Geoffrey Wells is a lifelong Santa Cruz resident who has fished for, hooked, gaffed, landed, barbecued, sautéed, marinated, smoked, devoured and given away literally tons of albacore, also known as ...

California had its worst albacore fishing season in more than 30 years last year. The 2023 season saw a 71 percent decline in volume and a 65 percent decline in value in the fishery for albacore, also ...

This guide is intended to help owners and operators of West Coast albacore fishing vessels understand their obligations if they wish to fish for albacore. This guide is intended to help owners and ...

Inshore: In spite of being fat-plugged with pelagic crab, the rockfish continue to bite well for the local bottom-fish trips. Most of these fish come up with mouths and bellies full of the hapless ...

It’s a sight out of a National Geographic TV special. Finback whales, some 90 miles off the coast near the Cortez Bank, are circling schools of anchovies at high speed and rolling the fish into dense ...

Join us nearly 40 miles offshore from Bodega Bay, CA, as we seek out Albacore Tuna in a catch and cook adventure. This trip ...

Editor's note: Based in North Puget Sound and operating from Alaska to Baja, Joel Shangle has been a news junkie on the West Coast saltwater scene since the 1990s, first as editor of California ...

They fish for red fish and everything that we've got with the fly rods. But that Albacore shows up in the fall. They're there and it's a great fishery. - Yeah, and if you're fishing for 'em, you ...

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