Bakersfield angler Matt Kennedy, left, shows off his catch of a 32.5-pound lingcod caught Sunday aboard Virg’s Landing vessel Rita G. Deckhand Matt Oliver, right, assists. Courtesy of Virg’s Landing A ...

Everything is bigger in Alaska. Never mind the bears and moose. Consider fishing. Whereas California fishermen may target lingcod using four-ounce weighted rubber jigs, in Alaska they use one-pound ...

Lots of anglers are having lots of fun on and around the Monterey Bay these days. We are also enjoying the bounty of fresh healthy seafood from a variety of species. Rock cod fishing continues to be ...

The angler filmed himself catching the fish and uploaded the video to Instagram on Friday. The video shows the man filleting the cod to reveal its flesh, which is same shade of blue as the water.

When the weather turns warm, I want to spend more time enjoying it and a little less time in the kitchen. I look for meals with a relatively low fuss factor - a bowl of cereal doesn't count, and I can ...

As the rockfish and lingcod season ended Dec. 31, I got to thinking about past grand battles and recalled one to share. It was a fishing battle worth telling, and also a tale of tough decisions. Not ...

Along the West Coast, lingcod fish are top predators -- voracious eaters that aren't picky about where their next meal comes from. But lingcod in the Pacific Ocean used to be overfished, to the point ...

Big game hunters were frustrated this week. We know there are huge schools of bluefin tuna all along the Northern California coast, but recent weather conditions have made it difficult if not ...

MONTEREY - For the first time in over two decades, anglers are now able to fish the deep water off the Monterey and Santa Cruz County Coast for groundfish. Rockfish and lingcod season in the Monterey ...

Researchers found that selectively fishing for lingcod in protected areas actually avoided hampering the recovery of other fish, including rockfish species listed as overfished. Along the West Coast, ...

The lingcod fishery off the coast continues to show good catches heading into autumn from charter boats out of Westport, and anglers will be inspired to finding ways on how to prepare their catch.

A lingcod strike is about as subtle as a dinosaur attack. Even at a few hundred feet down and several feet of stretch in monofilament line, a lingcod can bend a rod double, muscle its way into the ...