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White Rock

41.74°N · 124.23°W

BoatGroundfish Management Area NorthernLingcod · Open

White Rock Fishing Forecast

Updated today

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

ReelCaster scores every hour at White 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 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
3.9 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 86 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 ClosedCanary 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
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonClosed

SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
35-57 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

About White Rock

White Rock is an outer-exposed rocky drop-off off Crescent City, California, where the bottom falls through roughly 35 to 55 feet of water. The structure draws Chinook Salmon through their April to September peak, alongside Coho Salmon, Canary Rockfish, Pacific Halibut, and Sablefish. Lingcod hold tight to the rock here, with the strongest windows running February to March and August to October, while Pacific Cod fill in through the November to January stretch. Anglers targeting Chinook work the water column by trolling anchovies, herring, spoons, or hoochies, with mooching whole anchovies or cut herring as a slower alternative. For Lingcod, jigging metal jigs, swimbaits, or leadhead jigs over the rocky edges produces, backed by live rockfish, sanddabs, or squid fished close to the structure.

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