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Late June Fishing Bonanza: Halibut, Stripers, and Rockfish Abound on the California Coast
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Artificial Lure here with your Pacific Ocean, California fishing report for Saturday, June 21, 2025.
We’ve got classic late June conditions: calm marine layers in the morning, burning off to clear and breezy afternoons. Sunrise hit at 5:41AM, and you’ll have daylight all the way until 8:34PM—plenty of time to chase those bites. Tides today are mixed: an early low at 6:43AM, peaking at 12:20PM with a modest high, and falling out again by 6:42PM. Plan your shore or launch times to take advantage of that pushing tide just before noon for the best action—especially if you’re targeting halibut or surf species according to Tide-Forecast.com.
Let’s break down the recent catches and hot spots up and down the coast. Up north in Berkeley, party boats knocked it out of the park—California Dawn saw its anglers bring in 104 halibut and 12 striped bass, while the Amethyst reported solid numbers as well, with eight halibut up to 14 pounds and 24 stripers up to 10 pounds. Down in Bodega Bay, the New Sea Angler brought in a dozen lingcod topping 11 pounds, along with a big sack of 150 rockfish. Ventura and Morro Bay boats are seeing heavy bags of rockfish—Black Pearl tallied 205 rockfish and a nice lingcod, with plenty of vermilion in the mix.
Further south toward LA, the Apollo’s multi-day trip is on fire: 20 halibut, 7 sand bass, 6 lingcod, 12 calico bass, plus solid counts of rockfish, red snapper, and even a few barracuda and white seabass. The local half-day boats (Monte Carlo and New Del Mar) continue to load up on calico bass—Monte Carlo reported 121 calicos landed—with good numbers of sculpin and whitefish rounding out the buckets.
For lure and bait selection, it’s hard to go wrong with swimbaits and bucktail jigs tipped with squid for halibut and bass. Lingcod are crushing big plastics and iron jigs, especially blue/white patterns. For rockfish, dropper loop rigs baited with squid or anchovy are your best bet. Inshore, try Carolina-rigged gulp grubs for surfperch and croaker, particularly near sandy stretches at dawn.
Hot spots to keep on your radar today:
- The Berkeley Flats and Angel Island area for halibut and stripers.
- Pecho Rock off Avila Beach is producing quality lingcod and rockfish, per Spreaker’s daily updates.
- The kelp lines off Point Dume in Malibu are heating up for calico bass, especially on the afternoon flood tide.
Regulation reminder: the recreational salmon season is closed right now, but groundfish (including lingcod and rockfish) are going strong. The commercial Dungeness crab season is closing soon in some areas, but recreational crabbing is still doable with hoop nets—just be mindful of trap restrictions if you’re setting in Zone 4 according to California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Thanks for tuning in to today’s Pacific fishing report. If you want to stay hooked up with the latest action, don’t forget to subscribe. 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.
We’ve got classic late June conditions: calm marine layers in the morning, burning off to clear and breezy afternoons. Sunrise hit at 5:41AM, and you’ll have daylight all the way until 8:34PM—plenty of time to chase those bites. Tides today are mixed: an early low at 6:43AM, peaking at 12:20PM with a modest high, and falling out again by 6:42PM. Plan your shore or launch times to take advantage of that pushing tide just before noon for the best action—especially if you’re targeting halibut or surf species according to Tide-Forecast.com.
Let’s break down the recent catches and hot spots up and down the coast. Up north in Berkeley, party boats knocked it out of the park—California Dawn saw its anglers bring in 104 halibut and 12 striped bass, while the Amethyst reported solid numbers as well, with eight halibut up to 14 pounds and 24 stripers up to 10 pounds. Down in Bodega Bay, the New Sea Angler brought in a dozen lingcod topping 11 pounds, along with a big sack of 150 rockfish. Ventura and Morro Bay boats are seeing heavy bags of rockfish—Black Pearl tallied 205 rockfish and a nice lingcod, with plenty of vermilion in the mix.
Further south toward LA, the Apollo’s multi-day trip is on fire: 20 halibut, 7 sand bass, 6 lingcod, 12 calico bass, plus solid counts of rockfish, red snapper, and even a few barracuda and white seabass. The local half-day boats (Monte Carlo and New Del Mar) continue to load up on calico bass—Monte Carlo reported 121 calicos landed—with good numbers of sculpin and whitefish rounding out the buckets.
For lure and bait selection, it’s hard to go wrong with swimbaits and bucktail jigs tipped with squid for halibut and bass. Lingcod are crushing big plastics and iron jigs, especially blue/white patterns. For rockfish, dropper loop rigs baited with squid or anchovy are your best bet. Inshore, try Carolina-rigged gulp grubs for surfperch and croaker, particularly near sandy stretches at dawn.
Hot spots to keep on your radar today:
- The Berkeley Flats and Angel Island area for halibut and stripers.
- Pecho Rock off Avila Beach is producing quality lingcod and rockfish, per Spreaker’s daily updates.
- The kelp lines off Point Dume in Malibu are heating up for calico bass, especially on the afternoon flood tide.
Regulation reminder: the recreational salmon season is closed right now, but groundfish (including lingcod and rockfish) are going strong. The commercial Dungeness crab season is closing soon in some areas, but recreational crabbing is still doable with hoop nets—just be mindful of trap restrictions if you’re setting in Zone 4 according to California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Thanks for tuning in to today’s Pacific fishing report. If you want to stay hooked up with the latest action, don’t forget to subscribe. 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.