On a beautiful fishing day with a 5ft swell, low tide at 2.8 and high tide at 3.4, I utilized two poles: one rigged with ...

BERKELEY – During periods of calm weather this time of year, you can take your pick of fishing shallow water from a kayak, skiff or charter boat off the Marin County Coast or fishing newly-opened deep ...

Discover two of the best fishing lures for California saltwater species: Candy Bar and Scrimpz. This video explains how these lures attract halibut, lingcod, and rockfish, along with tips on when and ...

The lingcod hit the swimbaits hard and even clamp onto hooked and struggling rockfish. Notoriously greedy, the lingcod do not release the hooked rockfish so long as the angler reeling brings the fish ...

MONTEREY – The groundfish season started in Monterey, Half Moon Bay and Bodega Bay on April 1 with top-notch deep water rockfish fishing for the boats that went out. During April, rockfishing is ...

Large ling cod have started to move into the shallow and the Charter Boat Legacy had a trip to remember at New Year Island. “In my years of fishing Monterey Bay I have never seen fishing this good for ...

BODEGA BAY — Fishing for lingcod and rockfish has been wide-open off the Sonoma County Coast over the past few weeks. Decent numbers of king salmon are being hooked by anglers also, but many fish are ...

Researchers found that selectively fishing for lingcod in protected areas actually avoided hampering the recovery of other fish, including rockfish species listed as overfished. Along the West Coast, ...

Lots of anglers are having lots of fun on and around the Monterey Bay these days. We are also enjoying the bounty of fresh healthy seafood from a variety of species. Rock cod fishing continues to be ...

The tug-tug-tug from the bite of one of the big bottom dwellers of the sea can be one of the most exciting moments in fishing. Now is the time to get your chain pulled by a big lingcod, vermilion or ...