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 ...

A beautiful west swell rolled in this week, to the delight of surfers up and down the coast. The swell served to further slow our halibut bite from the 30 to 70-foot depths, though a few flatties were ...

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 ...

A Quebec angler who braved sub-freezing temperatures recently to participate in a research project ended up reeling a record-size halibut through the ice. The massive halibut, caught Jan. 31 by Alain ...

Halibut season is coming up quickly in April with some positive changes for halibut anglers. The annual limit will be raised to six fish from four when the season kicks off April 4 in Puget Sound and ...

Fishing derbies are like the lottery in that you can’t win unless you enter. Lorna Illingworth, for example, caught a 158-pound halibut last weekend while fishing during the “Halibut Hullabaloo” out ...

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 ...

OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced this week additional recreational halibut fishing dates through most of the Strait of Juan de Fuca in August and September. The ...

In 2022, the commercial halibut fishery in the Gulf of Alaska killed and discarded nearly twice as many halibut — nearly one million pounds — as the Gulf of Alaska trawl fleet. This fleet, which ...

VALDEZ — Kimberly Baridiano moved to Valdez from the Philippines two years ago and went halibut fishing for the first time last July 9. Baridiano hooked into a 130.8-pound halibut, and her catch put ...