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Happy 2022 everyone! Due to the holidays, it’s been a while since my last report, but trust me when I…
Happy 2022 everyone! Due to the holidays, it’s been a while since my last report, but trust me when I…
Watching the clouds roll in and the palm trees sway outside my office window this Thursday morning, makes me glad…
Despite the weather changing from hot and dry to cool and damp, the winds have remained reasonably calm on the…
With bluefin tuna biting close to home, it’s almost impossible to not find a fleet sitting in the area that…
June is usually a month of mixed fishing results but this one summer’s kick-off has been one of the most…
While it’s been pretty nice along the beach this week, the wind has been blowing steadily at the islands and…
It’s been another excellent week of fishing for both ends of the Southern California Bight. Boats up north are continuing…
The fishing along most of Southern California improved greatly after the wind stopped hammering our entire coastline. While there’s still…
In case you haven’t checked the weather report lately, it’s been windy as hell on the water this week. The…
It’s been another pretty good week of fishing across Southern California and the big news continues to be the bluefin…
Erik Landesfeind, BD Pro Team member, demonstrates how to rig up three of his favorite rockfish rigs using lures and…
It’s been another week of good fishing across Southern California. Starting up north, the seabass fishing at the northern Channel…
While the weekend’s full moon had a negative impact on some fisheries, overall its been another good week of spring…
It’s been a mixed bag of weather across Southern California this week. With hot temperatures over the weekend followed by…
Well, it’s been another mostly windy week across much of Southern California, but the good news is that the fish…
Though the wind continues to be a factor up north and on the outside, it’s been another week of improved…
It’s amazing what a week of semi decent weather can do for the fishing in Southern California. For the first…
Erik Landesfeind created this video to show the tackle, lures, and presentations you’ll need to target shallow water rockfish on a private or sport boat.
I wish that I had some great fishing to report on today but this has been one of the windier…
It’s been yet another week of mostly bad weather and things aren’t looking to promising for next week either. That…
BD’s Erik Landesfeind is optimistic about the weather and the fishing that SoCal anglers might expect for the coming weekend. He sums up recent fishing reports and offers his predictions.
Erik Landesfeind sums up the SoCal rockfish season opener. Great fishing was had despite some wind and Erik predicts what the weekend will hold in store for anglers chasing a variety of rockfish.
There are three basic gangion designs that will cover every circumstance you’ll encounter while targeting rockfish. It doesn’t matter if you’re on a private boat or fishing on a sport boat, using the right gangion will make a huge difference in the amount of fish that you catch.
Erik Landesfeind explores the vast improvements in marine electronics and their charting features which can greatly improve your fishing game for any structure-oriented fish like rockfish.