Newport Beach Artificial Reef (Tom Horn Reef)
33.56°N · 117.99°W
Newport Beach Artificial Reef (Tom Horn Reef) Fishing Forecast
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Kelp Bass fishing at Newport Beach Artificial Reef (Tom Horn Reef) looks good today.
The best time to go is 7 AM to 7 PM, with the tide flooding.
ReelCaster scores every hour at Newport Beach Artificial Reef (Tom Horn Reef) from 0 to 100, reading the tide, current, wind and weather for Kelp Bass. The higher the score, the better your odds. Green means go.
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Species
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Why this score
Current regulations
In effect nowWhat you can keep at this spot today
- Daily limit
- 5 per day
- Possession
- 5 in possession
- Size
- Minimum 14"
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Paralabrax species. Open year-round. Daily bag and possession limit is 5 fish in any combination of kelp bass, barred sand bass, and spotted sand bass, except no more than 4 barred sand bass may be taken. Minimum size 14 inches total length or 10 inches alternate length.
Source: CDFW · Groundfish Management Area Southern · synced today
Seasonality
52-week view · today highlightedWhen Kelp Bass is best at this spot
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About Newport Beach Artificial Reef (Tom Horn Reef)
The Newport Beach Artificial Reef, also known as Tom Horn Reef, sits off Huntington Beach, California, where structured hardbottom rises across depths of 60 to 100 feet. The reef holds a mix of nearshore and deeper-water species, including Barred Sand Bass and Calico Bass that peak through the summer months, Barred Sand Bass from April to August and Calico Bass from June to August. White Seabass move through from March to July, while California Sheephead show two windows, March to April and July to September, and Rockfish hold across the reef year-round. Drift fishing with live anchovies, live sardines, or plastic swimbaits works the sand bass along the structure edges, and dropper loop rigs baited with squid or cut mackerel reach the rockfish and sheephead holding tight to the reef. For Calico Bass, plastics such as swimbaits and curl-tail grubs on leadhead jigs cover the shallower rock, while live squid targets White Seabass through their spring run.
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