Newport Pipe
33.62°N · 117.97°W
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Current regulations
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- Daily limit
- 5 per day
- Possession
- 5 in possession
- Size
- Minimum 14"
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Paralabrax species. Open year-round. Daily bag/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.
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Seasonality
52-week view · today highlightedWhen Kelp Bass is best at this spot
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Newport Pipe sits off Newport Beach, California, at 33.6150, -117.9650, where the bottom runs from 60 to 120 feet across structure that holds a mixed nearshore fishery. California Halibut peak from March through May and respond to drifting live bait such as live anchovies, sardines, or queenfish, while Barred Sand Bass turn on from May through July over the same drifts with squid strips and swimbaits. Calico Bass fish well from April through August on plastic swimbaits and paddletail plastics worked through the structure, and Sculpin stack up from May through October on dropper loop bottom rigs baited with squid strips and shrimp. As the year turns, Lingcod peak from September through January and take vertical jigs and heavy iron along the deeper edges. California Sheephead and Leopard Shark round out the bottom fishing, with sheephead worked on live shrimp and cut squid during their March–April and July–September windows.
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