This story, “Long Lost Lake,” appeared in the August 1953 issue of Outdoor Life. I sat in the stern of the white skiff, watching Dick Searle chuck a bass plug against the shore of Long Lake. I was ...

There are few better ways to escape California’s long, dry summers than lounging by a cool, clear lake. But if Big Bear and Arrowhead have become too familiar, head four hours north to Bass, Shaver ...

Can you imagine having one of the state's top recreation lakes, Lake Oroville, all to yourself? Then catching 15 bass in little more than an hour? Or showing up at a premier bed and breakfast in the ...