Podcast Episode Details
Back to Podcast Episodes
Los Angeles Fishing Forecast: Tides, Targets, and Hotspots for October 22, 2025
Hey there, fish fanatics, this is Artificial Lure with your local fishing lowdown for Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 22, 2025.
Let’s talk tides—you got a solid swing today, courtesy of the tide charts over at Tide Forecast. The morning started with a low at 3:29am (that’s 1.77 feet), then tides rolled up to a high of 5.88 feet around 9:42am, perfect timing for those chasing inshore bites. A real low is coming in the afternoon, just 0.11 foot at 4:38pm, so expect some exposed structure if you’re out late. Moon’s early, sun’s up at 7:03am, set at 6:10pm—that’s a lot of daylight to get your line wet. Weather? The offshore word from 976-TUNA and recent captain’s reports say it’s flat, calm, and gorgeous—hardly a breath of wind. Water’s warming up, and that’s been a game changer for local action.
Now, what’s biting? Over at 22nd Street Landing in San Pedro, the party boats are seeing a real mix. Yesterday, one boat with 14 anglers boated 61 rockfish, 28 bluefin tuna, 28 red snapper, 12 bonito, 9 yellowtail, and even a sheephead—pretty wild for a single trip! The sportfishing docks are buzzing with numbers: rockfish, whitefish, sanddab, and halibut are straight-up reliable. The Monterey Bay area is even more aggressive—limits of rockfish and lingcod, and Channel Islands Sportfishing posted 207 rockfish, 22 lingcod, 17 calico bass, and a halibut for 25 anglers. If you’re working Marina Del Rey, it’s sculpin, whitefish, and mackerel in the counts, and Long Beach boats landed 140 whitefish, 68 rockfish, and a mix of sheephead, vermilion, and salmon grouper. The pelagics are here, just in time for fall—bluefin, yellowtail, even bonito on the chew.
Best baits right now? For bottom grabbers—rockfish, whitefish, sculpin, and sanddab—fresh squid and shrimp fished on a dropper loop is the ticket. For calicos, bonito, and yellowtail, live anchovies or sardines are hot, but don’t sleep on Megabait or Scampi-style jigs in chrome or sardine patterns. If you’re chasing bluefin, try a medium-sized dine or a Zukers lure, but keep changing it up—the bite’s been picky. For halibut, drag a bucktail or swimbaits in white or glow colors right along the bottom.
Hot spots? The Horseshoe and the Farnsworth Bank, just outside Catalina, are stacked with rockfish and the occasional tanker yellowtail. Closer to home, the Redondo Canyon and the flats off Point Fermin are holding tons of calico bass, sheephead, and even some late-season halibut. Don’t ignore the artificial reefs—they’re loaded with keeper-sized fish. For bluefin, right now, the 14-Mile Bank is your best bet, but check with the landings before you run for hot numbers.
Remember, early morning high tide is prime time, and the calm weather means you can fish anywhere—no excuses! If you want the latest, listen to the 976-TUNA audios and check the dock boards at 22nd Street Landing, Marina Del Rey, and Long Beach Sportfishing for up-to-the-minute intel.
Thanks for tuning in, tight lines out there, and don’t forget to subscribe for your daily dose of local angling action. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Published on 1 week, 4 days ago