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 ...

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 ...

Here we are at the beginning of our fishing seasons and we have no live bait. It sucks! Rockfish and lingcod season began March 1. Lingcod love live baits, though they will also attack lures such as ...

Dock Totals Mar 18 – Mar 24: 1,457 anglers aboard 64 boats out of San Diego landings this past week caught 5 yellowtail, 3 calico bass, 8 sand bass, 4,617 rockfish, 1,490 whitefish, 9 lingcod, 3 ...

LINGCOD DON’T RECEIVE the same amount of attention as halibut, spot shrimp and salmon. But they do have a bit of a cult following on the North Olympic Peninsula, especially along the Pacific Coast.

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 ...

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 ...

CASTAIC LAKE--Bass are biting on plastics, live bait, jigs, and crawdad-colored cranks in five to 25 feet of water. Everything else has been slow. PYRAMID LAKE--Catfish are biting in the Yellowbar ...

WHIDBEY ISLAND — The saying that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder is certainly true when it comes to lingcod. While the vampire-fanged, buggy-eyed creatures won’t win any beauty contests — in ...

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 ...

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 ...