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 ...

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 ...

Sean Doyle of Visalia became the Week-31 qualifier for Virg’s Lingcod Tournament is with his catch of a 28.6-pound ling. Virg’s manager Bruce Harwood reported: “High swells put a damper on fishing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bakersfield angler Matt Kennedy’s 32.5-pound lingcod currently stands as the top qualifying fish in Virg’s Landing third-annual Lingcod Extravaganza. He’ll fish for a $5,000 prize Saturday in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

This weekend is the latest installment in my 50-year love affair with lingcod fishing, and I can’t wait to engage in some rod-breaking, gut-busting combat with the ugly suckers. I’ve bummed a ride ...

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 ...