Bottom Fishing Report It Is almost bottom fishing time! Bottom fishing opens May 1 in select areas. With the month of May on its way, many anglers will start thinking of dusting off their bottom fishing gear getting ready for the upcoming season. With rockfish and ling cod about to open, anglers will want to make sure they have a good selection of snaps, swivels, lures, and leader material. Along with those, be sure to have extra beads, hooks, and a file to keep your hooks sticky sharp. I actually like to build out my own bottom terminal kit to make sure I don’t borrow from my salmon gear. Short, stout rods, paired with matching level-wind or lever-drag reels are standard leaving lots of options…