Erik Landesfeind

Erik Landesfeind is BD's Southern California Editor and has over 30 years of experience saltwater fishing for a range of species in both California and Mexican waters. Erik is also an active freelance writer and the author of the weekly column So Cal Scene, which BD publishes every Friday. In So Cal Scene, Erik keeps all of the BD readers up to date on what's biting in Southern California. Erik divides his fishing time on local boats, long-range trips and Mexico excursions. For the past eight years, Erik has been competing in the SWBA (Saltwater Bass Anglers) tournament series and has multiple tournament victories to his credit. His sponsors include Batson Enterprises / Rainshadow Rods, Robalo Boats, Tilly's Marine, Abu/Garcia, Penn Reels, Navionics, Raymarine, MC Swimbaits, Uni-Butter Fishing Scent and Bladerunner Tackle.

Good Fishing Weather In The SoCal Weekend Forecast

Well, it's another week of me not having much to report other than bad weather. Speaking of which, be gla... READ MORE

How To Install Winn Split Grip Handles For Rod Building

I've been around the fishing industry long enough to know better than to speak in absolutes. As quickly as... READ MORE

Colonet Produces When Weather Permits

I'd like to start out this week's report with the disclaimer that I'm running out of ways to describe l... READ MORE

Rain, Wind & The SoCal Week That Wasn’t

Tired of all of this wind and rain yet? I sure am. Not that I'm keeping track but this is my sixth column in ... READ MORE

Bass, Halibut, Sculpin & SoCal Rain

Writing columns talking about how good the fishing was during the week, followed by talking about how bad the ... READ MORE

Bass & Sculpin Top Post Storm Action

I was really hoping to open this week's column with a story about how the full moon finally got those local b... READ MORE

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