Dan Hernandez's outdoor writing career started as a field photographer for Sport Afield magazine. Then as a staff writer with Western Outdoor News, after WON, he went on to write for many other outdoor publications, such as Pacific Fisherman and Sport Fishing.

Hernandez is a popular speaker on a variety of species caught in California and in Baja, Mexico. In an effort to expand on his successful writing career he moved on to television, first by developing and hosting Fish-On! A cable fishing show that focused on California saltwater fishing. After three years at Fish-On! Dan went on to produce and host his own television fishing program, Sport Fishing with Dan Hernandez. This is Dan's 38th year on television.