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Long Rock

41.80°N · 124.30°W

BoatGroundfish Management Area NorthernLingcod · Open

Long Rock Fishing Forecast

Updated today

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

ReelCaster scores every hour at Long 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.

Species

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Best score for the day · 12 PM
87/100
GOOD

Now 86 · 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
86
Good
Tide
3.8 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
4 kn
E · steady
Sea state
Lumpy
3 ft @ 6 s NW
Air temp
50°
Cold
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 86 Good. Tide 3.8ft Rising ▲. Current +0.5kn Flood. Wind 4kn E G4. Sea 3 ft @ 6 s NW Lumpy. Air 50.0°.

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
Black Rockfish Retention openBlue Rockfish Retention openCanary Rockfish Retention openHalibut Retention openChinook Salmon Closed
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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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
330-1300 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

About Long Rock

Long Rock is an outer-exposed rocky drop-off off Crescent City, California, where the bottom falls from roughly 330 feet to 1,300 feet. The structure holds Chinook Salmon through their April to September peak, alongside Lingcod that run strongest February to March and August to October, and Black Rockfish that show best in March and again from May through August. Chinook come to trolling with anchovies, herring, trolling spoons, and hoochies, with mooching whole anchovies or cut herring working as a supporting approach over the deeper water. Lingcod respond to jigging metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs across the rock, while Black Rockfish take jigs and swimbaits or bait-fished squid and shrimp flies. Blue Rockfish also work the drop-off, where bait fishing shrimp flies, squid strips, and anchovies produces along the harder structure.

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