Halibut are plentiful in shallow local waters, both along the coast and at the Channel Islands. This Captain’s Log is designed to help you catch one of our tastiest fish in the sea. There are three ...

When you absolutely, positively have to catch a fish, live bait is the only way to go, period. While artificial lures are variously new, improved, or otherwise hyped worldwide, the lowly worm and its ...

During this transitional time of year, it’s not uncommon for one day of lights-out action to be followed by a total skunking. Even traditional methods of predicting fish behavior like tracking fronts, ...

My introduction to live bait potluck fishing on San Francisco Bay came by accident. After driving through horrible traffic from my apartment in San Jose to San Francisco on Interstate 280 in early ...

SAUSALITO − Halibut and striped bass fishing has been outstanding most days on San Francisco Bay, now that live bait is available at Fisherman’s Wharf. Both private boaters and charter boats are ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Fishing for striped bass and halibut was outstanding in San Francisco Bay over the Labor Day weekend, while angling for deep water rockfish was superb at the Rittenburg Bank and other ...

We’re not here to take sides. We’re not here to end the debate forever. We are, however, here to say that there are times when rigging with bait—either live or dead—will outfish artificial lures, even ...

Water temperatures dropped a degree or two in Monterey Bay this week, likely the effect of high winds last week and the heavy marine layer and fog this week. Water temps are still slightly above ...

Fishing for Pacific halibut inside the 40-fathom line on the central coast continues to be open seven days a week until a separate quota of 14,407 pounds is attained or Oct. 31, whichever comes first.