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Split Rock

41.49°N · 124.08°W

BoatGroundfish Management Area NorthernLingcod · Open

Split Rock Fishing Forecast

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

ReelCaster scores every hour at Split 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 · 11 AM
87/100
GOOD
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
3.8 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
1 kn
SE · steady
Sea state
Easy
3 ft @ 6 s NW
Air temp
52°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 87 Good. Tide 3.8ft Rising ▲. Current +0.5kn Flood. Wind 1kn SE G2. Sea 3 ft @ 6 s NW Easy. Air 52.0°.

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
Halibut Retention openChinook Salmon ClosedBlack Rockfish Retention openBlue Rockfish 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
60-300 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

About Split Rock

Split Rock is an outer-exposed rocky drop-off off Crescent City, California, where the bottom falls from roughly 60 to 300 feet along hard structure. Chinook Salmon dominate the calendar with a peak from April through September, while Lingcod hold on the rock and turn on from February to March and again from August to October. Black Rockfish work the shallower edges through March and from May to August, and Blue Rockfish overlap them from March to April and June to August. Trolling anchovies, herring, spoons, or hoochies covers the salmon over this deep water, while jigging metal jigs and swimbaits along the drop-off takes Lingcod and Black Rockfish. Blue Rockfish respond to bait fishing with shrimp flies, squid strips, and anchovies worked over the same rocky ground.

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