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LA Fishing Report for November 1st, 2025: Limits on Rockfish, Whitefish, and Bluefin Tuna
Good morning anglers, this is Artificial Lure with your November 1st, 2025 Los Angeles fishing report.
Right now we’ve got sun-up at 7:12 AM and the last cast before dark at 6:00 PM. As for tides, the first low was just after midnight at 12:33 AM with almost dead-low water, followed by a big high tide peaking at 7:08 AM—over five feet—which means a good morning push to work those bait edges. The afternoon drops to a softer low around 1:09 PM, then rolls back up with another evening high at 6:56 PM, nearly five feet again—plenty of moving water to keep things lively according to Tide-Forecast.com. Skies are clear, winds light, seas calm and glassy—classic fall in LA, and ideal for getting lines out anywhere from the breakwall to the bay.
Let’s take a look at what’s biting and where. On the saltwater side, SoCalFishReports.com says Long Beach boats like the Victory loaded up eight anglers with 40 whitefish, 80 rockfish, and a half dozen sheephead yesterday—steady bottom action and easy limits if you’re dropping bait rigs or double dropper loops with squid strips and shrimp. Up the coast in San Pedro, the Freedom out of 22nd Street Landing absolutely stuck it to the bluefin, landing 54 bluefin for 27 anglers, plus 14 yellowtail and a couple sculpin. Those bluefin trips are still going strong offshore, and the overnight and 1.5-day boats keep picking away at limits when they find the right schools. Fish counts at 22nd Street Landing for the week are loaded with rockfish and whitefish (hundreds per day), but bluefin and even some yellowtail and bonito are still coming in for those willing to chase them out deep.
Nearshore, 976-TUNA.com reports steady action on the Monte Carlo—almost 60 keeper calico bass, big bags of rockfish, perch, sheephead, assorted whitefish, and even a short halibut in the mix, most taken on dropper loops with squid, cut anchovy, or shrimp. They say the water’s clean and the bite is lively, with dropper loop rigs or Carolina-rigged squid putting in the most fish this week, especially along the structure and at the kelp line.
For the freshwater crowd, SoCalFishReports.com notes that both Castaic and Pyramid are near full pool and pumping out solid striped bass and catfish catches. Cut sardines and lugworms are doing the trick for both, with bonus largemouth and some trout showing for folks casting spoons and Kastmasters early in the mornings.
Hotspots right now? You can’t go wrong with Cabrillo Breakwall early on a high tide for big bass, sheephead, and the occasional legal halibut—bring squid, shrimp, and a couple heavier jigs. The rockfish numbers off Rocky Point, and up to Point Fermin, are hard to beat with a two-hook dropper loop and a bag of squid. For your pelagic fix, target bluefin on any overnight or 1.5-day trip heading off the backside of Catalina or out to the Tanner Bank—limit-style fishing’s still a real shot.
Best bets for lures and bait:
- Dropper loops with squid and shrimp are putting up numbers for whitefish, sheephead, and rockfish.
- Swimbaits and leadheads in sardine or anchovy color get calico and sand bass fired up in the kelp.
- For bluefin and yellowtail offshore: sinker rigs, flat-fall jigs, and live sardines or mackerel are the top producers. Have a couple 200g-300g jigs handy if you run into bigger tuna schools.
That’ll wrap up today’s report. Thanks for tuning in and good luck out there—don’t forget to subscribe! This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
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