CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Jim Waters of Ventura caught a 35-pound yellowtail aboard the Island Spirit. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Ken Cozzens of Ventura caught a 12-pound lingcod aboard the Island Spirit. Propelled by ...

Bait has made its way into the bay and the fish have been eating sardines with violent strikes. Look deep for bait, most of it has been in 20-plus feet of water. A little knowledge of how to read a ...

Our live bait operations at our local harbors sell anchovies and sardines, but few people understand how the live bait gets there and ultimately into bait tanks aboard our fishing boats. Sportfishing ...

Guide TJ Hester calls a Brad’s Super Bait lure simply “a plastic contraption that makes fish want to bite it.’’ As most anglers know, guides are given to exaggeration when it comes to the fishing ...

Dock Totals Oct 22 – Oct 28: 3,370 anglers aboard 141 boats out of San Diego landings this past week caught 123 bluefin tuna, 2,945 yellowfin tuna, 595 skipjack tuna, 368 dorado, 3,271 yellowtail, 1 ...

It’s early morning, and the clouds still hang over Newport Harbor. But already, it’s rush hour in the water at Newport Bait Co. Sea lions exchange barks with Zuke and Kilo, the dogs that protect the ...

Many of us land-going creatures hear “sardines” and think lemon, garlic and olive oil. For those creatures living in and around the coastal waters of southeastern Africa, the annual, billions-strong ...

A release flag with a roosterfish silhouette hangs on my wall. It has hung upright for five years to remind me that I’ve fished the world’s prime roosterfish spots — Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala ...

A sardine fishery on the Pacific is an iconic endeavor, like corn farming in Iowa, shrimping in Louisiana or cod fishing in New England. But like any of those, it has had severe ups and downs in the ...