My introduction to live bait potluck fishing on San Francisco Bay came by accident. After driving through horrible traffic from my apartment in San Jose to San Francisco on Interstate 280 in early ...

While many head to the Sierra Nevada to fish for trout on the Memorial Day weekend, others head to the ocean and bays to get away from the Valley heat. It’s harder to find better bay halibut fishing ...

The process of catching, ­transporting and curing live bait is a time-consuming and ­laborious task, but the results of ...

Halibut are plentiful in shallow local waters, both along the coast and at the Channel Islands. This Captain’s Log is designed to help you catch one of our tastiest fish in the sea. There are three ...

We’re not here to take sides. We’re not here to end the debate forever. We are, however, here to say that there are times when rigging with bait—either live or dead—will outfish artificial lures, even ...

When you absolutely, positively have to catch a fish, live bait is the only way to go, period. While artificial lures are variously new, improved, or otherwise hyped worldwide, the lowly worm and its ...

Recreational fishing in the Bay Area seems about as popular as it’s ever been. Many fishing grounds we once enjoyed alone are now overrun by weekend crowds and fleets of skiffs. Traffic jams clog boat ...

We have the whole Thundermist gang out fishing for halibut here in Peterborough Alaska. We're running the 120lb T-Turn Bait Rig to keep us tangle-free, with a SS40 Viper Spoon to give our bait some ...