Your Complete Fishing Guide

Excellent fishing is available at this day-use reservoir located just east of the San Fransisco Bay near Berkeley. The lake’s record rainbow is 15 pounds, and many are caught in the 3-6 pound range. Trout plants, done weekly, average about 1 pound per fish. Anglers at San Pablo frequently average 2 to 3 trout per rod, from both boat and shore. The only live bait allowed at San Pablo are red worms and nightcrawlers. San Pablo offers many good shore fishing locations for trout and catfish. For boaters, a topographical map showing the holes to fish is for sale at the lake for less than $1.00.

San Francisco’s Lake Merced is actually two lakes separated by a narrow strip of land. Merced provides very good trout fishing all year-round. So there is no need for anglers on the Peninsula to drive for hours to reach good trout waters. And Merced, surrounded by tules and sitting amid rolling [...] Continue Reading…

San Luis Reservoir and the adjoining O’Neill Forebay offer some of the best freshwater striped bass fishing anywhere. This includes consistent trophy-sized fish opportunities as well as fast-paced action on the bass in the 2 to 8 pound range. The primary purpose of most people who visit San Luis [...] Continue Reading…

The monkey fish of Australia live in holes in the coral reefs. One way if procuring these otherwise difficult-to-catch fish is to force them to use up their oxygen. The method is straightforward, though less than sporting. At low tide, a thick layer of a native grass is placed [...] Continue Reading…

The bee attractor technique, is one that probably is used more in literature than in practice. The angler catches a honeybee or bumblebee, puts it in a covered glass jar, makes it angry by shaking it, and then places the bottle in the water tied to a pier. The [...] Continue Reading…