Big news in the local fishing scene, albacore are here! Last week’s first cold front swept through the Pacific Northwest bringing cool temperatures and rain to the north end of the state. The ...

From false albacore to schooling redfish, king mackerel and other high-profile pelagics, there's a lot of action on North ...

ILWACO, Wash. - Sometimes it's up to the bait. I gingerly ran a stout, earthworm-to-trout-sized hook through the nose of a live anchovy, checked the small twist-on weight a couple of feet up the line ...

The long-range vessel Independence out of San Diego caught the first blue fin tuna of 2013 earlier this week fishing 175 miles from San Diego. Captain Paul Strausser said that the conditions looked ...

Inshore ocean chumming for a variety of species has been generally very good recently, and some party boats are advertising trips for albacore -- which I can just about guarantee you will not catch.

The first day of a new year is full of firsts, and if you’re a saltwater fisherman there’s nothing quite like being the first to catch an albacore--especially when that feat usually isn’t accomplished ...

The coastal albacore tuna fishery has remained strong with good catches reported from both private and charter boat anglers at Westport and Ilwaco, and as far north as La Push and Neah Bay. In fact ...

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CALM BLUE OCEAN water right around the 60-degree mark on the thermometer is what bluefin tuna anglers are seeking right now off of our coastline. Typically, the warm currents off the California coast ...

Over the past month, anglers fishing the offshore waters of the Northern California Coast from Bodega Bay to Crescent City have hooked an array of exotic warm water pelagic species, including striped ...