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Gull Rocks Hump

38.35°N · 123.09°W

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Best score for the day · 7 AM
40/100
POOR

Now 40 · 1 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-9 PM
Tide flooding
CDFW · Groundfish Management Area San Francisco · Lingcod openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 22"
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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
40
Tough
Tide
5.8 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
9 kn
NW · steady
Sea state
Rough
5 ft @ 6 s NW
Air temp
64°
Mild
Weather
Clear
11% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 40 Tough. Tide 5.8ft Falling ▼. Current +0.2kn Slack. Wind 9kn NW G11. Sea 5 ft @ 6 s NW Rough. Air 63.5°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
Prime

Current regulations

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What you can keep at this spot today

Lingcod
Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 22"
Annual quota
Not published
Other
§28.27. Open all depths Apr 1–Dec 31. 2 fish per person. Minimum size 22 inches total length (22 × 2.54 = 55.9 cm). Filleting aboard vessel: minimum 14 inches with entire skin attached. Shore-based anglers and divers exempt from season/depth restrictions. Cordell Bank: all groundfish fishing prohibited. Descending device required aboard vessel.
Season
Apr 1 to Dec 31
Other species here
Copper Rockfish Retention openCabezon Retention openChinook Salmon ClosedCoho Salmon Retention openCalifornia Halibut Retention openBlack Rockfish Retention openCanary Rockfish Retention openVermilion Rockfish Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) Retention open
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Source: CDFW · Groundfish Management Area San Francisco · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Lingcod is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Lingcod
~15 more weeks in shoulder
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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonClosed
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
50-84 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Boat launch near Spud Point
3.0 mi away
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed
BOAT LAUNCHES NEARBY

Distances are in a straight line, not by water.

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The Gull Rocks Hump is an outer-exposed rocky pinnacle off Bodega Bay, rising through water that runs 50 to 85 feet deep. The structure holds a strong groundfish population, with lingcod peaking from July through February and aggregate rockfish—including black, copper, canary, and vermilion—running strong from May through October. Anglers work the pinnacle for lingcod with metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs, or drop live rockfish and squid tight to the rock, while rockfish come to squid, shrimp flies, and cut bait fished near the bottom. The surrounding water also draws Chinook and coho salmon from spring into fall, best targeted by trolling anchovies, spoons, hoochies, and flashers above the structure. California halibut show up from April through August and respond to drifted live anchovies and shiner perch over the sand edges bordering the rock.

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