For a morning or afternoon jaunt locally, the beaches are producing increasing numbers of surfperch for Monterey Bay surfcasters. The fish seem to be on the move most days. A few experimental casts at ...

The greatest thing about surfperch fishing is the consistent and constant accessibility. For residents, they are literally “The fish at the end of the street.” Casting bait, artificials or lures from ...

I’m always on the lookout for new fishing challenges and adventures. So when my wife suggested a family trip to the Oregon coast over Labor Day weekend, I required very little convincing. First up was ...

BROOKINGS, Ore. — Donny Davis lobs his weighted contraption of two hooks baited with chunks of prawns into the rolling Pacific surf, then reels in the slack line and immediately feels a tapping ...

JUST BECAUSE IT”S WINTERTIME doesn”t mean that fishing season is over for Monterey Bay anglers. In fact, surf perch season is going strong — and some of the best places to catch surf-perch are from ...

When spring and summer rolls around, many anglers are lured to the coastal beaches in search of abundant surfperch. “Folks can catch surfperch year-round, and now is a very good time to fish for them, ...

THE BIGGEST DETERRENT to enjoying Kalaloch Beach might also be its greatest attribute. One can’t have miles of remote, untouched coastline without it being far enough away from the masses that it ...

A TEAM OF biologists is seeking the public’s help in a surfperch survey of the Pacific Ocean off our coast and along the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Jeffrey S. Jensen of the University of Washington ...

I spent a gloomy January chasing complacent steelhead and walleye on the Walla Walla and Columbia Rivers, respectively. Meanwhile, more forward-looking snowbird friends basked in the warmth of ...

Google has developed a new AI tool to help marine biologists better understand coral reef ecosystems and their health, which can aid in conversation efforts. The tool, SurfPerch, created with Google ...

The effect of giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, on the population dynamics of two temperate reef fishes, striped surfperch (Embiotoca lateralis) and black surfperch (E. jacksoni), was examined. Based ...

The commercial crabbers are now finally out working and Charleston is alive with crabbers, boats, trucks full of crab and a ton of seagulls looking for a dropped piece of crab bait. We have had a few ...