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Low Rock

41.94°N · 124.22°W

BoatGroundfish Management Area NorthernLingcod · Open

Low Rock Fishing Forecast

Updated today

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

ReelCaster scores every hour at Low 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.

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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
3.6 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
2 kn
SSE · steady
Sea state
Easy
2.5 ft @ 6 s NW
Air temp
51°
Cold
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 86 Good. Tide 3.6ft Rising ▲. Current +0.4kn Flood. Wind 2kn SSE G3. Sea 2.5 ft @ 6 s NW Easy. Air 51.4°.

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 openSablefish Retention openShelf Rockfish Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) 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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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
32-40 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

About Low Rock

Low Rock is an outer-exposed rocky drop-off off Crescent City, California, where the bottom falls through 30 to 40 feet of water. The structure holds Lingcod, which peak from February to March and again from August to October, alongside aggregate Rockfish that peak May through September and Chinook Salmon running April into September. Lingcod respond to jigging with metal jigs, swimbaits, or leadhead jigs worked over the rock, with live bait such as rockfish, sanddabs, or squid a reliable alternative. Rockfish come off the bottom on shrimp flies, swimbaits, squid strips, and metal jigs, while Chinook are targeted by trolling anchovies, herring, spoons, or hoochies through the same exposed edge. The rock bottom and hard drop concentrate fish along the break, making it a productive stretch to work close to the structure.

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