Allen Bushnell

Gearing up for your surfcasting adventure | Fish Rap

Conditions improved along the Monterey Bay coastline this week and enabled anglers to fish longer and farther from the launch.

Settling conditions lead to increased opportunities | Fish Rap

Chris Arcoleo at Chris’ Fishing Trips is posting full limits of rockfish for every trip aboard the Check Mate and Caroline, as usual. Depending on the customer load that means up to 230 rockf…

Deepwater rockfish areas will close at the end of April, and only nearshore waters inside of the 20 fathom (120 feet) line will be open for rockfish, cabezon and lingcod.

Despite the loss of a salmon season for both commercial and recreational anglers this year, we are seeing an increase in saltwater action and healthy harvest from the Monterey Bay region. Halibut c…

Finally, we have rockfish, lingcod and greenling regulations | Fish Rap

They say that time and tide wait for no man. Unfortunately, the rest of us are resigned to twiddling our thumbs on shore while a stack of government agencies deliberate this year’s recreational fis…

Considering we are in the middle of our slow season for fishing in the Monterey Bay area, we just enjoyed a huge weekend with tons of action. Most notable was the long-awaited 19th annual Sand Crab…

Surfcasters from all over Northern California are looking forward to the 19th annual Sand Crab Classic Perch Tournament being held on Saturday.