Nine miles off Newport Beach, anglers anxiously lined the railing of the Nautilus as deckhands scooped basketfuls of anchovies and sardines into the dark water to entice their prey. The captain ...

Squid boats operate at night to take advantage of the mollusks' attraction to high-powered lights. If the so-called light boat lures a quorum, ...

Passengers on California-based Dana Wharf Sportfishing's boats recently caught more than 1800 jumbo squids on a single night. ... (the boat) right under the water," he said. Squid booms every few ...

A companion boat known as a purse seiner nets tons of squid. How often: You might see the lights one night and not the next. The boats follow the squid, tracking them with sonar.

As the sun sets over the ocean, the six crewmen on the Cape Blanco are starting a long night’s work off the far side of Santa Catalina Island, putting on orange slickers and hard hats to fish ...

On a night like this, ... of Fish and Game has kept the fishery in check with catch limits, a ban on weekend fishing and a cap on the number of squid boats.

We were heading out last night to eat Chinese food (year of the fire boar!) and see a little documentary about Red Hill (which, thanks to a mistake in Calendar, wasn't actually playing last night - it ...

Squid boats shine bright lights at night – often visible from shore — to attract the squid towards their purse seine nets. The abundance of squid varies from year to year, ...

Green lights from squid boats believed to be run by Chinese fishermen were seen from the village of Qinbi in Matsu, a chain of Taiwanese islands on Sept. 22. (Video: Hui-Yi Wang) By Alicia Chen ...

An eerie, green sky at night has Taiwan's residents spooked. The otherworldly glow, seen from the Matsu islands, comes from a wave of Chinese boats where fishermen use green LED lights to attract ...

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Three fishermen were rescued from the waters off Hyannis after their boat capsized Monday night, officials said. At 10 p.m., firefighters responded to a report of three squid fishermen needing ...