SALTWATER REPORTS
East Bay Salt Water Rubber Lips Best Bet El Cerrito – George, the owner of Bay Tackle, reports that rubber lip perch are in spawn mode in the SF Bay. Fishing has been really good from Richmond all the way … Continued
Largemouth Bass Tactics in the Surf
In this article, I will be sharing my top 3 rigs with baits to catch fish in the surf. From surf perch to striped bass & halibut. I’m also going to share my journey and how fishing for largemouth bass … Continued
Alaskan Halibut and Salmon with Eagle Charters
By Paul J. Kneeland This has been a very trying spring and summer, with Covid 19 shutting down most of the economy, and now extreme heat and forest fires turning the sky smoky gray. My brother Ken of Merino, Colorado … Continued
Drifting along the Marin Coast with Captain Trent Slate of Bite Me Charters
‘Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.’ Robert Frost – The Road Not Taken The summer of 2020 has been the summer of big ocean salmon … Continued
Salmon Are Biting! Here’s How To Get Kings From The Deck Of A Charter Boat!
By Cal Kellogg The Chinook salmon is the dean of California saltwater gamefish. Over the decades no other game fish has monopolized the California saltwater angler’s time and imagination more than the venerable king salmon. With ocean salmon seasons underway, … Continued
Halibut Season Is Going To Be Great! Are You Ready?
San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate region’s coastal waters are the halibut capital of northern California. That has always been the case, but over the past couple years halibut action has been exceptionally good and that trend is expected … Continued
Cal Kellogg’s 18’ Duckworth Advantage Sport Is For Sale!
By Cal Kellogg Duckworth boats can be hard to purchase and that fact is doubly true when it comes to the new Advantage Sport line of aluminum fishing machines. Why? Well that’s simple, Duckworth’s reputation for top notch performance and … Continued
I Caught My First Sturgeon!
By Stacy Barawed My cousin Michael and I had reserved spots aboard the Gatecrasher well ahead of sturgeon season. Our Sunday finally came, and we met at the Pittsburg Marina, wide-eyed and toting enough food to feed an army. It … Continued
Rounding Up Crabs & Rockfish Aboard The Happy Hooker!
By Stacy Barawed I’d been wanting to book a trip with Captain Jonathon Smith and his crew for a while now, so when an opening became available on Sunday’s rockfish and crab combo on the Happy Hooker, I couldn’t pass … Continued
Go Light and Shallow for Sonoma Coast Rockfish
By Mark Fong A quick snap of the rod tip sent my small swimbait toward its target. Letting the bait fall through the water column, I methodically counted it down to 35 feet before closing the bail on my … Continued