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Groundfish Management Area MendocinoLingcod · Open

Agate Beach Hump

39.33°N · 123.83°W

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Best score for the day · 7 AM
40/100
POOR

Now 40 · 1 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-5 PM
Tide ebbing
CDFW · Groundfish Management Area Mendocino · Lingcod openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 22"
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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
40
Tough
Tide
6.0 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
11 kn
N · steady
Sea state
Rough
6 ft @ 6 s NW
Air temp
68°
Warm
Weather
Clear
13% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 40 Tough. Tide 6.0ft Rising ▲. Current +0.4kn Flood. Wind 11kn N G19. Sea 6 ft @ 6 s NW Rough. Air 67.8°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
Prime

Current regulations

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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: minimum 14 inches in length with entire skin attached. §28.27. Shore-based anglers and divers exempt from season/depth restrictions. Descending device required aboard vessels.
Season
Apr 1 to Dec 31
Other species here
Rockfish (Aggregate) Retention openCalifornia Halibut Retention openBlue Rockfish Retention openCopper Rockfish Retention openCabezon Retention openChinook Salmon ClosedCoho Salmon Retention open
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Source: CDFW · Groundfish Management Area Mendocino · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Lingcod is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Lingcod
~15 more weeks in shoulder
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonClosed
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
26-94 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Boat launch near Mendocino
3.0 mi away
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed
BOAT LAUNCHES NEARBY

Distances are in a straight line, not by water.

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Agate Beach Hump is an outer-exposed rocky pinnacle off Fort Bragg, rising through depths of 25 to 95 feet. The structure holds lingcod, which peak in January through February and again in August through September, alongside aggregate rockfish that stay active from April through September and blue rockfish through the same warmer stretch. Cabezon work the rock in spring and fall, while Chinook salmon move through the exposed water from April into September. Anglers target lingcod with metal jigs and swimbaits worked over the pinnacle, or drop live rockfish and whole squid tight to the rock. For rockfish, bottom fishing with shrimp flies, squid strips, and metal jigs covers the structure, and trolling anchovies or herring accounts for the salmon passing through.

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