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"Central California Coasts Deliver for Rockfish, Seabass, Halibut - Your 6/11/2025 Fishing Report"
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This is Artificial Lure with your Pacific Ocean, California fishing report for Wednesday, June 11th, 2025.
First light hit at 5:40AM and sunset’s at 8:30PM, giving us plenty of time to hit the water. Tides today are swinging with a morning high at 4:55AM, dropping to a low at 11:15AM. The next high rolls in around 4:06PM, then falls off to a late low at 10:32PM, according to Tide-Forecast.com. The gentle shifts will have fish on the move, especially around the turns.
Weatherwise, we’ve got the classic early June pattern: morning clouds burning off by late morning, cool sea breezes, and highs near the coast in the upper 60s to low 70s. Offshore winds earlier this week muddied the nearshore waters, but that’s clearing up as we settle into a typical summer pattern, as reported by the Pacific Ocean, California Daily Fishing Report.
Fish activity this week has been solid all up and down the Central and Southern California coastlines. Out of Morro Bay, boats like the Avenger and Black Pearl have put up big numbers on rockfish—over 100 a trip, with reds, coppers, bocaccio, and a handful of lingcod up to 10 pounds. Avila Beach boats saw limit-style action on rockcod and a few quality lings as well. Out of Monterey, the Caroline brought in 6 lingcod and 70 rockfish for just 7 anglers—an impressive haul. Down Ventura and Santa Barbara way, party boats are seeing steady white seabass (up to 25 per trip), halibut, and plenty of rockfish. The Stardust, for example, landed 5 lingcod, 120 rockfish, and 13 white seabass on its last run.
In the Bay Area, the halibut and striped bass bite remains hot. The California Dawn II had 30 halibut up to 21 pounds and 50 striped bass with a full boat, while smaller groups are consistently scoring on both species.
For bait and lure selection, it’s tough to beat squid—both fresh and frozen. Offshore, squid is pulling in yellowtail and white seabass, and it’s a go-to for rockfish as well. In the surf and from shore, hard jerkbaits like Lucky Craft Flash Minnows are drawing aggressive strikes from halibut, surfperch, and even the occasional striped bass, according to Surf Fishing SoCal SD. If you’re targeting rockfish or lingcod, dropper loop setups with cut squid or sardine chunks are deadly.
A couple of hot spots not to miss today: Morro Bay reefs are delivering limits of mixed rockfish and some quality lingcod, while the edges of Santa Barbara Channel—especially around the islands—are producing white seabass and halibut when you can find some cleaner water. For shore anglers, the troughs at Dockweiler Beach near LA and the southside of Pacifica Pier are seeing early-morning halibut action.
Thanks for tuning in to today’s Pacific Ocean, California fishing report. Don’t forget to subscribe for your daily tide, bite, and weather rundown. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
This episode includes AI-generated content.
First light hit at 5:40AM and sunset’s at 8:30PM, giving us plenty of time to hit the water. Tides today are swinging with a morning high at 4:55AM, dropping to a low at 11:15AM. The next high rolls in around 4:06PM, then falls off to a late low at 10:32PM, according to Tide-Forecast.com. The gentle shifts will have fish on the move, especially around the turns.
Weatherwise, we’ve got the classic early June pattern: morning clouds burning off by late morning, cool sea breezes, and highs near the coast in the upper 60s to low 70s. Offshore winds earlier this week muddied the nearshore waters, but that’s clearing up as we settle into a typical summer pattern, as reported by the Pacific Ocean, California Daily Fishing Report.
Fish activity this week has been solid all up and down the Central and Southern California coastlines. Out of Morro Bay, boats like the Avenger and Black Pearl have put up big numbers on rockfish—over 100 a trip, with reds, coppers, bocaccio, and a handful of lingcod up to 10 pounds. Avila Beach boats saw limit-style action on rockcod and a few quality lings as well. Out of Monterey, the Caroline brought in 6 lingcod and 70 rockfish for just 7 anglers—an impressive haul. Down Ventura and Santa Barbara way, party boats are seeing steady white seabass (up to 25 per trip), halibut, and plenty of rockfish. The Stardust, for example, landed 5 lingcod, 120 rockfish, and 13 white seabass on its last run.
In the Bay Area, the halibut and striped bass bite remains hot. The California Dawn II had 30 halibut up to 21 pounds and 50 striped bass with a full boat, while smaller groups are consistently scoring on both species.
For bait and lure selection, it’s tough to beat squid—both fresh and frozen. Offshore, squid is pulling in yellowtail and white seabass, and it’s a go-to for rockfish as well. In the surf and from shore, hard jerkbaits like Lucky Craft Flash Minnows are drawing aggressive strikes from halibut, surfperch, and even the occasional striped bass, according to Surf Fishing SoCal SD. If you’re targeting rockfish or lingcod, dropper loop setups with cut squid or sardine chunks are deadly.
A couple of hot spots not to miss today: Morro Bay reefs are delivering limits of mixed rockfish and some quality lingcod, while the edges of Santa Barbara Channel—especially around the islands—are producing white seabass and halibut when you can find some cleaner water. For shore anglers, the troughs at Dockweiler Beach near LA and the southside of Pacifica Pier are seeing early-morning halibut action.
Thanks for tuning in to today’s Pacific Ocean, California fishing report. Don’t forget to subscribe for your daily tide, bite, and weather rundown. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
This episode includes AI-generated content.