Fishing Guides

Diamond Jig Fishing Guide: Vertical Jigging for...

The diamond jig is the most versatile metal lure ever made for saltwater fishing. It works on bluefish, striped bass, rockfish, lingcod, yellowtail, albacore, pollock, cod, amberjack, and a dozen...

Diamond Jig Fishing Guide: Vertical Jigging for...

The diamond jig is the most versatile metal lure ever made for saltwater fishing. It works on bluefish, striped bass, rockfish, lingcod, yellowtail, albacore, pollock, cod, amberjack, and a dozen...

Sabiki Rig Guide: How to Catch Live Bait for Sa...

A sabiki rig is the most efficient bait-catching tool ever invented. Six to eight small hooks on a single line, each dressed with fish skin or flash, dropped into a...

Sabiki Rig Guide: How to Catch Live Bait for Sa...

A sabiki rig is the most efficient bait-catching tool ever invented. Six to eight small hooks on a single line, each dressed with fish skin or flash, dropped into a...

Surf Fishing California: Species, Rigs & Beach ...

California surf fishing gets overlooked by anglers who think saltwater fishing requires a boat. It doesn't. The beach fishery here is legitimately excellent - surfperch stacked in the troughs year-round,...

Surf Fishing California: Species, Rigs & Beach ...

California surf fishing gets overlooked by anglers who think saltwater fishing requires a boat. It doesn't. The beach fishery here is legitimately excellent - surfperch stacked in the troughs year-round,...

Albacore Tuna Fishing Guide: Pacific Coast Tactics

Albacore are the gateway tuna. They run the Pacific coast every summer, they'll eat a cedar plug trolled behind a boat at 7 knots, and when you find a school...

Albacore Tuna Fishing Guide: Pacific Coast Tactics

Albacore are the gateway tuna. They run the Pacific coast every summer, they'll eat a cedar plug trolled behind a boat at 7 knots, and when you find a school...

White Seabass Fishing Guide: California Inshore...

White seabass have a reputation as the most difficult inshore fish in California. They're spooky. They hear the boat engine from 200 yards. They refuse baits that aren't presented perfectly....

White Seabass Fishing Guide: California Inshore...

White seabass have a reputation as the most difficult inshore fish in California. They're spooky. They hear the boat engine from 200 yards. They refuse baits that aren't presented perfectly....

California Halibut Fishing Guide: Surf, Bay & B...

California halibut are a different animal than their Pacific cousins. They're smaller - most run 3 to 15 pounds, with fish over 20 being genuinely noteworthy and anything over 30...

California Halibut Fishing Guide: Surf, Bay & B...

California halibut are a different animal than their Pacific cousins. They're smaller - most run 3 to 15 pounds, with fish over 20 being genuinely noteworthy and anything over 30...

Pacific Halibut Fishing Guide: Gear, Rigging & ...

Pacific halibut are the reason people spend real money on charter trips. A 100-pound halibut on the end of your line - a fish that can pin you to the...

Pacific Halibut Fishing Guide: Gear, Rigging & ...

Pacific halibut are the reason people spend real money on charter trips. A 100-pound halibut on the end of your line - a fish that can pin you to the...

Rockfish Fishing Guide: Pacific Coast Bottom Fi...

If you want to put fish in the cooler on the Pacific coast, rockfish are your best bet. They're everywhere, they bite when other species won't, and you don't need...

Rockfish Fishing Guide: Pacific Coast Bottom Fi...

If you want to put fish in the cooler on the Pacific coast, rockfish are your best bet. They're everywhere, they bite when other species won't, and you don't need...

Lingcod Fishing Guide: Tackle, Techniques & Pac...

Lingcod are not a fish you mess around with. They've got a mouth full of teeth, they'll inhale a rockfish half their size, and they hit artificial lures with enough...

Lingcod Fishing Guide: Tackle, Techniques & Pac...

Lingcod are not a fish you mess around with. They've got a mouth full of teeth, they'll inhale a rockfish half their size, and they hit artificial lures with enough...

How to Brine Herring for Spring Chinook on the ...

Soft herring falls off the hook before you finish your first troll pass. Every spring Chinook angler on the Columbia has watched a $20 pack of herring turn to mush...

How to Brine Herring for Spring Chinook on the ...

Soft herring falls off the hook before you finish your first troll pass. Every spring Chinook angler on the Columbia has watched a $20 pack of herring turn to mush...

How to Use a Planer for Trolling: Rigging, Dept...

Your trolling spread is running perfectly at 8 knots - four lines out, baits tracking clean, everything at the surface. But the fish are 40 feet down, stacked on a...

How to Use a Planer for Trolling: Rigging, Dept...

Your trolling spread is running perfectly at 8 knots - four lines out, baits tracking clean, everything at the surface. But the fish are 40 feet down, stacked on a...

Cobia Fishing Guide: How to Sight Cast, Chum, a...

You're running the beach in the tower and you spot a dark shape cruising just under the surface, trailing a manta ray like a pilot fish with an attitude problem....

Cobia Fishing Guide: How to Sight Cast, Chum, a...

You're running the beach in the tower and you spot a dark shape cruising just under the surface, trailing a manta ray like a pilot fish with an attitude problem....