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 the Rockcod Fishing Challenge, participants compete across five categories: First Fish, Most Fish in the Day, First Lingcod, Most Species, and Largest Fish. The angler with the highest score after ...

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 ...

Weather conditions for the weekend look decent for inshore anglers. Winds will be gusting higher in the afternoons, so an early start to the day is recommended. We may see some bigger wind-chop wave ...

In this video, I explain how to use and rig a swim bait while fishing at Pescadero and Pigeon Point in Nor-Cal during low tide. I also share tips on tackle items for fishing, including barrel swivels, ...

One fish, two fish. Green fish, blue fish. Outer teeth, inner teeth. These fish grow a lot of teeth. By Annie Roth If there is one place you don’t want to stick your finger, it’s the mouth of a ...

For some people, the thought of losing a tooth sounds like a painful experience, but for the Pacific lingcod, it's an everyday thing. In fact, this fish loses 20 teeth and grows them all back in one ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...