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Steamboat Rock

41.74°N · 124.20°W

BoatGroundfish Management Area NorthernLingcod · Open

Steamboat Rock Fishing Forecast

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

ReelCaster scores every hour at Steamboat 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 · 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
0 kn
SSE · steady
Sea state
Easy
3 ft @ 6 s NW
Air temp
51°
Cold
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 87 Good. Tide 3.9ft Rising ▲. Current +0.5kn Flood. Wind 0kn SSE G1. Sea 3 ft @ 6 s NW Easy. Air 50.7°.

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 openSablefish Retention openChinook Salmon ClosedRockfish (Aggregate) Retention openCanary Rockfish Retention openWidow 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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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
26-52 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Mid

About Steamboat Rock

Steamboat Rock is a rocky drop-off off Crescent City, California, where the bottom falls through 25 to 50 feet of mid-exposure water. The structure holds Lingcod, which peak from February through March and again from August through October, alongside aggregate rockfish that run strongest May through September and Chinook Salmon through the April to September stretch. Anglers work the rocky edges for lingcod with metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs, or drop live rockfish and squid tight to the structure. Rockfish come off the same bottom on shrimp flies, squid strips, and metal jigs, with jigging and drift fishing covering the water between hangs. Chinook are taken on the troll with anchovies, herring, and trolling spoons over the deeper edge of the drop.

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