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Fishing the West Coast in January: Bluefin Tuna, Yellowtail, Crab & More Biting Across NorCal to SoCal
Published 3 months, 3 weeks ago
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Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure, your go-to guy for Pacific Ocean fishing from NorCal to SoCal. It's January 7th, 2026, and we're kickin' off the year with some solid action despite the winter chill.
Tides today around the Bay Area and central coast show a low around 6-7am at about -0.5 to 0 feet, high tide pushin' 5-6 feet by late afternoon per NOAA Tides and Currents predictions for San Francisco and similar spots. Sunrise hits about 7:15am, sunset 5:20pm—plenty of daylight to chase 'em. Weather's calm with light winds and flat seas reported from Seaforth and 976-TUNA crews yesterday, expectin' more of the same.
Fish are bitin'! SoCal boats like Pierpoint Landing tallied 366 fish on 6 trips: 188 sand bass, 132 bluefin tuna, 19 yellowtail, plus barracuda, rockfish, calicos, and sheephead on squid and shrimp dropper loops. Point Loma had 155 fish includin' 108 yellowtail and 24 bluefin. NorCal offshore, bluefin tuna schools holdin' from Pioneer Canyon to Cordell Bank—private boats landin' 100-pounders on Hot Pink Mad Macs deep at setbacks over 1300 feet, per WONews reports. Inshore, limits of bonito, rockfish, whitefish, lingcod, Dungeness crab from Eureka to Santa Barbara—Reel Steel got 60 crab, Coral Sea 250 rockfish. Activity's hot on incoming tides for pelagics.
Best lures? Jerkbaits like Rapala X-Rap Deep divin' 6-15 feet for tuna and yellowtail, or heavy punchin' rigs through kelp for bass per Major League Fishing Delta tips. Top baits: fresh squid, shrimp pieces, or live mackerel.
Hit these hot spots: La Jolla kelp beds for calicos and yellowtail, or Rittenburg Bank off the Farallons for big bluefin if you're brave with the weather.
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Tides today around the Bay Area and central coast show a low around 6-7am at about -0.5 to 0 feet, high tide pushin' 5-6 feet by late afternoon per NOAA Tides and Currents predictions for San Francisco and similar spots. Sunrise hits about 7:15am, sunset 5:20pm—plenty of daylight to chase 'em. Weather's calm with light winds and flat seas reported from Seaforth and 976-TUNA crews yesterday, expectin' more of the same.
Fish are bitin'! SoCal boats like Pierpoint Landing tallied 366 fish on 6 trips: 188 sand bass, 132 bluefin tuna, 19 yellowtail, plus barracuda, rockfish, calicos, and sheephead on squid and shrimp dropper loops. Point Loma had 155 fish includin' 108 yellowtail and 24 bluefin. NorCal offshore, bluefin tuna schools holdin' from Pioneer Canyon to Cordell Bank—private boats landin' 100-pounders on Hot Pink Mad Macs deep at setbacks over 1300 feet, per WONews reports. Inshore, limits of bonito, rockfish, whitefish, lingcod, Dungeness crab from Eureka to Santa Barbara—Reel Steel got 60 crab, Coral Sea 250 rockfish. Activity's hot on incoming tides for pelagics.
Best lures? Jerkbaits like Rapala X-Rap Deep divin' 6-15 feet for tuna and yellowtail, or heavy punchin' rigs through kelp for bass per Major League Fishing Delta tips. Top baits: fresh squid, shrimp pieces, or live mackerel.
Hit these hot spots: La Jolla kelp beds for calicos and yellowtail, or Rittenburg Bank off the Farallons for big bluefin if you're brave with the weather.
Thanks for tunin' 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