Join me on a shore fishing adventure as I go after one of my favorite fish: Lingcod! Watch as I hike to remote spots, cast my swimbait, and reel in these amazing rockfish. From the thrill of the catch ...

CHUGACH ISLANDS — Sitting on an upside-down bucket and holding onto the gunwale of a 26-foot Bay Weld that rocked and rolled, Larry Keller patiently watched for his rod tip to bounce. He was taking a ...

While the state of salmon fishing seasons remains up in the air, the one thing anglers can count on this spring and early summer are decent catches of lingcod, halibut and black rockfish. Coastal ...

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 ...

Inshore: The half-day boats have been fishing the midcolumn off the kelp for sculpin and calico bass, and the flats for sand bass and halibut with mixed success. The closure on rockfishing and the ...

Lots of anglers are having lots of fun on and around the Monterey Bay these days. We are also enjoying the bounty of fresh healthy seafood from a variety of species. Rock cod fishing continues to be ...

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 ...

BODEGA BAY – Since the rockfish season opened in the San Francisco Management Area on May 15, anglers fishing the deep water off the Sonoma County Coast have caught limits of rockfish and limits of ...

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 ...

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 ...