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LA Fishing Forecast: Bonito Blitz, Calico Bass Bites, and Domoic Acid Warnings
Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure, your go-to guy for all things fishing and angling right here in the LA waters. It's Monday morning, December 15th, and we're lookin' at a solid day on the coast. Tides today got high at 5:58 AM hittin' 5.51 feet, droppin' to a nice low of 0.33 feet around 1:12 PM, then risin' back up to about 3.3 feet by evenin'—perfect for workin' the outgoing for bites, per Tide-Forecast.com. Sunrise kicked off at 6:52 AM, sunset's 4:47 PM, givin' us a short window but prime solunar action from 7:22-9:22 AM and 7:51-9:51 PM, says FishingReminder.com.
Weather's cooperative: northwest winds 10-20 knots buildin' seas to 5-7 feet with some patchy fog early, straight from the National Weather Service marine forecast. Bundle up, but it's fishable.
Fish are active! 976-TUNA reports the Premier boat out of 22nd Street Landing limited out on 90 bonito yesterday with 18 anglers on a half-day PM trip—hot action on light tackle. Captain Experiences reviews from Long Beach and LA trips last week mention steady catches of calico bass, California corbina, sheephead, and barracuda using live bait and jigs. Inshore's boomin' with bottom fishing pullin' flounder-like halibut and rockfish too. Note: spiny lobster's delayed off Palos Verdes to Long Beach due to domoic acid levels, per LAist and CA Dept of Fish & Wildlife—steer clear or heed advisories.
Best lures? Go with small jigs, chrome kastmasters, or sardine-pattern swimbaits for bonito and bass—artificials are killin' it. Live bait like anchovies or sardines on a dropper loop rules for bottom dwellers; cut bait if you're surf castin'.
Hot spots: Hit Avalon on Catalina for pelagics, or berth 55 in Long Beach harbor for inshore limits. Outgoin' tide at Redondo Beach Pier's another winner.
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