While many head to the Sierra Nevada to fish for trout on the Memorial Day weekend, others head to the ocean and bays to get away from the Valley heat. It’s harder to find better bay halibut fishing ...

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 ...

We have the whole Thundermist gang out fishing for halibut here in Peterborough Alaska. We're running the 120lb T-Turn Bait Rig to keep us tangle-free, with a SS40 Viper Spoon to give our bait some ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the history of bay fishing, there has never been a May like this one. And for anglers, it comes just in time. At the turn of the month, halibut roared en masse into the bay. It seemed an anomalous ...

IT’S HARD to beat all-species saltwater fishing in the Bay Area, if only the wind would cooperate. The latest species to go on what one old salt calls a “wild-dog” bite is halibut. Big halibut, and ...

Aside from some afternoon gusty winds, fishing conditions have been very stable all along the Monterey Bay this week. And, the bay is full of hungry fish. Anglers were very successful on a variety of ...