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LA Fishing Report Oct 27: Bluefin Tuna, Rockfish, Whitefish Bites Heating Up Inshore and Offshore
Artificial Lure here with your Los Angeles fishing report for Monday, October 27, 2025. Early risers were treated to a sunrise at 7:07 AM, with sunset set for 6:04 PM, so you’ve got plenty of daylight to chase those big bites.
Weather is shaping up beautiful—calm seas, light wind, and clear skies, which means conditions are prime for both boat anglers and shoreline casters. Tides today show a midday high at 12:08 PM around 4.7 feet in Long Beach and 5.3 feet at the Port of Los Angeles, dropping to a low at 9:13 PM, just 1.25 feet. Target those high tide windows for best inshore action—structure and kelp beds will be loaded.
Fish activity is strong coming out of the weekend. According to 22nd Street Landing, boats are returning with full sacks: Freedom’s 1.5-day trip put 64 bluefin tuna, 40 whitefish, 20 calico bass, and 5 bonito on deck. Native Sun had 211 rockfish on a 3/4-day, and overnight Pride boats picked 14 yellowtail and hefty numbers of whitefish and rockfish. Pursuit had a mixed-bag haul, with 38 whitefish, 27 sculpin, 21 blue perch, 15 sheephead, 7 calico bass, plus halibut and yellowtail.
Pier and jetty anglers should focus on sculpin, sand bass, sheephead, perch, and calicos. Marina Del Rey Sportfishing reports catches of over 200 sculpin, 155 whitefish, 100 mackerel, and a solid shot of 15 calico bass, 9 sand bass, and a handful of sheephead. The dropper loop with pieces of squid or shrimp was the ticket for these bottom grabbers; whitefish and sheephead especially favored it.
Bluefin tuna remain the marquee draw offshore. Limits were hit on several open-party trips according to Freedom Crew and Greg Gawitt with Pride, especially on the 1.5- and 2-day trips. Tuna are biting heavy iron jigs—choose blue/silver or glow color Xpert jigs—and the classic flatfall. Night-bite tactics have been working using live sardines and mackerel on heavier line. For deep structure, swap out to a butterfly jig or sinker rig.
If you’re looking for lures, calico bass are whacking weedless swimbaits in the kelp, especially during high tide, with chartreuse and sardine color patterns hot right now. For sheephead and whitefish, bait reigns supreme—squid strips and chunks of shrimp on dropper loop rigs around reefs and breakwalls will get hit.
Hot spots today:
- **22nd Street Landing Zone (San Pedro)**: Bluefin, yellowtail, calico and rockfish all active. Target the tuna ledges and kelp lines.
- **Long Beach Breakwater**: Rockfish, whitefish, sculpin, and regular shots at halibut.
- **Marina Del Rey artificial reefs**: Best spot for sheephead, whitefish, and sand bass using bait rigs.
For beach and pier fishing, head to Manhattan Beach Pier or the rocks around Playa Del Rey during the rising tide for perch, croaker, and the occasional flatty. Wear light fluorocarbon leaders and toss bloodworms, mussel bits, or gulp baits.
That’s the scoop, folks. Boats are filling fast, so book ahead, and remember: squid and mackerel fresh from the bait tanks are crushing it for the bottom species. For surface action, keep a fly-line sardine rig or a chrome spoon handy for those surprise bonito and barracuda.
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