Monterey Bay

Boats Target Halibut, Lingcod and Rockfish

SANTA CRUZ – Now that the four-day fall salmon season is over, anglers are back to concentrating on rockfish, lingcod and halibut in the Monterey Bay region. Limits of rockfish are the rule for anglers boarding party boats.

“The rockfish were on the bite up the coast near 3 Mile and 4 Mile Beaches,” reported Todd Fraser of Bayside Marine on September 13. “The halibut were a little more elusive today. There was some wind chop up the coast, which didn't help the anglers drifting. There were a few halibut caught in Capitola and near Pajaro.”

On the previous day, Fraser said, “The anglers fished up the coast early for rockfish and li...