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 ...

In this video, I visit a hostel at Pigeon Point and catch several rockfish, including a small Lingcod, Cabezon, Kelp Greenling, and three other types of rockfish. I explain how to effectively use a ...

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 ...

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 ...

After a week of fair weather and calm ocean conditions, the current forecast calls for building seas through next week. The forecast includes windy conditions over the weekend. Though open-ocean winds ...

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 ...

Picking up hitch hikers was a pleasing and profitable element of the experience for two of the three money winners in Patriot Sportfishing’s sixth-annual Lingcod Contest, which ended Nov. 15. While ...

In this video, we attempt to use live eel as bait for big lingcod, but things don't go as planned. Key equipment featured includes: - Nenox Gyuto Knife - Cutting Board - CampChef Stove Camera gear ...

DON’T LET THE HOMELY, toothy appearance of lingcod fool you. They are hard-fighting fish — and many anglers say they prefer lingcod to halibut when it comes to dinner. Here’s a link to video and ...