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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...