Steve Merlo

Pictured is longtime ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½ Californian columnist Steve Merlo with a 17-pound ling cod caught on a trip out of Port San Luis in 2015.

Most of my readers realize that I do not claim to be a fisherman. I have only written a couple of columns about this activity over the months.

Just never had time to hunt waterfowl and upland game birds, and find time to do fishing, too. But, that does not mean I cannot share a couple of recipes from my old pal Steve Merlo's book, "The Official, Can't Live Without It, EASY, Wild Game And Fish Cookbook."

Ken Barnes is a record setting shooter and longtime outdoorsman from Kern County. Email him at ken.barnes@aol.com with comments or column ideas.

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