BODEGA BAY – If you like to catch rockfish and big lingcod, it’s hard to beat fishing out of Bodega Bay right now.

Captain Rick Powers of Bodega Bay Sportfishing reported superb fishing for lingcod and rockfish on his bottomfishing adventures off the Sonoma County coast. On his latest trip, Powers reported 28 lingcod up to 17 pounds and 140 rockfish for 14 anglers. “The weather conditions were flat – beautiful weather,” Powers noted.

Anglers are using an array of bars, jigs, swimbaits, and other lures tipped with squid strips to land the lingcod and rockfish.

Willie Vogler at Lawson’s Landing in Dillon Beach confirmed the top-notch rockfishing available off the Sonoma County coast. “Ro...