William "Captain Smitty" Smith stands for a portrait at Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay in 2024. (Loren Elliott / For The Times) After a two-year shutdown, fishing boats will fan out along the ...

After weeks of trepidation the ocean lay down in flat, glassy calm, creating safe conditions for the flotilla of boats heading out from every port from Monterey north to Crescent City for the the ...

Anyone interested in fishing in California lakes or streams can take up the hobby for free, at least for two days this summer, when the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Department waives ...