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 ...

Dock Totals 1/14 – 1/20: 478 anglers aboard 22 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 40 calico bass, 21 lingcod, 20 lobster (24 released), 54 perch, 89 rock crab, ...

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 ...

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 ...

In this video, we attempt to use live eel as bait for big lingcod, but things don't go as planned. Key equipment featured includes: - Nenox Gyuto Knife - Cutting Board - CampChef Stove Camera gear ...

Dock Totals 3/30 – 4/5: 1055 anglers aboard 39 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 14 bocaccio, 2 calico bass, 7 halibut (5 released), 151 lingcod, 2773 ...

Salmon fishing slowed down considerably along the Monterey Bay coastline just before last weekend. But boat-based anglers are finding plenty of rockfish, lingcod and cabezon closer to shore. And, we ...

The first ocean fishing season of 2026 starts Saturday (March 14), with the opening of the bottomfish season in Marine Areas one and two.