Lingcod fishing has been phenomenal off the Central Coast this season, and the capper is being applied as the 2014 campaign winds down. Bottom-fishing season ended Wednesday, but check this out: ...

If the weather cooperates, bottom fishermen should be able to enjoy fine ling fishing, while those seeking mackerel are also likely to be satisfied with the jigging. Joe Bogan says ling fishing on his ...

That said, on to fishing. The action continues down the shore and while the blackfish regulations have cut the bag limit to four fish, that still means you can keep four ‘tog and since a 15-inch size ...

Admittedly, it’s early in the game. But to date only one San Luis Obispo County resident has qualified for the year-end John Rowley Lingcod extravaganza being promoted by Virg’s Landing. He’s a ...

When you’re in the mood for some easy-going angling or want to take the family out for a leisurely day on one of our local party boats, ling is a good fish to keep in mind. The species doesn’t have an ...

FLAMING GORGE - By day, a whiskered fiend hides from the light curled up under rocks at the bottom of the lake. As the sun goes down, the slender-bodied predator uncoils, emerging from the depths to ...

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 ...

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, ...

Wedged in its hole 90 feet down the rocky pinnacle, the moody creature lurked, all eyeballs, teeth and jaws. Currents swirled a briny world past the hole -- first a herring, followed later by a small ...

WHIDBEY ISLAND — A lingcod won’t win any good looks contest in the fish domain. Their buggy eyes, gnarly canine teeth, spiny fins and mottled brown skin deem them as one of the ugliest creatures in ...

The halibut and lingcod fishing seasons have gotten off to a fairly good start in open areas of Puget Sound and off the coast. “We had a good catch rate for lingcod at Port Townsend Boat Haven ramp ...

YELLOWSTONE RIVER — Burbot, which look like a cross between an eel and a catfish, are slippery creatures. So it took a few doses of liquid sedative in a tub of river water to calm one enough so it ...