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14-Mile Bank

33.40°N · 118.10°W

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Best score for the day · 12 PM
86/100
GOOD

Now 85 · 1 PM PDT

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Tide ebbing
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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
85
Good
Tide
4.4 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
4 kn
SW · steady
Sea state
Choppy
2.9 ft
Air temp
71°
Warm
Weather
Partly cloudy
34% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 85 Good. Tide 4.4ft Falling ▼. Current -1.3kn Ebb. Wind 4kn SW G4. Sea 2.9ft Chop. Air 71.1°.
Why this score
Current
0.5 kn light
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Yellowtail
Retention open
Daily limit
10 per day
Possession
10 in possession
Size
Minimum 24"
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Open year-round. Minimum size 24 inches fork length, except up to 5 fish less than 24 inches fork length may be taken or possessed.
Other species here
Halibut ClosedCoho Salmon ClosedRockfish (Aggregate) ClosedLingcod Catch & releaseChinook Salmon ClosedCalifornia Sheephead Retention openWhite Seabass Catch & release
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Source: CDFW · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Yellowtail is best at this spot

Peak seasonCurrently in peak season for Yellowtail
~5 more weeks at peak
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
120-400 ft
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
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14-Mile Bank is an offshore rise off Santa Monica, California, where the bottom falls through 120 to 400 feet across structure that holds both pelagic and groundfish species. Yellowtail run the bank from May through October and respond to live bait such as live sardines, mackerel, and anchovies, with yo-yo jigging on heavy iron working the deeper water. White seabass move through March to July and take live squid and live sardines, while the resident rockfish aggregate stays catchable year-round on a dropper loop baited with squid or cut mackerel. Lingcod peak September through February over the same deep structure, hitting metal jigs and leadhead jigs with swimbaits fished vertically, and California sheephead hold near the bottom from April to September on live shrimp, squid, and cut mackerel. Pacific halibut show earlier in the year, February through May, and come to drifted live anchovies and sardines worked along the deeper flats.

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