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April 21, 2025
Artificial Lure here with your Monday fishing report for the California Pacific coast.<br /><br />Conditions are shaping up nicely today. Sunrise came up at about 6:20 AM, with sunset expected around 7:40 PM, giving us plenty of daylight to work those beaches, jetties, and harbors. Early morning saw a light marine layer but otherwise clear skies, with calm winds following a mild overnight. Tides today are moderate, with a mid-morning incoming tide that should have inshore species on the move and feeding. Expect a soft outgoing tide around midday, which is usually prime for halibut and surf species to push up.<br /><br />Recent catches have been solid, with good numbers of California halibut reported from Santa Monica down to Huntington Beach. Most halibut have been in the 22 to 28-inch class, with a few pushing legal size. Leopard sharks and bat rays are also showing in good numbers right off the surf, while perch and a few striped bass have made surprise appearances up toward the Santa Cruz and Monterey areas.<br /><br />For those targeting halibut, live bait is tough to beat. Local hot baits include small live smelt, anchovy, sardines, and small mackerel. If you’re working the beaches, a Carolina rig with a fresh chunk of mackerel or surf smelt is the go-to. For artificial fans, diamond jigs and long-casting sinking twitch baits are drawing reliable strikes. Soft plastics on heavy jig heads, particularly in white or sardine patterns, have been killer as well, especially around drop-offs and the mouths of bays and harbors. Jerkbaits like the Gulp Jerk Shad are a hot ticket for shallow flats and structure fishing, with a simple twitch and pause retrieve[1][2][3][4][5].<br /><br />Leopard sharks are best targeted with fresh cut bait—think mackerel, croaker, or surf perch—pinned to a 6/0 or 8/0 circle hook on a wire leader, especially when fishing the open sandy stretches from Ventura to Orange County[5].<br /><br />If you’re looking for a hot spot, check out the sandbars around Bolsa Chica State Beach for halibut and surf perch, or hit the jetties at Redondo Pier for a mixed bag of halibut, calico bass, and croaker. Santa Monica Bay is also fishing well right now, with cleaner water and plenty of bait in close.<br /><br />Water’s warming up, the bite is solid, and this is prime time for our spring/summer run. Good luck and tight lines!
April 20, 2025
Good morning anglers, this is Artificial Lure coming at you with today’s fishing report for the Pacific Ocean, California, Sunday, April 20, 2025.<br /><br />We’re rolling into another beautiful spring week along the coast. Sunrise this morning was right around 6:20 am and sunset will be about 7:40 pm, giving you a nice long window for wetting a line. Weather’s mild, with clear skies and just a light ocean breeze making for comfortable fishing conditions all day.<br /><br />Tidal action today is moderate, with a low tide in the early morning hours, swinging toward a solid afternoon high. This incoming tide should get the bait moving, sparking up that fish bite mid-morning through early afternoon.<br /><br />Fish activity has been solid lately, especially for those targeting rockfish, lingcod, and calico bass nearshore. Reports out of the Channel Islands and along the Orange and LA County coasts have seen charter boats running up good numbers of quality vermilion rockfish, big sheephead, and some chunky lingcod. A few boats even loaded sacks with barracuda and sand bass when working structure and kelp lines offshore. Bass fishing has heated up in the harbors and breakwaters, especially on live bait and swimbaits, with some anglers pulling double-digit counts in a half-day session.<br /><br />If you’re looking for salmon, the latest update is that there are very limited recreational openings this year for ocean salmon fishing in California, after a couple of full closure years. The run is not red-hot yet, so check local rules before heading out and manage expectations if you’re setting your sights on kings this early in the season. Still, there’s hope for those wanting to wet a line for salmon this year, so stay tuned for more firmed up details as the season progresses[1][3].<br /><br />Best lures right now along the coast are plastics for calicos and sand bass—think 3 to 5 inch paddle-tail swimbaits in sardine and anchovy patterns. For bottom species, dropper loop rigs with squid or cut mackerel are producing steady action. If you’ve got live bait, it’s always a solid bet, especially for those picky sheephead or when the water’s extra clear. Near the kelp, try casting hard jerkbaits or surface irons for barracuda and bonito when they’re up and active.<br /><br />If you want a couple of hot spots, don’t miss the reefs outside Santa Monica Bay and the kelp beds off Palos Verdes—both are turning up nice mixed bags right now. The islands, especially Catalina and San Clemente, are worth the run if you have the boat; reports of big bass and the occasional yellowtail are coming in from both spots[4]. Early season conditions mean you might also run into some dorado or yellowtail if you’re lucky and push further south, especially as sargasso and warmer water patches start to show[5].<br /><br />That’s it for today from Artificial Lure. Tight lines, fish smart, and enjoy that California sun!
April 19, 2025
This is Artificial Lure with your Pacific Ocean, California fishing report for Saturday, April 19, 2025.<br /><br />First light came at about 6:20 a.m., and sunset is expected right around 7:40 p.m. The weather has been classic spring coastal—partly cloudy, with temps starting in the high 50s and topping out in the upper 60s. Winds are light from the northwest, staying under 10 knots for most of the day, so the surf is manageable and makes for good fishing conditions. Tidal movement features an early morning high tide followed by a dropping tide through most of the morning. This kind of swing usually gets the inshore fish feeding near structure and drop-offs.<br /><br />Now, onto the fishing. Halibut have been the main story up and down the beaches from Santa Monica to Huntington. The bite’s been best on the inside troughs during the last couple hours of the rising tide and just as it starts to drop. Anglers are hooking decent numbers of legal fish, with plenty of shorts in the mix. Most successful folks are running live bait like sardines, small mackerel, anchovy, and top smelt, or drifting fresh dead bait on a Carolina rig. If you’re looking for artificial action, long-casting sinking twitch baits and swimbaits rigged weedless and slow-rolled near the bottom are top choices—match the hatch with yellowfin croaker-style patterns or natural shad colors for results[1][5].<br /><br />Surf fishers are also getting into barred surfperch on the open beaches, especially near river mouths and deeper troughs. Gulp! sandworms and bloodworm imitations fished on a hi-lo rig are hard to beat. There’s also been a good showing of corbina in the skinny water, and while they’re picky, small ghost shrimp or sand crabs dug at the waterline can do the trick.<br /><br />In the rocky and kelp zones off Palos Verdes and South Orange County, the bite for calico bass and a few sheephead has stayed steady, mostly on paddletail swimbaits, shrimp lures, and bucktail jigs tipped with squid strips[2][4].<br /><br />For those targeting sharks, leopard sharks are around the flats and estuary mouths. Use a Carolina rig with a chunk of fresh mackerel or surf perch cut-bait on a wire leader for best results[5].<br /><br />A couple of hot spots: try the Bolsa Chica State Beach jetty early for halibut, and hit the Santa Monica pier area as the tide starts to turn. Both zones have seen good numbers of fish in the last week.<br /><br />Overall, the action is solid and the spring transition is in full swing. Bring your best bait, work the structure and troughs during the moving tides, and be ready for a mixed bag. Tight lines from Artificial Lure—see you on the beach.
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