The greatest thing about surfperch fishing is the consistent and constant accessibility. For residents, they are literally “The fish at the end of the street.” Casting bait, artificials or lures from ...

For a morning or afternoon jaunt locally, the beaches are producing increasing numbers of surfperch for Monterey Bay surfcasters. The fish seem to be on the move most days. A few experimental casts at ...

THE BIGGEST DETERRENT to enjoying Kalaloch Beach might also be its greatest attribute. One can’t have miles of remote, untouched coastline without it being far enough away from the masses that it ...

JUST BECAUSE IT”S WINTERTIME doesn”t mean that fishing season is over for Monterey Bay anglers. In fact, surf perch season is going strong — and some of the best places to catch surf-perch are from ...

Climbed down a steep cliff to reach a fishing spot where I caught some nice Striped Surf Perch. I used swimbaits for a couple ...

The surf perch fishery off the coast is heating up. Surf perch population remains abundant, according to state Fish and Wildlife, and they’re an underfished species. The summer months offer the best ...

When spring and summer rolls around, many anglers are lured to the coastal beaches in search of abundant surfperch. “Folks can catch surfperch year-round, and now is a very good time to fish for them, ...

First LIGHT catches hundreds of coruscations of barred surfperch as they zip through waves at Rincon Point near Carpinteria. Standing on the threshold of a wet wilderness, waves rising and flattening ...

I spent a gloomy January chasing complacent steelhead and walleye on the Walla Walla and Columbia Rivers, respectively. Meanwhile, more forward-looking snowbird friends basked in the warmth of ...

Dock Totals 2/4 – 2/10: 208 anglers aboard 12 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 14 calico bass, 1 halibut, 64 lobster (142 released), 38 perch, 62 rock crab, ...

I’m always on the lookout for new fishing challenges and adventures. So when my wife suggested a family trip to the Oregon coast over Labor Day weekend, I required very little convincing. First up was ...

Researchers determine that marine fish are influenced by the food supply upon which they depend and competition for those resources For years, scientific literature — as well as fisheries management ...