January 9, 2016
A Trip to the Islands
Taking my turn at the helm of the Fish and Game patrol boat Marlin, 1959. Photo by Wallace Callan
I first experienced California’s Channel Islands in 1959, as an excited eleven-year-old passenger aboard the Fish and Game patrol boat Marlin. My father, California Fish and Game Warden Wally Callan, was the Marlin’s rookie boarding officer, responsible for patrolling California’s offshore waters from the Mexican border to Point Conception.
