18 Spot (LA Harbor Rockpile)
33.69°N · 118.25°W
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Current regulations
In effect nowWhat you can keep at this spot today
- Daily limit
- 2 per day
- Possession
- 2 in possession
- Size
- Minimum 12"
- Gear
- Open year-round to divers and shore-based anglers only (not boat-based anglers outside specified season).
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Open year-round to divers and shore-based anglers. Open to boat-based anglers March 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026. Daily bag/possession limit is 2 fish. Minimum size 12 inches total length.
Source: CDFW · synced today
Seasonality
52-week view · today highlightedWhen California Sheephead is best at this spot
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The 18 Spot, also known as the LA Harbor Rockpile, is a rocky bottom structure off Santa Monica, California, sitting in water that runs 120 to 240 feet deep. The rockpile holds Lingcod through its September to February peak and supports a year-round Rockfish fishery, with California Sheephead most active from April to September and Ocean Whitefish concentrated in the June to August window. Anglers work the depth with vertical jigging using metal jigs or leadhead jigs with swimbaits for Lingcod, while dropper loop rigs baited with squid and cut mackerel produce Rockfish and Whitefish over the same hard bottom. California Sheephead come to bottom fishing with live shrimp, squid, or crab worked close to the rocks. In the warmer months, California Halibut show from March to July on drifted live anchovies and sardines, and Pacific Bonito move through from May to September, taking live bait chumming with anchovies and sardines.
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