“Last weekend was all about Dungeness crab and crab/rockfish combination trips on Saturday and Sunday, and all ports from Shelter Cove south to Half Moon Bay returned with spectacular results,” reported David Hurley of USA Fishing’s Hot Sheet. “Limits of … Continued
Showing the enormous power of the oil industry in California despite the state’s “green” image, every bill except one opposed by the powerful oil industry has failed to make it out of the state legislature this year and during the 2015-2016 session. The … Continued
With Northern California in the midst of a brutal heatwave, I was looking for an escape from the heat, preferably something that involved fishing. At the start of the week, I had made an early morning bass trip to Folsom … Continued
Working with The Fish Sniffer certainly has its benefits! I just completed nine intense days that included 7 days of fishing – and – actually catching a ton of fish. The week started out with a long planned trip to … Continued
One of the great things about living in the San Francisco Bay and Delta Region is the many saltwater options you have. You can go fishing for salmon outside the Golden Gate, fish live bait for halibut and striped bass … Continued
Chris King of Los Molinos was fishing with John McGhee, owner of Legal Limit Sportfishing out of Berkeley, when he landed a pending new world record 342 lb. sevengill shark (Notorynchus cepedianus) in San Francisco Bay on July 2, 2017. … Continued
It had taken more than two hours to motor from Berkeley to the Farallon Islands. I snoozed for much of the ride, so I was feeling alert and ready for action when I stepped to the port corner and … Continued
The adrenaline seemed to sizzle in my brain. It was the kind of excitement that only saltwater anglers can understand. I was living the dream, helping California Dawn deckhand Mike Verrone work the deck during a wide-open bite right underneath … Continued
Anglers have experienced excellent fishing this season for the prized California halibut in San Francisco Bay, but few know the hard work by fishing groups that it took over 25 years ago to produce the quality fishery we’re now enjoying. … Continued
If you like to fish saltwater in northern and Central California, you can take your pick of salmon, lingcod, halibut or sturgeon fishing at this time. Anglers fishing aboard New Easy Rider out of the Berkeley Marina and other boats … Continued