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Groundfish Management Area SouthernLingcod · Open

Outer Harbor Hump

33.72°N · 118.19°W

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Best score for the day · 8 AM
84/100
GOOD

Now 82 · 1 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
7 AM-8 PM
Tide flooding
CDFW · Groundfish Management Area Southern · Lingcod openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 22"
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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
82
Good
Tide
5.0 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
7 kn
SSW · steady
Sea state
Flat
3 ft @ 6 s W
Air temp
70°
Warm
Weather
Partly cloudy
57% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 82 Good. Tide 5.0ft Falling ▼. Current -1.0kn Ebb. Wind 7kn SSW G10. Sea 3 ft @ 6 s W Flat. Air 69.8°.
Why this score
Current
0.3 kn light
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
Oct 1–Dec 31: 50-fathom (300 ft) offshore only. Take prohibited inshore of the 50 fathom line (50 CFR Part 660, Subpart C). §28.27. Minimum size 22 inches (55.9 cm) total length. Bag limit 2 fish per person. Filleting aboard vessel: minimum 14 inches with entire skin attached. Shore-based anglers and divers exempt.
Season
Oct 1 to Dec 31
Other species here
Copper Rockfish Retention openBarred Sand Bass Retention openBonito Retention openLeopard Shark Retention openCalifornia Halibut Retention openKelp Bass Retention openCalifornia Scorpionfish Retention open
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Source: CDFW · Groundfish Management Area Southern · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Lingcod is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Lingcod
~11 more weeks in shoulder
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonClosed
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
60-120 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Boat launch near Thenard
2.6 mi away
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed
BOAT LAUNCHES NEARBY

Distances are in a straight line, not by water.

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Outer Harbor Hump is an outer-exposed rocky pinnacle rising from the seafloor off Santa Monica, holding structure across a depth range of 60 to 120 feet. The rock and hard relief concentrate Lingcod, which peak from September through February and respond to vertical jigging with metal jigs or leadhead jigs with swimbaits, alongside Copper Rockfish, Black Rockfish, Kelp Bass, and California Scorpionfish. Through spring and summer the pinnacle draws California Halibut, best from March through July on drift fishing with live anchovies, sardines, or smelt, while Barred Sand Bass fill in from March and June through August on the same drift approach with live baits or plastic swimbaits. Pacific Bonito school over and around the structure from May through September, taking live bait chumming with anchovies and sardines or metal jigs cast across the current. Leopard Shark work the bottom from April through August and come to squid or mackerel soaked on the seafloor.

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