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Castle Rock

41.76°N · 124.25°W

BoatGroundfish Management Area NorthernLingcod · Open

Castle Rock Fishing Forecast

Updated today

Lingcod fishing at Castle Rock looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 7 PM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Castle Rock from 0 to 100, reading the tide, current, wind and weather for Lingcod. The higher the score, the better your odds. Green means go.

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Every spot is scored for today, out of 100. Green is worth the trip, amber is fair, red is slow.

Best score for the day · 3 PM
88/100
GOOD

Now 87 · 11 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-7 PM
Tide flooding
CDFW · Groundfish Management Area Northern · Lingcod openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 22"

14-Day Forecast

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Conditions
Time
11 AM
Now
Score
87
Good
Tide
3.9 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
1 kn
SE · steady
Sea state
Easy
2.5 ft @ 6 s NW
Air temp
50°
Cold
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 87 Good. Tide 3.9ft Rising ▲. Current +0.5kn Flood. Wind 1kn SE G1. Sea 2.5 ft @ 6 s NW Easy. Air 50.4°.

Why this score

Current
Slack
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

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
Open all depths Apr 1–Dec 31. Daily bag limit 2 fish per person. Minimum size 22 inches total length (22 × 2.54 = 55.9 cm). Filleting aboard vessel: minimum 14 inches in length with entire skin attached. §28.27. Shore-based anglers and divers exempt from season restrictions.
Season
Apr 1 to Dec 31
Other species here
Chinook Salmon ClosedHalibut Retention openCanary Rockfish Retention openBlue Shark Retention open
Always check with CDFW ↗

Source: CDFW · Groundfish Management Area Northern · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Lingcod is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Lingcod
~8 more weeks in shoulder
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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonClosed

SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
15-41 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

About Castle Rock

Castle Rock is an outer-exposed pinnacle off Crescent City, California, where rock structure rises through water running 15 to 40 feet deep. The spot holds Chinook Salmon through their April to September peak, alongside Coho Salmon, Pacific Halibut, Canary Rockfish, and Blue Shark, with Lingcod concentrating in February and March and again from August through October. Anglers work Chinook by trolling anchovies, herring, spoons, or hoochies across the exposed rock, and switch to mooching whole anchovies or cut herring when a slower presentation suits the conditions. For Lingcod, jigging metal jigs, swimbaits, or leadhead jigs over the pinnacle produces, while live rockfish, sanddabs, or squid and bait rigs with whole squid, octopus, or herring cover the same structure. The rock bottom and shallow relief keep fish tight to the pinnacle, so presentations that track the contour of the structure stay in the strike zone longest.

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