The Pipe (Hyperion Outfall)
33.92°N · 118.45°W
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Current regulations
In effect nowWhat you can keep at this spot today
- Daily limit
- 4 per day
- Possession
- 4 in possession
- Size
- Minimum 14"
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Open year-round. Combined bag limit of 5 fish (Paralabrax species) in any combination, but no more than 4 barred sand bass may be taken. Minimum size 14 inches total length or 10 inches alternate length.
Source: CDFW · Groundfish Management Area Southern · synced today
Seasonality
52-week view · today highlightedWhen Barred Sand Bass is best at this spot
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The Pipe marks the Hyperion Outfall off Santa Monica, California, where the seafloor runs 60 to 110 feet over soft bottom and submerged structure. California Halibut hold across this range and peak from March through July, best worked by drift fishing live anchovies, sardines, or smelt along the drift line. Barred Sand Bass move in around the same water, peaking in March and again from June through August, and respond to drift-fished plastic swimbaits or bait-fished squid. Sculpin fill out the depth from June through September, taken on a dropper loop baited with squid, anchovy, or mackerel strips near the bottom. Drifting the deeper edges of the outfall keeps baits in the strike zone as tide moves fish across the structure.
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