Fishing for rockfish and lingcod continued to thrill Brookings-area anglers last week as flat-calm ocean conditions beckoned anglers to throw their favorite rockfish and lingcod lures.  Most people were catching their rockfish and lings anywhere from Bird Island uphill toward Mack Arch, however the bottom grabbers were caught downhill toward Akin Point as well.  Limits were common, with a plethora of...
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The warming trend has pushed the trout down deeper, approx. 25′ down is where the trollers are finding them. Last week we had 4 trout plants, this week we had two plants. Next week is a double plant including trophy trout and it will be the last one for this year. Sometimes you are fortunate enough to see...
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I live in San Francisco, but happened to be in Pacifica this past Sunday, on Mother’s Day.  Pacifica is just a 10 minute drive south of San Francisco city limits and I’d describe it as a small, mostly blue collar, coastal town with some majestic and sweeping ocean views.  Pacifica is also in possession of a public pier more formally...
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Pacific halibut closes Sunday The ball is about to get rolling here on the North Coast, and it looks like the weather and the ocean conditions are starting to align. Both Friday and Saturday should be excellent for Halibut, with 4-foot waves forecasted for both days. It’s been about a week since the ocean’s been nice enough to drift for flatties,...
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Twas another interesting weather week at the Lake – snow, sun, snow, sun, snow, sun, rain and now hopefully, sun for the rest of the week and a bit warmer temps. And may I just say, there are some hard-core fishing fools out there and quite a few were on the Lake over the weekend. Fishing slowed a tad...
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Wowzer – it was a wild one up at the Lake this weekend. Fishing, this Fishmas, was definitely better than the weather, although the weather was typical Opening day weather – snowy and blustery. Vehicles started arriving in the snow covered lot at 3:00am and with those drivers not knowing where the parking lines were made for and interesting...
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