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California Winter Fishing Report: Rockfish, Lingcod, and More on the Bite
Published 4 months, 2 weeks ago
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Hey folks, Artificial Lure here with your Pacific Ocean California fishing report for this crisp winter morning. Tides today show low at 5:03 AM around 0.07 feet, high at 11:53 AM hitting 0.26 feet, per Tide-Forecast.com—perfect for bottom bouncing as the incoming tide stirs things up. Sunrise kicked off at 7:17 AM, sunset around 4:52 PM from Half Moon Bay tide charts, giving ya about 9.5 hours of prime light.
Weather's settled cool, light winds early but watch for building seas and stronger gusts later from NDBC marine forecasts—bundle up, small craft advisory possible offshore. Fish are active in that winter pattern: SoCalFishReports.com logs yesterday's hauls like Coral Sea out of Santa Barbara with 23 Lingcod and 250 Rockfish on a 3/4-day trip; Oxnard's Speed Twin nailed 370 Rockfish plus Whitefish and a Lingcod; Marina del Rey boats sacked 200+ Sculpin, Sand Bass, Sheephead, and Calico Bass. Long Beach overnight tallied 242 Rockfish, 214 Whitefish. Rockfish and Lingcod are hot from Santa Barbara to San Diego, with Sheephead, Whitefish, Sculpin, and Calico Bass mixing in—limits common on reefs.
Best lures? Jigs and drop-shot rigs for rockfish and lingcod, white jerkbaits or spoons for stripers if ya hit current; topwaters like poppers early from Cope's Tackle reports. Bait-wise, sardines, shrimp, or dip bait on Carolina rigs crush Sculpin and cats—live mackerel if ya can get it.
Hit these hot spots: Channel Islands out of Oxnard for rockfish blowouts, or local reefs off Marina del Rey for sand bass and sheepies. Stay safe out there, check regs—no red abalone, still closed.
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Weather's settled cool, light winds early but watch for building seas and stronger gusts later from NDBC marine forecasts—bundle up, small craft advisory possible offshore. Fish are active in that winter pattern: SoCalFishReports.com logs yesterday's hauls like Coral Sea out of Santa Barbara with 23 Lingcod and 250 Rockfish on a 3/4-day trip; Oxnard's Speed Twin nailed 370 Rockfish plus Whitefish and a Lingcod; Marina del Rey boats sacked 200+ Sculpin, Sand Bass, Sheephead, and Calico Bass. Long Beach overnight tallied 242 Rockfish, 214 Whitefish. Rockfish and Lingcod are hot from Santa Barbara to San Diego, with Sheephead, Whitefish, Sculpin, and Calico Bass mixing in—limits common on reefs.
Best lures? Jigs and drop-shot rigs for rockfish and lingcod, white jerkbaits or spoons for stripers if ya hit current; topwaters like poppers early from Cope's Tackle reports. Bait-wise, sardines, shrimp, or dip bait on Carolina rigs crush Sculpin and cats—live mackerel if ya can get it.
Hit these hot spots: Channel Islands out of Oxnard for rockfish blowouts, or local reefs off Marina del Rey for sand bass and sheepies. Stay safe out there, check regs—no red abalone, still closed.
Thanks for tuning in, folks—subscribe for more reports! This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI