Large ling cod have started to move into the shallow and the Charter Boat Legacy had a trip to remember at New Year Island. “In my years of fishing Monterey Bay I have never seen fishing this good for ...

In the Rockcod Fishing Challenge, participants compete across five categories: First Fish, Most Fish in the Day, First Lingcod, Most Species, and Largest Fish. The angler with the highest score after ...

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 ...

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 ...

* Fish at night: Anglers sometimes catch ling during the day but being nocturnal they're much easier to catch at night when they're the most active. Start ice fishing at sunset and try glow jigs ...

Researchers found that selectively fishing for lingcod in protected areas actually avoided hampering the recovery of other fish, including rockfish species listed as overfished. Along the West Coast, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Inshore: The half-day boats have been fishing the midcolumn off the kelp for sculpin and calico bass, and the flats for sand bass and halibut with mixed success. The closure on rockfishing and the ...

There are people who will get in their car at 4 a.m., drive from Philadelphia to the Shore, pay $75 to board a party boat, travel another hour to the fishing grounds, just to catch an "ugly" fish ...

The halibut and lingcod fishing seasons have gotten off to a fairly good start in open areas of Puget Sound and off the coast. “We had a good catch rate for lingcod at Port Townsend Boat Haven ramp ...