EL GRANADA – Rockfishing adventures along the San Mateo County Coast continue to yield limits of colorful rockfish, along with some lingcod and an occasional halibut.

“All-depth rockfishing is now allowed off our coastline,” the Half Moon Bay Sportfishing Center reported. “The state and federal fishery management agencies have both approved changes to the rockfishing off our coastline effective September 18, 2025, to no depth restrictions through the end of the year. That means fishing the Deep Reef is in play, as well as fishing as deep or as shallow as we’d like.”

For example, the Queen of Hearts returned to the dock with 210 rockfish and 2 lingcod for 21 anglers on October 11. The boa...