Surf perch are plentiful in the Southern California surf during the winter months. In many parts of the country, surf anglers are always looking for the biggest and baddest players. Striped bass are a ...

Dock Totals 2/4 – 2/10: 208 anglers aboard 12 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 14 calico bass, 1 halibut, 64 lobster (142 released), 38 perch, 62 rock crab, ...

As a teenager in the 1950s, I subscribed to all three of the major outdoor magazines — Outdoor Life, Field &Stream, and Sports Afield — and devoured their contents avidly every month. The publications ...

The wheel turns. Every year we have a slump in the fishing action in and around Monterey Bay around this time. Dungeness are getting skinny and more scarce, rockfish season has yet to begin, halibut ...

Dock Totals 7/3 – 7/9: 3,950 anglers aboard 162 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 961 barracuda, 83 bluefin tuna (to 70 pounds), 676 bonito, 2,625 calico bass, ...

SEATTLE — The surf-perch fishery off the coast is heating up. Surf-perch population remains abundant, according to state Fish and Wildlife, and they're an underfished species. The summer months offer ...

Perch fishing offers the finest of simple pleasures. Among freshwater fish, the yellow perch’s sweet, white meat is arguably the best eating, rivaling fresh walleye fillets. These fish are also among ...

Mother Nature decided to give Monterey Bay anglers a break this week. It featured mostly benign conditions, with low wind in the mornings, and a small- to medium-sized swell. Beach structure created ...

Wildlife officers in a patrol boat during California’s spiny lobster season opener witnessed illegal fishing activities occurring near a jetty at the entrance to the Channel Islands Harbor. During the ...

Compiled by California Outdoors Hall of Fame member Dave Hurley and edited by Roger George, who guides in the greater Fresno area and holds the striper record at Millerton Lake. Delta stripers and ...