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, ...

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 ...

Normally this time of year, the California Striped Bass Association’s West Delta Chapter would sponsor a charter boat trip aboard the California Dawn out of Berkeley Marina. I have many great memories ...

Bottom fishing has been excellent out of Westport this spring. Ling cod and rockfish stocks are both healthy, and some recovering stocks have rebounded enough that some rules have been loosened.

INCREASED FISHING OPPORTUNITIES are about as rare as a playoff appearance for the Seattle Mariners. But going forward this spring, recreational anglers will have more time and more and deeper water ...

Big game hunters were frustrated this week. We know there are huge schools of bluefin tuna all along the Northern California coast, but recent weather conditions have made it difficult if not ...

Saltwater: Blustery conditions for most of the week kept angler numbers 25% lower than the week previous, but fishing was ...

We are officially into autumn now. The fall fishing season can be incredibly productive, and can feature days of the most pleasant ocean conditions for the year. Fall can also host nasty weather with ...

Dock Totals Dec 9 – Dec 15: 936 anglers aboard 63 half day to three day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 3 bluefin tuna, 1 yellowfin tuna, 21 skipjack tuna, 75 yellowtail, 14 ...

It happens all the time… anglers give rides to hitchhikers and then have them for dinner. I’m talking about encounters with voracious and tenacious lingcod, which have a hungry habit that earns them ...

Along the West Coast, lingcod fish are top predators -- voracious eaters that aren't picky about where their next meal comes from. But lingcod in the Pacific Ocean used to be overfished, to the point ...