Yes, salmon season has opened in the Central Management Region. Those are our waters, stretching from Pigeon Point down to Point Conception, above Santa Barbara. Our area opened earliest this year.

Monterey Bay is only 25 miles across, from Santa Cruz to Monterey. But, we have 90 miles of shoreline as the bay arcs inland. Some of that shoreline, especially near Santa Cruz, is rocky with vertical ...

We’ are off to a good, if not great start to the 2026 fishing season on Monterey Bay. Charters boats are already racking up ...

Monterey Bay area anglers enjoyed the shot at king salmon last weekend. Limits were fairly common and the fish were of high quality, mostly in the teens with some fish over 20 pounds. Saturday was ...