Articles written by Bill Roecker
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New Year's Day Bite
"We got down to the Banks yesterday midday, " reported Excel skipper Justin Fleck January 1, 2014. "After bouncing around a little bit the fishing has been good. Most of the fish we're catching fish... Full story
Fish Tales From The West Coast
Bluefin Dive Long-range boats reporting from the bluefin area south of San Diego yesterday indicated bluefin fishing was tough at best. Some boats managed one or two fish per rod; others didn’t... Full story
San Diego Sport Fishing
Overview Windy weather and a morning-only bite foiled many boats going into the weekend, but a few managed to deck one or two tuna per rod out on the bluefin grounds. Some boats opted to fish for... Full story
Fishing Long Range 101
In his "Net Update," Bill Roecker of www.FishingVideos.com highly recommends this DVD, Fishing Long Range 101, which is available at http://www.fishingvideos.com/shopping.htm... Full story
Biggest Yellowfin Ever Caught - 445 Pound Yellowfin Tuna!
There was a small crowd waiting when Justin Fleck backed Excel into the slip in front of Fisherman’s Landing Dec. 9 sometime around 4 a.m., and it rapidly grew until there looked to be several hundred folks clustered around the biggest yellowfin...
At The Rail
The heftiest, best-illustratedbook on long range fishing: At The Rail: Long Range Fishing, by Bill Roecker, has been recently released by Oceanic Productions. The big new 208-page coffee-table volume is colorful, about the best bites ever seen, the... Full story
Bill Roecker’s 2013 Sportfishing Calendar
New 2013 Sportfishing Calendar Bill Roecker’s fresh, colorful 2013 Sportfishing Calendar is stuffed with information and great features like the long range record fish of the year, the most common... Full story
PEI Prize --
Contractor Ken Cirks spends a few days each fall fishing up in the Northeast. This year he was fishing out of North Lake, Prince Edward Island. I talked with Basil Pappas via telephone a few days... Full story
San Diego - At The Docks
Saturday, September 22 was a good day for trips returning from week-long trips. The four rigs that arrived in the morning had very good to excellent catches of mixed yellowtail, yellowfin and bluefin... Full story
His Last Book
His Last Book Ed Ries Leaves Us A Valuable Legacy By Bill Roecker FishingVideos.com. Ed Ries had a wealthy fishing career. He caught swordfish, tuna, blue marlin, sailfish, black sea bass, halibut,... Full story