Join us on a Catch and Cook adventure as we take the Butter Boat out for a fishing trip, reeling in Rockfish and Lingcod.

Our experts point you to the best fishing this week, with on-the-ground reports from Central Valley to the coast.

Targeting big Lingcod in Northern California, this video showcases an outing to rocky areas using jigging and swimbaits as ...

One of the best things about fishing in the spring is that it's the best time to catch bass, trout, striped bass, walleyes and even crappie with fast-moving lures. Bass fishing in summer and in much ...

The first ocean fishing season of 2026 starts Saturday (March 14), with the opening of the bottomfish season in Marine Areas one and two. However, March weather offers little for anglers’ intent on ...

In 2000, the U.S. commerce secretary declared the groundfish fishery on the U.S. West Coast a “disaster,” with 10 key species overfished to below a quarter of their healthy levels. Fisheries ...

Once in a while, yet never often enough, adults get to become kids again, albeit all too briefly. When that opportunity comes along, go with the moment and savor it. That is exactly what happened for ...

Although swimbaits have been around for nearly 40 years, it’s fair to say that their popularity has reached an all-time high. The trend should come as no surprise: Americans obsess over catching huge ...

Fishing report 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 ...

Anglers try their luck with some fishing from a boat on Millerton Lake on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. CRAIG KOHLRUSS ckohlruss@fresnobee.com Fishing report compiled by California Outdoors Hall of Fame ...