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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Coastal anglers will be able to keep more lingcod in 2026, while Oregon’s general marine bag limit for rockfish and other ...

Join us on the Queen of Hearts Charter out of Pillar Point, Half Moon Bay, for an epic day of fishing. From a giant cabezon ...

As the rockfish and lingcod season ended Dec. 31, I got to thinking about past grand battles and recalled one to share. It was a fishing battle worth telling, and also a tale of tough decisions. Not ...

While a few doors on spring fishing opportunities close, many others have swung wide open with decent action reported. Lingcod fishing in Puget Sound, which started off on slow side when it opened May ...

The lingcod fisheries off the coast, Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound are producing good results for anglers pursuing one of the best tasting white-fleshed fish in the sea. In this week’s ...

LINGCOD DON’T RECEIVE the same amount of attention as halibut, spot shrimp and salmon. But they do have a bit of a cult following on the North Olympic Peninsula, especially along the Pacific Coast.

JUST AS YOU shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, anglers shouldn’t come down too harshly on lingcod. The bottomfish species’ off-putting appearance, complete with large mouth and sharp teeth, along ...

An angler who would have qualified for the Dec. 6 John Rowley Lingcod championship disqualified himself. His reason: He had a schedule conflict and would not be available. That was the misfortune of ...