Word on the Dock: Salmon Dates and Quota Shaping Up
Salmon get folks fired up every time the season nears, especially with numbers and dates starting to firm up for a real shot in the Bay. Berkeley Mari...
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Halibut Action Starting Strong in San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay out of Berkeley has this easy pull when the halibut start moving in for the spring. You motor out from the marina with the city skyline catching the morning light and those East Bay hills rolling behind you, the water that familiar green-gray color that tells you the tide is doing ...
Fishermans Wharf/Berkeley fishing report
Fisherman’s Wharf/Berkeley Boaters Battle Bay Stripers and Halibut SAN FRANCISCO – The spring striped bass and halibut season has begun on San Francis...
Mixed Bag Poke-Poling at Low Tide
Lawrence Ngai from Durasnare went poke-poling at low tide and brought back a good haul: one greenling, one monkeyface prickleback eel, three rock crab...
Reel Addiction Sportfishing Gears Up for 2026
Reel Addiction Sportfishing out of San Francisco Bay is doing lots of prep and has exciting things coming up for the upcoming seasons. They run two bo...
Catching Up with Our Friends at Durasnare Crabsnares During the International Sportsmen's Expo
The Fish Sniffer team had a great time at the International Sportsmen's Expo this weekend. It was awesome to catch up with our friends, including foun...
Exciting Weekend at the International Sportsmen's Expo with Reel Addiction Sportfishing
The Fish Sniffer team had a great time at the International Sportsmen's Expo this weekend. We enjoyed meeting up with our friends from Reel Addiction ...
Hot Fishing in Magdalena Bay
Hot fishing in Magdalena Bay! By Paul J. Kneeland Last September, my brother Ken from Merino, Colorado and I took a trip to Magdalena Bay, on the Paci...
Birthday Crew Defies Forecast for Epic Day at Lawsons Landing
What a way to wrap up the holiday season. On December 20, the Durasnare crew headed out to Lawsons Landing fully expecting a wet and windy slog with f...
Reel Addiction Sportfishing Wraps 2025 Season Out of San Francisco Bay
Captain Ben Mechling of Reel Addiction Sportfishing marked the final day of the 2025 season out of San Francisco Bay. The trip focused on creating las...
Crabbers Grind Out Dungeness Success at Lawson's Landing
The Durasnare team reported in from a recent crabbing outing at Lawson's Landing, where the action proved to be a grind but yielded a strong finish wi...
SF Bay Crab and Rockfish Action Remains Strong
Reel Addiction Sportfishing checked in from San Francisco Bay with impressive results from a recent combo trip, yielding 80 crab, 80 rockfish, 16 ling...
Triple Limits of Rockfish and Lingcod on Farallon Islands Crab Combo Trips
Anglers aboard the Reel Addiction 2 enjoyed outstanding action on a special Veterans Crab Combo Trip out of San Francisco Bay. Captain Shawn Taylor gu...
Rockfish Limits Are the Rule
MONTEREY - Charter boat trips out of Chris’ Fishing continue to produce full limits of rockfish, along with some hefty lingcod. The Checkmate checked ...
Bay Charter Boats Switch Over to Crab/Rockfish Adventures
SAN FRANCISCO – The live bait season is over on San Francisco Bay, so charter boat captains have switched to crab./rockfish combos and crab only trips...
Anglers Bag Limits of Rockfish and Crab on Combo Trips
BODEGA BAY – The Dungeness crab season is in full swing and anglers have been catching limits of rockfish and limits of crabs on recent crab/rockfish ...
Bay Area Dungeness Crab Season Off to a Strong Start After November 1 Opener
The 2025-2026 recreational season opened November 1 along sections of the central California coast, and we have seen excellent shore-based action acro...