Thirteen-year-old Rio Oso resident Julian Her caught a 63.7-pound white sea bass while fishing with family on Aug. 10 in Tomales Bay, about 30 miles southwest of Santa Rosa.

The afternoon of July 30, Connecticut anglers Ed Lovely (blue shirt) and Moe Giovanni hooked a heavy shark in Long Island Sound in about 40-foot depths. "I was using a 30W Okuma reel spooled with ...