Long-line caught halibut await unloading in Petersburg. (Angela Denning/KFSK) Regulations for Alaska halibut charters are looser this summer for the second year in a row. The groups regulating halibut ...

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council is looking at more changes for halibut charter fishing in Southeast and Southcentral Alaska. The council met in early December and is preparing ...

Federal rules taking effect in February are expected to keep a third of the halibut sport charters working out of Homer, Seward and Valdez stuck in harbor this year. To curtail a charter fleet it ...

Aspiring charter boat captains will have to find someone willing to sell them a permit before taking clients fishing for halibut from the central Gulf of Alaska to southeast Alaska as part of efforts ...

Rockfish limits were the rule this week for anglers launching from Monterey Harbor. Charter and private boats headed around the Point Pinos corner and fished a great mix of yellows, blacks, blues, and ...

NOAA's Fisheries Service has announced it is implementing the regulatory recommendations of the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) due to concerns over declining halibut stocks. These ...

Chris’ Fishing Trips posted half to full limits of nearshore rockfish and up to 12 lingcod on Check Mate trips this week. J&M Charters hosted 11 anglers aboard Kahuna on Monday and they did well with ...

SAUSALITO − Halibut and striped bass fishing has been outstanding most days on San Francisco Bay, now that live bait is available at Fisherman’s Wharf. Both private boaters and charter boats are ...

*Editors note: Updated to include reports on the halibut opener on the Strait of Juan de Fuca. ANOTHER HALIBUT OPENER is in the books with good catches reported by Neah Bay charter operators fishing ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Virginia Salvador of Vacaville took a well-deserved break from her full-time job as a laboratory scientist and weekend occupation as a charter boat captain on San Francisco Bay out of ...