Hey folks, Artificial Lure here, your go-to guy for Pacific Ocean angling off California's coast on this fine January 12th morning. Sunrise hit around 7:24 AM, sunset's at 5:12 PM—plenty of daylight to chase the bite. Weather's crisp and clear, typical winter chill with light winds, perfect for bundled-up launches.

Tides today in spots like San Francisco and Pacifica show low activity with a coefficient of 37—expect a high around 5.7 ft at 6:15 AM, dropping to 0.7 ft mid-afternoon at 1:38 PM, then rising to 3.8 ft by 8:53 PM. Fish the incoming after noon when current picks up.

Recent counts from SoCalFishReports and 976-TUNA are hot: Oxnard's Gentleman tallied 135 whitefish, 20 blue perch, 2 sculpin on a 3/4-day trip. Redondo Special limited 71 sand bass, 65 whitefish, 45 blue perch. San Pedro's Sport King nabbed a yellowtail, halibut, plus perch and bass. Dana Point saw sand bass and sculpin releases. Marina Del Rey boats hauled 530 fish including sculpin, whitefish, mackerel, calico bass. Pierpoint Landing got 366 with sand bass, even some bluefin tuna and yellowtail. Rockfish, lingcod, sheephead mixing in too—limits easy on half-days.

Fish are active in 40-80 feet, schooling near structure. Best lures: green pumpkin Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver on 1/2-oz weight for flipping, Yamamoto Senko wacky-rigged, spinnerbaits in shad/chartreuse, or Z-Man ChatterBait JackHammer. Bait-wise, scented PowerBait or mouse tails shine in murk, live mackerel for bigger eyes.

Hit these hot spots: Channel Islands out of Oxnard for whitefish blowouts, or La Jolla kelp beds for calicos and perch. Rig light, stay safe out there.

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This is Artificial Lure with your California Pacific coast fishing report.

Up and down the coast this morning we’ve got a classic winter pattern: cool, mostly clear, and light winds with a long-period swell. Offshore San Diego and LA have been seeing calm seas and “hardly a breath of wind, flat calm ocean” as the crews at 976-TUNA described yesterday. Air temps are running in the 50s at first light, warming into the 60s by mid‑day, so bring the layers.

Sunrise is right around 7:20 on the Central Coast and a few minutes earlier down in San Diego, with sunset about 5:10–5:15, giving you a tight but productive window for those low‑light bites.

Tides are middling today, not those monster winter swings. The San Francisco tide tables from Tides4Fishing and NOAA’s January chart show a pre‑dawn high followed by a late‑morning low and a modest evening bump, with overall coefficients on the low side. Down south, the tide‑forecast data for San Diego shows a similar pattern: a night or early‑morning high, dropping out mid‑morning, then building again in the afternoon. Plan to fish that last hour of outgoing into the first push of incoming—especially around structure and current seams.

Recent action has been solid for winter. NorCalFishReports notes the Caroline out of Monterey running 11 anglers into 200 king mackerel, 400 sanddabs, and a couple of petrale sole yesterday—classic winter bottom and near‑surface mix. Emeryville crab boats have been stacking Dungeness, and National Fisherman highlights that the commercial Dungeness fishery has opened in parts of Northern California, so the crab are definitely in and filling pots.

Down south, 976‑TUNA is reporting heavy mixed‑bag scores. Marina del Rey boats had over 500 fish yesterday, with big numbers of sculpin, whitefish, mackerel, rockfish, plus a shot of calico and sand bass. Pierpoint Landing counts showed triple‑digit sand bass and even a surprising 100‑plus bluefin tuna plus yellowtail and barracuda still hanging around the local banks—unseasonably good pelagic life for this time of year.

Fish activity’s been best on those tide changes. Inshore, rockfish, whitefish, and sculpin are chewing on standard dropper loops with squid or shrimp strips. The LA‑Long Beach and Redondo boats are calling out squid and cut shrimp on dropper loops as the ticket for filling sacks with whitefish, sheephead, and bass. Up north, Monterey sanddabs are eating small cut baits or bits of squid on hi‑lo rigs, and the mackerel are piling on small metal jigs and sabiki rigs.

For lures, keep it simple and natural.
- For local kelp and hard bottom: 1–2 ounce leadheads with 4–5 inch swimbaits in sardine, anchovy, or brown bait patterns.
- Around bait balls or bird life: small chrome or blue/white irons and Colt Sniper‑style jigs for mackerel and any bonus yellows.
- Nearshore halibut drifts: slow‑rolled swimbaits or trap‑rigged anchovies on fish‑finder rigs.

Best bait right now:
- Squid strips, whole squid for the bigger models.
- Cut anchovy or mackerel for rockfish and sand bass.
- Fresh crab or clams in NorCal where legal if you’re playing with surf perch or poking around rocky pockets.

A couple of hot spots to keep on your radar:

- Monterey Bay: The area off the Monterey “Caroline line,” that 150–240 foot zone outside the harbor, has been hot for king mackerel and big scores of sanddabs. Look for the fleet, bounce hi‑lo rigs with small hooks and squid, and have a light jig ready for the macks.

- LA / Long Beach local banks: The hard bottom outside the breakwalls and near horseshoe‑type structure is producing sand bass, sculpin, and the occasional winter yellow. Fish a dropper loop with squid tight to bottom, and if you mark suspended fish, send down a smaller jig or sliding egg‑sinker rig.

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Along the coast this morning we’ve got a cool, stable winter pattern: light offshore breeze early, then a mild west wind and a lazy chop by midday. Skies are mostly clear with a thin marine layer hanging near the beaches. According to Tide-Forecast’s central California table, we’ve got a pre-dawn low tide around 3 a.m. and a small morning high around 9:30 a.m., with another drop early afternoon and a modest evening push. Sunrise is right around 7:15, sunset about 5:20, so that first light bite and the last hour of sun are your money windows.

Party-boat scores out of San Diego and Long Beach reported by 976-TUNA and H&M Landing show winter still packing a punch offshore: counts the last couple days included triple-digit bonito limits, a solid shot of bluefin tuna, plus a mix of yellowtail, barracuda, rockfish, whitefish, sculpin, and bass. That tells me the offshore water’s still got some life and the inshore structure bite is very much on.

Nearshore from Point Loma up past Dana and into the LA/OC coast, rockfish, whitefish, sculpin, and sheephead are the staples. Best bet is a dropper loop with a 4–8 oz sinker, fishing squid strips, cut mackerel, or shrimp over hard bottom and wrecks in 80–180 feet. Those Marina Del Rey and Pierpoint-style reports have been calling out squid and shrimp on the loop as the producers, and that pattern holds true all along this stretch.

Bass anglers working the kelp and boiler rocks are seeing a decent winter calico and sand bass pick on the tides, especially where you get a little current pushing bait into the edges. Go-to artificials:
- 4–5 inch swimbaits in sardine or anchovy colors on 1/2–1 oz heads
- Leadhead plus squid strips
- Smaller jerkbaits and metal for mixed bass and bonito

Up north, according to the California Department of Public Health and Fish and Wildlife, Dungeness crab is opening or about to open in chunks of the North Coast with some domoic-acid caveats. Crab-and-rockfish combos are the name of the game out of Bodega Bay and further north when weather allows, but there’ve been weather layups for some party boats the last week, so pick your window carefully.

Fish activity today:
- Morning: best for bass and rockfish on the first push of incoming.
- Midday slack: slower, better for prospecting deeper stones or making bait.
- Evening: quick burst of bass and maybe a few surface fish if the wind lays down.

Productive lures and bait right now:
- Rockfish/whitefish: dropper loops with squid strips, cut mackerel, or shrimp; 3–6 oz plastics or metal jigs in glow or root beer when current’s lighter.
- Calico/sand bass: 4–6 inch swimbaits, 1–2 oz leadheads with whole squid, small yo-yo irons in scrambled egg or blue/white.
- Bonito/any surface life: small Colt Snipers, Kastmasters, or similar chrome jigs, plus tiny feathers behind a sinker or planer.

Couple of local hot spots to focus on:

- La Jolla Kelp, San Diego: good winter structure spot for calico, sand bass, the odd yellowtail, and a pile of rockfish on the deeper outside edge. Work the hard edges of the kelp on the incoming tide with swimbaits and squid-tipped leadheads, then slide out deeper once the sun gets up for rockfish.

- Horseshoe Kelp / Palos Verdes area: classic winter ground for bass, sculpin, whitefish, and sheephead. Hit the rock edges and hard bottom with squid on a dropper loop, and keep a smaller swimbait rod ready for bass that slide up on the chum.

If you’re crabbing up north, mind the current health advisories on Dungeness viscera and check regs before you drop gear; limits and open zones have bounced around.

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This is Artificial Lure with your Pacific Coast California fishing report.

Let’s start with the ocean. According to 976-TUNA and Saltwater Fish Reports, the Southern California bite has stayed surprisingly steady between storms. Pierpoint Landing’s six recent trips with 128 anglers stacked up 366 fish: about 188 sand bass, 132 bluefin tuna, 19 yellowtail, 12 barracuda, plus a mix of rockfish, calico bass, and sheephead. Marina Del Rey Sportfishing and the Monte Carlo boats have been heavy on whitefish, sculpin, and calico bass, with one short halibut and a couple of short seabass in the mix. The Coral Sea out of Santa Barbara Landing just put 25 anglers on 10 lingcod, 104 whitefish, and 250 rockfish, so the Channel bottom is still very much alive.

Tides along much of the Central Coast and Monterey area are running a typical winter mixed pattern. Tide-Forecast and NOAA both show a predawn low followed by a solid mid‑morning high, then another soft low in the afternoon. Sunrise is right around 7:15 a.m. and sunset near 5:20 p.m., so your best window today is that first push of incoming tide through midmorning, then again on the evening swing if the wind lays down. Holiday storms have driven some higher‑than‑predicted king tides on the Central Coast according to New Times SLO, so expect a little extra water and some current in the usual pinch points.

Weatherwise, most of the coastal stretch is in a classic winter pattern: cool mornings, light offshore or variable breeze early, then a northwest wind bumping up in the afternoon. Boats are reporting “gorgeous, beautiful weather… hardly a breath of wind, flat calm ocean” on those short windows between fronts out of Long Beach and San Diego, but conditions deteriorate quickly once the afternoon wind line moves in. Plan to be off the exposed stuff by midafternoon.

Fish activity: inshore structure and nearshore reefs are carrying the load now that boat‑based rockfish is closed further north in the Northern and Central Management Areas, as noted by Fishing the North Coast, but still open from shore and in SoCal zones where seasons remain. Sculpin, whitefish, mixed rockfish, calico and sand bass, sheephead, and the odd halibut are the day‑savers close to home. Offshore, when the weather cooperates, the bluefin and a few yellowtail are still being put on the deck out of Long Beach and San Diego landings, though counts are spotty and very weather‑dependent.

Best baits and lures: party boats are leaning hard on dropper‑loop rigs with squid strips or whole squid for sand bass, whitefish, and rockfish, with shrimp and cut finbait pulling sheephead and the pickier bottom grabbers. For calico and sand bass in cleaner, warmer pockets of water, a 4‑ to 6‑inch swimbait in sardine or anchovy colors on a leadhead is money; think natural greens and browns when the water is clear, brighter patterns if it’s off‑color. A few captains have mentioned that when the current goes slack, downsizing to lighter line, smaller hooks, and a strip of squid or shrimp gets bit when the bigger gear won’t.

On the artificial side, a slow‑rolled glide bait or larger swimbait over shallow boiler rocks and kelp edges has been producing better‑than‑average calico when the surface is calm. Keep a metal jig or colt sniper‑style iron tied on if birds start working or meter marks push up — it only takes one fast window for yellowtail or school‑size bluefin to pop up on the outside edges.

A couple of hot spots to circle on your mental map:

• Santa Monica Bay hard bottom and artificial reefs off Marina Del Rey, in 80–140 feet, have been steady for sculpin, whitefish, mixed rockfish, and a nice sprinkle of calico and sand bass on squid‑tipped dropper loops.

• The Santa Barbara frontside islands and local reefs — especially where the current wraps points and ridges — are kicking out limits‑style rockfish with a side of lingcod and...

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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Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure coming to you with your Pacific Coast fishing report. Let's dive into what's happening on the water today.

**Tides and Conditions**

We're looking at excellent tidal windows across Southern California. According to NOAA, the Los Angeles area is seeing a high tide at 4.09 feet this evening, perfect for working the shallows. Over in San Diego, we've got favorable tidal movement that'll push baitfish closer to structure. The water's been clean and warm lately—yesterday the Monte Carlo out of 22nd Street Landing reported gorgeous, beautiful weather with flat, calm ocean conditions.

**Recent Catches**

Let me tell you what's been happening out there. Point Loma just landed 108 yellowtail, 24 bluefin tuna, and 20 whitefish on their recent trip. Down in Long Beach, the Victory had limits of calico bass—49 of them—plus 50 rockfish, 103 blue perch, and 25 whitefish. Pierpoint Landing is absolutely crushing it with 132 bluefin tuna, 188 sand bass, and 19 yellowtail across their fleet. Marina Del Rey reported 530 fish including 218 sculpin, 155 whitefish, and 100 mackerel. The Coral Sea out of Santa Barbara landed 250 rockfish, 104 whitefish, and 10 lingcod.

**What's Biting**

The calico bass are on fire right now—dropper loops with squid and shrimp are producing keeper-sized fish. Bluefin tuna are showing up strong, especially closer to San Diego and Long Beach. Rockfish are abundant everywhere you find structure. Whitefish are steady all along the coast.

**Gear Up**

Bring live ballyhoo combos for tuna and marlin work. For the rockfish, go with small jigging spoons—30-gram micro jigging baits work great at depth. Topwater lures like the Heddon Super Spook are solid for calico and bass. Don't sleep on dropper loops with shrimp or squid for bottom dwellers.

**Hot Spots**

Point Loma is dialed in right now with yellowtail and bluefin holding strong. Long Beach's offshore structure is producing limits of calico bass consistently. If you're looking closer to shore, 22nd Street Landing offers excellent access to calico bass and bottom fish.

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Hey folks, Artificial Lure here, your go-to guy for Pacific Ocean angling off California. It's early morning on this crisp January day, and the water's callin'—sunrise hit around 6:51 AM down San Diego way per Tides4Fishing charts, with sunset droppin' at 4:56 PM. Tides are prime today: low at 2:53 AM (1.9 ft), high 9:06 AM (7.3 ft), low 4:18 PM (-1.8 ft), and evenin' high 10:49 PM (4.4 ft)—perfect for workin' the incoming current when fish get aggressive.

Weather's cooperative after recent king tides and swells—NOAA's callin' for lighter winds today, but bundle up, that coastal chill bites. Fish activity's hot on rockfish and bottoms despite no commercial salmon again this year from the Pacific Fishery Management Council—Chinook's still strugglin', but rec windows open spring. Channel Islands Sportfishing reports are killin' it: Aloha Spirit out of Oxnard boated 100 rockfish, 50 bonito, 10 halibut, 6 lingcod recent trips; Mirage tallied 130 rockfish, 118 whitefish, 9 sheephead. H&M Landing in San Diego nabbed 247 bonito yesterday. Lingcod, sheephead, whitefish, calico bass, and halibut lead the counts—limits comin' easy.

For lures, sling Rapala minnow crankbaits or Berkley PowerBait swimbaits like the CullShad—vivid colors mimic baitfish in clear winter water. Live sardines or anchovies on the dropper loop for bottoms; squid or shrimp for halibut. Jigs in 1/2- to 1-ounce for rockpiles.

Hit Anacapa Island via Channel Islands fleet for mixed bags, or Coronado Islands out of San Diego for bonito blitzes. Get out there before the quota fills!

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Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure, your go-to guy for Pacific Ocean angling off California's coast, comin' at ya live on this crisp January 3rd, 2026, at 8:21 AM. Tides4Fishing charts show San Francisco tides hittin' high activity today: low at 4:19 AM (3.1 ft), peak high 10:26 AM (7.1 ft), low 5:29 PM (-1.7 ft), and midnight high around 5.1 ft—very high solunar rating of 91, so fish are feedin' fierce 'round those changes. Sunrise 7:25 AM, sunset 5:04 PM, givin' ya a solid 9+ hours of light. Weather's calm post-king tides, flat seas from NorCal to SoCal per recent reports, but watch for minor swells.

Fish action's hot! 976-TUNA logs from Pierpoint Landing tally 366 fish for 128 anglers: 188 sand bass, 132 bluefin tuna, 19 yellowtail, 12 barracuda, plus rockfish, calico bass, and sheephead. Marina Del Rey boats boated 530 fish—218 sculpin, 155 whitefish, 100 mackerel, 30 rockfish, 15 calico bass, 9 sand bass, 3 sheephead on squid/shrimp dropper loops. Rockfish frenzy lightin' up coasts, tuna pushin' in close.

Best lures? Swimbaits like 3.5-inch True Bass Minner or Keitech Swing Impact Fat on 1/8-oz jigheads in shad patterns for chasin' bait balls. Drop-shot Roboworms, small jerkbaits, crankbaits, and ChatterBaits with Z-Man trailers for bass and offshore. Live bait kings: squid, shrimp pieces, jumbo minnows, cut bait for stripers and cats.

Hit these hot spots: Half Moon Bay for rockfish and halibut on incoming tides, or Pierpoint Landing reefs for tuna/sand bass mix. Bundle up, check currents, and get out there before the bite cools.

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Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure, your go-to guy for Pacific Ocean fishing from NorCal to SoCal. It's Friday morning, January 2nd, 2026, and we're kicking off the year with some wild coastal action despite the stormy vibes.

Weather's rowdy up north—coastal flood advisories hit the Bay Area through Sunday with up to 2.5 feet of inundation on low shores, per the Weather Service. Winds whipping, but south's calmer. Sunrise around 7:24 AM in Half Moon Bay, sunset 5:03 PM; similar statewide. Tides? Ocean Beach shows low at 1:53 AM, high 8:03 AM, low 3:14 PM, high later—big swings like Humboldt Bay's fourth-highest ever at 9.74 feet yesterday. Half Moon Bay: low 2:38 AM at 3', high 8:32 AM at 6'10", low 3:55 PM at -1'8".

Fish activity's heating up post-storms. North coast rivers resetting for steelhead—Smith River driftable early next week, Chetco soon after, per Fishing the North Coast. Mattole River opened Jan 1 with artificial lures only, barbless hooks. Humboldt Dungeness crab sport fishery just opened to Cape Mendocino (hoop nets till 8 AM today, then all gear), but avoid guts per CDPH advisory. Brookings pots still pulling 6+ keepers in 100 feet, lingcod and rockfish hot despite storms.

Central piers like Pismo, Cayucos, Morro Bay yielding surfperch—barred, walleye, calico, pile—plus jacksmelt on floats with Sabiki or worm bits. Monterey Coast Guard Pier nabbing opaleye, halfmoon, rockfish, cabezon. SoCal? Marina del Rey boats hauling 200+ sculpin, whitefish, mackerel, rockfish, calico bass, sand bass, sheephead. Spiny lobster season's on. Boat rockfish closed north/central, but shore-based open year-round.

Best lures: bucktail jigs, small spoons, soft plastic swimbaits like FishLab Mad Eel for bays, per Okuma. Surfperch love worm chunks or Sabiki. Steelhead? Artificials on Mattole—try small spinners. Bait kings: live anchovies, sardines, smelt.

Hot spots: Smith River mouth for steelhead soon, Cayucos Pier for perch and jacksmelt.

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Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure, your go-to guy for Pacific Ocean fishing off California. It's New Year's Eve morning, and we're lookin' at a solid day on the water despite some subtropical moisture bringin' moderate rain to central and southern spots—watch for wind pickin' up later from that atmospheric river push.

Tides at Ocean Beach are prime: low at 12:52 AM at 3.04 feet, high at 7:12 AM hittin' 7.09 feet, low at 2:25 PM droppin' to -0.97 feet, and high at 9:48 PM at 4.74 feet. Sunrise 7:25 AM, sunset 5:01 PM—plenty of light for early bites. Fish are active with yesterday's counts from Fisherman's Landing showin' the Dolphin AM boat pullin' 83 bonito for 46 anglers, and PM grabbin' 12 sandbass, 19 sheephead, 26 sculpin for 62. SoCal wide, 22 trips with 731 anglers boated 1655 rockfish, 936 whitefish, 780 assorted—rockfish and whitefish dominatin' from Morro Bay to San Diego. Marina del Rey's New Del Mar had 404 sculpin, 225 whitefish; Redondo Special nailed 156 whitefish, 18 sandbass.

Bonito are hot on live bait and jigs per Dolphin reports—bring deep setups and light rods. For rockfish and bottoms, drop-shot sardines or anchovies; sculpin and sheephead lovin' shrimp or cut bait. Lures? Metal jigs, surface poppers early, stickbaits near structure on 8-10 ft spinning rods with 30-50 lb braid.

Hit Fisherman's Landing in San Diego for bonito chasers, or Channel Islands out of Oxnard for rockfish limits—both firin' right now. Stay safe with that incoming wet weather, bundle up, and target the outgoing tide for best action.

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Hey folks, Artificial Lure here, your go-to guy for Pacific Ocean angling from NorCal to SoCal. It's a crisp winter morning off California's coast—sunrise hit around 7:24 AM up north near San Francisco and Half Moon Bay, sunset's at 5:00 PM, giving you a solid 9+ hours of light. Weather's typical December: cool temps in the 50s, light winds, partly cloudy—perfect for bundling up and hitting the water.

Tides are firing today. In Santa Cruz and Half Moon Bay, high at 5:16-5:18 AM pushing 5.9 feet, dropping to a screaming low of 0.4 feet around 12:30 PM, then evening high near 4 feet. San Francisco sees 6.2 feet morning high at 6:17 AM, low 0.4 feet at 1:17 PM. Fish the outgoing for best bites as currents concentrate bait.

Action's hot on recent reports. Nor Cal Fish Reports tallies yesterday's Berkeley haul: California Dawn II with 24 anglers bagging 240 Dungeness crab and 240 rockfish. Bodega Bay's New Sea Angler landed 220 crab (to 3.5 lbs), 2 lingcod (to 8 lbs), 220 rockfish for 22 folks. Monterey boats like Caroline and Check Mate pulled 10 lingcod, rockfish limits (160-180), whitefish, bonito each. SoCal's Fisherman's Landing and San Diego landings show bonito schools (118-250 per half-day), rockfish (100s), sheephead, even bluefin tuna lingering from fall. Lingcod and rockfish dominate deep structure.

Fish are active in 50-150 feet—rockfish stacking up, crab pots filling fast, lings hungry pre-spawn. For lures, jigs shine: vertical knife jigs or bucktails in white/olive for rockfish and lings. Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver or Zoom Brush Hog on 1/4-1/2 oz jigheads for bottom bouncing. Live bait rules—anchovies or sardines on dropper loops. For bonito, light jigs or live bait on feather rigs, per Fisherman's Landing updates.

Hot spots: Bodega Bay for crab-rockfish combos, Monterey's deep reefs for lings. Launch early, stay safe.

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Artificial Lure here with your Pacific-side California fishing report.

We’re in a classic winter coastal pattern: cool, mostly clear mornings, light offshore breeze early, then a little west wind and lump in the afternoon. Water temps are running low 60s in SoCal and upper 50s pushing north, which has the pelagics thinning out but the **bottom fish chewing**.

Tides first. Tide-Forecast for San Diego shows a strong morning high pushing over 5 feet around 3:30–4:00 a.m., dropping to a late-morning low a bit over a foot, then a modest afternoon high and an evening low. Sunrise is right around 6:50 a.m., sunset about 4:50 p.m. That gives you prime moving water at first light and again mid‑afternoon.

Up the coast, Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz tide tables show similar big pre‑dawn highs, late‑morning lows near a foot, and secondary highs right around the evening bite. That lines up with decent solunar activity through the afternoon.

Fish activity has slid into winter structure mode. Fisherman’s Landing in San Diego reports the Dolphin half‑day boats recently stacking up **limits of bonito plus rockfish**, with trips posting around 280 bonito and 60+ rockfish on the morning runs, and solid counts of **sheephead and sculpin** on the afternoon sets. 976‑TUNA’s latest coastal roundup had 13 trips with nearly 1,200 rockfish and 700‑plus bonito, so the whole coast from San Diego through the Channel Islands is in that mixed‑bag groove.

Channel Islands Sportfishing and Santa Barbara reports show classic winter sacks: heavy on **rockfish, lingcod, whitefish**, with some bonito still hanging around the outer edges. NorCal party boats are seeing steady rockfish and the odd ling when the weather lets them out.

Best offerings right now:

- **Lures:**
Small 1–2 oz metal jigs in blue/white, scrambled egg, and chrome for bonito and rockfish; 4–6 inch swimbaits on 1–2 oz heads for shallow rockfish and calico; diamond jigs and heavy knife jigs for lingcod in 150–300 feet.

- **Bait:**
Strips of squid and cut anchovy are king for rockfish, whitefish, and sculpin. Fresh dead or live anchovy/sardine for bonito and any stray yellowtail. For sheephead, tip a small dropper‑loop hook with mussel, clam, or shrimp.

A couple of hotspots to circle:

- **La Jolla / Point Loma hard bottom, San Diego:**
Fish 180–300 feet on that early dropping tide with double‑dropper loops and squid. You’ll tap quality reds, bocaccio, and a few lings. Slide inshore around the mid‑afternoon high with a 1‑oz Colt Sniper or similar metal and you’ve got a shot at schools of bonito still roaming the edges.

- **Hueneme Canyon / East Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands:**
Ride out of Ventura or Channel Islands Harbor and drop in 240–320 feet on the canyon edges with shrimp‑fly rigs and squid strips. Boats have been posting full limits of mixed rockfish plus a sprinkling of lingcod and whitefish. If the wind lays down, slow‑pitch jigs in 100–150 grams are absolutely deadly right now.

If you’re shore‑bound, that late‑morning low sets up some good surf windows. Work Carolina‑rigged sand crabs or Gulp sandworms in the troughs for barred surfperch and yellowfin croaker, then switch to a small Kastmaster or Lucky Craft for halibut and schoolie stripers up north as the tide floods.

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Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure, your go-to guy for Pacific Ocean fishing from NorCal to SoCal. It's Friday morning, post-Christmas, and the Pacific's callin' with some solid action brewin'.

Tides today show high at 2:07 AM hittin' 4.16 feet in LA waters, droppin' to low 2.68 feet by 7:30 AM, per Tide-Forecast.com—perfect for outgoing currents stirrin' up baitfish. Up north in San Francisco, expect high around 4:18 AM at 5.1 feet and low 2.6 feet by 9:53 AM, says Tides4Fishing. Sunrise at 7:23 AM, sunset 4:58 PM, givin' ya about 9.5 hours of light—prime for winter bites. Weather's coolin' with a beach hazards statement through early mornin' from NWS San Francisco, so watch for sneaker waves, but winds are calm post-holiday.

Fish activity's pickin' up after recent reports. SportfishingReport.com notes excellent bonito on half-day boats like Daily Double out of Point Loma last week—schools crashin' the surface. Emeryville's Fish Emeryville fleet tallied limits of rockfish, lingcod, halibut, and striped bass into late December, with 2025 counts showin' 7,871 rockfish and 1,468 halibut so far. Sand dabs and stripers are hot too. Keep an eye peeled—deep-sea oddballs like Pacific footballfish are washin' up at Crystal Cove, per LAist, but that's no beach bite.

For lures, football jigs in green pumpkin are killin' sluggish bass in 20-40 feet, slow-hopped on points—Field & Stream swears by 'em for winter. Swim jigs with paddle-tail swimbaits in white or black/blue crawl cover perfect. Live bait? Anchovies or sardines on the rig for rockfish and lings; squid strips for halibut.

Hot spots: Hit the kelp beds off Pacifica for stripers and halibut—FishingReminder.com flags major solunar peaks 4:24-6:24 AM. Or drop lines at Crystal Cove/Newport for bonito and surf perch.

Get out there safe, rig tight, and hook 'em!

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Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure, your go-to guy for Pacific Ocean angling off California. Merry Christmas Eve from the salty shores – it's December 24, 2025, and we're lookin' at a crisp winter bite if you bundle up.

Sunrise hits around 7:23 AM PST, sunset by 4:56 PM, keepin' days short but action steady. Weather's callin' for mostly sunny skies, highs in the low 60s, droppin' to 40s at night, with south-southeast winds pickin' up to 10-20 knots – hazardous for small craft per NDBC forecasts, so watch those steep seas.

Tides at Santa Cruz and Half Moon Bay show high at 2:09 AM (4.22 ft), low 6:18 AM (3.4 ft), high noonish around 5 ft, evenin' low near zero – prime movin' water for chummin'. San Francisco tides mirror with 3:06 AM high (4.8 ft), 7:41 AM low (3.2 ft), afternoon high 5.3 ft.

Fish activity's hot off SoCal and NorCal piers and boats. 976-TUNA logs Tuesday's 10 trips with 252 anglers haulin' 650 bonito, 523 rockfish, 262 assorted – rockfish and bonito dominatin'. H&M Landing reports rockfish, sculpin, sand bass steady. Winter bass lurkin' deep per Kayak Angler Mag – lethargic but hungry post-trout plants.

Best lures: slow blade baits hopped off bottom for bass and rockfish, big trout-pattern swimbaits or jigs for trophy largemouth, Alabama rigs with multiple swimbaits twitchin' slow over points and drop-offs. Bait-wise, live anchovies or sardines if you can net 'em, else frozen herring or squid strips.

Hot spots: Pillar Point near Half Moon Bay for rockfish and lings on the incoming tide, or Seaforth Landing out of San Diego for half-day rockfish slams. Bundle up, fish slow, and stay safe out there.

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# Los Angeles Coastal Fishing Report

Hey folks, Artificial Lure here with your Monday morning breakdown of what's happening on the water around Southern California.

Let's talk tides first. We're sitting on a solid tide swing this morning. High tide hit early at 4:34 AM, and we've got a low tide coming through at 10:49 AM. If you're planning to head out, that window between now and mid-morning is prime time before things flatten out.

Sunrise was around 7:21 this morning, and we're looking at a sunset around 4:50 PM, so make those hours count. Daylight's thin this time of year, so get on the water early.

Now for the action—rockfish have been absolutely stellar across the region. Point Loma Sportfishing is running their Daily Double AM trips targeting rockfish at 400 to 600 feet, and they're listing full boats. Deep-water rigs with those 16-ounce sinkers they recommend are your ticket. Meanwhile, down in San Diego, bonito have been on fire. Recent reports show limits of beautiful bonito mixed with sheephead and whitefish across multiple half-day and three-quarter day trips. Stardust Sportfishing just wrapped a 3/4-day with 230 whitefish, 173 rockfish, 9 lingcod, and even a sheephead.

For lures, live bait and jigs have been producing the best results on bonito. If you're going after rockfish in deeper water, soft plastics like curly tail grubs are working well. Bring both deep-water setups and a lighter rod—you never know when a bonito bite might present itself.

Hot spots to hit: Point Loma waters are consistently delivering rockfish, and if bonito are still in a cooperative mood, you've got a shot at limits. Down south in San Diego, the offshore structure around Dana Point and Oceanside has been putting fish in the box.

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Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure, your go-to guy for Pacific Ocean angling from NorCal to SoCal. It's a crisp winter morning out here on December 21st, 2025, with sunrise at 7:19 AM and sunset around 4:48 PM per Tide-Forecast.com. Tides today show low at 2:50 AM hitting 2.49 feet in San Diego, high of 6.44 feet at 9:11 AM, and expect incoming action building toward the 5:13 PM high of 0.26 feet up north—perfect for bottom dwellers.

Weather's cooperative: light winds shifting southeast, seas 6-8 feet per Santa Barbara Surf Report, so bundle up but get out there. Fish are chewing hard after yesterday's hauls from SoCalFishReports.com—boats like Long Beach's Eldorado slammed 350 Rockfish, 70 Sheephead, and Lingcod on overnight runs; Marina del Rey's New Del Mar bagged 58 Sand Bass, 47 Calico Bass, 33 Sheephead; Dana Pride limited on 60 Bonito; and up north, Avila's Flying Fish pulled 26 Lingcod, Halibut to 12 pounds, plus Rockcod stacks. 976-TUNA logs 1557 Rockfish and 492 Bonito across 19 SoCal trips Friday—Rockfish, Sheephead, Lingcod, Sand Bass, Calico Bass, Whitefish, and Sculpin dominating limits. Even a monster 10.25-pound Canary Rockfish off Albion per The Independent smashed state records.

Action's hot on rockfish piles and kelp edges—fish the incoming tide with heavy current. Best lures: drop-shot rigs with bright plastics or jigs for rockfish and lingcod; iron yo-yos or surface poppers for bonito frenzy. Live sardines or anchovies on sabikis crush 'em all, or sculpin heads for sheephead. Field & Stream swears by big jigs and swimming baits this season.

Hit these hot spots: Pecho Rock near Avila for limits of Lingcod and Cabezon, or Long Beach islands freelancing for Sheephead and Rockfish blowouts. Rig up, stay safe, and tight lines!

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This is Artificial Lure with your Pacific Ocean California fishing report.

Light winter pattern along the coast today: cool mornings, light offshore breeze early, then a mild onshore bump by midday. According to the National Weather Service, most of the Southern California coast is seeing calm seas this morning, building chop this afternoon as that sea breeze fills in.

Tides are friendly for a morning bite. Surfline’s Pacific Beach table shows an early high around 2:30 a.m., a stronger mid‑morning high pushing over 6 feet around 8:30, then a solid negative low late afternoon. That mid‑morning push is your window for inshore bass and halibut. Up the line, NOAA’s Newport and San Diego stations show a similar building high late morning and a draining afternoon tide, so current will be moving all day.

Sunrise along the SoCal coast is just after 7 a.m., with sunset a little before 5 p.m., giving a tight but productive gray‑light bite at both ends.

Fish activity has settled into classic winter mode: fewer species, but plenty of quality if you fish the structure. Fisherman’s Landing in San Diego reports their half‑day boat Dolphin stacking LIMITS of bonito all week—125 bonito and 178 rockfish for 25 anglers on the latest AM run, with previous trips also limiting on bonito and adding rockfish, sheephead, and a few calico bass. SoCal Fish Reports and Sportfishing Report are echoing the theme up the coast: Long Beach boats like the Victory are loading the bags with rockfish, sculpin, whitefish, and some salmon grouper, while Marina del Rey’s New Del Mar is seeing solid sand bass, calico, sheephead, and sculpin counts.

Farther north, reports out of the North Coast show salmon season fading and the steelhead game ramping in the rivers, while offshore pelican feeding frenzies along the Central Coast, noted by the Associated Press, hint at anchovy and sardine schools tight to the beach—good news for surf perch, halibut, and the odd winter striped bass around river mouths.

Best lures right now:
• Inshore bass and halibut: 3–5 inch swimbaits in sardine or anchovy, leadhead plastics on hard structure, and chrome or blue‑and‑white surface irons if the bonito pop up.
• Rockfish and sheephead: 4–8 ounce glow or red/white diamond jigs, Colt Snipers, and double‑dropper rigs with shrimp‑fly or squid‑strip teasers.
• Bonito: small metallic jigs, cast‑and‑retrieve Colts, and feathered trolling rigs behind the boat.

Best bait:
• Live anchovy or sardine if your landing has it—dead‑stick one for halibut, fly‑line for bonito.
• Squid strips and cut mackerel for rockfish, reds, and lingcod.
• Fresh mussel, clam, or shrimp for sheephead; ghost shrimp or Gulp sandworms for surf perch in the suds.

A couple of hot spots to circle on your chart:
• San Diego inshore, from the kelp outside Point Loma down to Imperial Beach. Party‑boats out of Fisherman’s Landing and Point Loma Sportfishing are consistently putting anglers on limits of bonito and deep‑water rockfish in 300–600 feet.
• Horseshoe Kelp and the Long Beach/Palos Verdes hard bottom. Counts out of Long Beach Sportfishing show big numbers of sculpin, sheephead, whitefish, and rockfish on that structure, with the odd winter yellowtail still a possibility if you meter bait balls or bird schools.

Work the morning high for surf and bay halibut, slide deep when that sun gets high, and if you see bird life—pelicans wheeling, terns dipping—get a jig in the water. Winter’s shorter, but the sacks are anything but light if you play the tides and the structure.

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Hey folks, Artificial Lure here, your go-to guy for Pacific Ocean angling off California's coast. It's a crisp winter morning, sunrise hit around 7:20 AM with sunset by 4:50 PM per Tide-Forecast.com. Tides today show low at 8:30 AM around 0.05 ft, high 3:42 PM at 0.26 ft, then low 10:01 PM—perfect for bottom bouncing as fish hug structure on the outgoing.

Weather's holding mild with calm seas through Saturday, but batten down for a big storm Sunday night bringing rain and swells, says Fishing the North Coast reports. Rockfish and lingcod are firing hot—yesterday's Berkeley counts from NorCalFishReports had California Dawn with 17 anglers hauling 170 Dungeness crab and 130 rockfish, while California Dawn II limited 22 folks on 220 each. Sausalito's Outer Limits matched with 200 rockfish and crab per 20 anglers. Up north, Shelter Cove's Sea Hawk nailed limits at The Hat and Old Man spots. Even a monster 10.25-pound canary rockfish smashed records off Mendocino last week.

Dungeness limits are stacking up coastwide, but skip rock crab viscera—CDPH warns of domoic acid from NorCal to Sonoma/Mendo line. Steelhead gearing up on rivers like the Smith with incoming rain pushing bright fish from the salt.

For lures, go heavy jigs like 8-16 oz yo-yo irons in bright pink or chartreuse for rockfish—mimic squid or anchovies. Swimbaits on dropper loops shine for lings. Live bait? Frozen squid, anchovies, or mackerel from Squidco Fishing tackle the bill; bloodworms if shore-bound.

Hot spots: Hit Shelter Cove for rockfish/lings at The Hat, or Berkeley flats for crab-rockfish combos. Bundle up, check CDFW regs—red abalone's closed till '36.

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Hey folks, Artificial Lure here, your go-to guy for Pacific Ocean angling off California's coast. It's a crisp winter morning, sunrise hit around 7:15-7:20 AM up north near Santa Cruz, with sunset by 4:50-4:53 PM—plenty of daylight to chase bites before the chill sets in.

Tides are looking solid today: low around 2 AM at 3 feet in Santa Cruz, high at 7:46 AM pushing 5.5 feet, dropping to a primo minus-0.3 feet low by 3-4 PM, then evening high near 11 PM. Down south in San Francisco, expect similar—low 2:52 AM at 3.1 feet, high 8:58 AM at 6.1 feet, afternoon low 4:07 PM at -0.3 feet. Fish the outgoing tide for best action, currents pulling bait right to the structure.

Weather's cooperative—mild temps in the 50s-60s, light winds, no big swells reported. Fish are fired up! Yesterday's counts from SoCalFishReports.com and 976-TUNA.com show rockfish dominating: Coral Sea out of Santa Barbara bagged 200 and 100 on 3/4-days, Clemente in Dana Point hit 107. Marina del Rey's New Del Mar scored 15 sand bass, 1 halibut, 130 sculpin, 10 sheephead. 976-TUNA tallied 502 rockfish, 300 bonito, 214 assorted across SoCal trips. Long Beach Victory added 195 sculpin, 63 whitefish, 35 red snapper. Bonito limits on Sea Watch with yellowtail, calicos, sand bass. Salmon news buzzin'—juvenile coho spotted in Russian River per phys.org, a rare comeback sign, but stick to rockfish with new NOAA canary sub-bag limits.

For lures, sling **jigs** like salmon-sized chrome or glow for rockfish—drop-shot 'em deep. **Swimbaits** in natural colors nail calicos and bass. Live bait? Sardines or anchovies on the hook rule; squid strips for sculpin and sheephead. Frozen herring works if livies are scarce.

Hot spots: Santa Barbara kelp beds for rockfish limits, and Dana Point's reefs—easy access, steady pickin'. Rig up and get out there before the bite quiets.

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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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