It was an awesome, perhaps disturbing, sight. Possession Bar on Sunday, May 1, opening day of our in-Sound lingcod season, crawling with recreational fishing boats of every description. A lot of boats ...

Most of the daylight catch has been on fly-lined bait, while nighttime fish are holding deeper and biting jigs. One rule of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sixty miles offshore and miles from help, the bite is on fire. Watch as we battle massive lingcod and hard-fighting rockfish ...

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.

The coastal lingcod fishery reopened Saturday, and anglers are dusting off their gear in anticipation of what should be another excellent season. “Lingcod are very abundant on the south central coast, ...

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 ...

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 ...