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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kevin Hofer is a Wilderness Systems pro staffer from Mendocino County, California. Lingcod are a voracious deep-water fish famous for eating their own species. Hofer earned his stripes pulling trophy ...

On a beautiful fishing day with a 5ft swell, low tide at 2.8 and high tide at 3.4, I utilized two poles: one rigged with squid and the other with swimbaits. In this video, I demonstrate my method for ...

If there is one place you don’t want to stick your finger, it’s the mouth of a Pacific lingcod. These fearsome fish, which can grow up to 5 feet in length and weigh 80 pounds, have around 500 ...

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 ...