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Bird Rock

33.45°N · 118.48°W

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Best score for the day · 11 AM
85/100
GOOD

Now 82 · 1 PM PDT

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Tide ebbing
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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
82
Good
Tide
4.5 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
7 kn
SW · steady
Sea state
Rough
3.4 ft
Air temp
72°
Warm
Weather
Partly cloudy
65% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 82 Good. Tide 4.5ft Falling ▼. Current -1.3kn Ebb. Wind 7kn SW G7. Sea 3.4ft Rough. Air 72.3°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
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. Daily bag/possession limit is 10 fish. 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
Lingcod Catch & releaseBarred Sand Bass Retention openCalico Bass ClosedCalifornia Sheephead Retention openWhite Seabass Retention openKelp Bass ClosedCalifornia Scorpionfish Retention open
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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
10-80 ft
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
—

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Bird Rock sits off Santa Monica, California, a rocky reef and kelp structure fishing from 10 to 80 feet of water. Yellowtail move through from May to October and respond to live bait such as sardines, mackerel, and anchovies, while White Seabass peak from March to July on live squid and sardines worked over the deeper edges. The reef and kelp hold Calico Bass from April to August, best targeted with swimbaits and soft plastic grubs, and California Sheephead from April to September on bottom rigs baited with live shrimp, squid, or cut mackerel. Barred Sand Bass show over the sandier stretches from March and again June through August, taken on drift fishing with live anchovies, sardines, or plastic swimbaits. As the water cools, Lingcod take over from September into February, holding tight to structure where vertical jigging with metal jigs or leadhead jigs and swimbaits reaches them near the bottom.

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