That said, on to fishing. The action continues down the shore and while the blackfish regulations have cut the bag limit to four fish, that still means you can keep four ‘tog and since a 15-inch size ...

When you’re in the mood for some easy-going angling or want to take the family out for a leisurely day on one of our local party boats, ling is a good fish to keep in mind. The species doesn’t have an ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wedged in its hole 90 feet down the rocky pinnacle, the moody creature lurked, all eyeballs, teeth and jaws. Currents swirled a briny world past the hole -- first a herring, followed later by a small ...

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 ...

The coastal lingcod and black rockfish fishery is off to a hot start at Westport, La Push and Ilwaco. “Bottomfish fishing has been really good when the weather cooperates,” said Larry Giese, owner of ...

There are people who will get in their car at 4 a.m., drive from Philadelphia to the Shore, pay $75 to board a party boat, travel another hour to the fishing grounds, just to catch an "ugly" fish ...

Researchers found that selectively fishing for lingcod in protected areas actually avoided hampering the recovery of other fish, including rockfish species listed as overfished. Along the West Coast, ...

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 ...

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 ...

YELLOWSTONE RIVER — Burbot, which look like a cross between an eel and a catfish, are slippery creatures. So it took a few doses of liquid sedative in a tub of river water to calm one enough so it ...