Smith Island
33.75°N · 118.27°W
Smith Island Fishing Forecast
Updated today
White Seabass fishing at Smith Island looks good today.
The best time to go is 7 AM to 7 PM, with the tide flooding.
ReelCaster scores every hour at Smith Island from 0 to 100, reading the tide, current, wind and weather for White Seabass. The higher the score, the better your odds. Green means go.
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Species
Now 84 · 11 AM PDT
14-Day Forecast
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Why this score
Current regulations
In effect nowWhat you can keep at this spot today
- Daily limit
- 3 per day
- Possession
- 1 in possession
- Size
- Minimum 28"
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Open year-round. Mar 15–Jun 15 reduced limit: only 1 fish may be taken in waters south of Point Conception. Minimum size 28 inches total length or 20 inches alternate length.
- Season
- Mar 15 to Jun 15
Source: CDFW · Groundfish Management Area Southern · synced today
Seasonality
52-week view · today highlightedWhen White Seabass is best at this spot
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About Smith Island
Smith Island is an inner-protected rock drop-off off Los Angeles, California, where the bottom falls through depths of 10 to 40 feet. The structure holds Barred Sand Bass, which peak in March and again from June through August, alongside California Halibut from March through July and California Sheephead from April through September. Drift fishing with live anchovies, live sardines, or plastic swimbaits works the sand and rock edges for sand bass and halibut, while bottom fishing with live shrimp, squid, or cut mackerel pulls sheephead off the harder structure. As the season turns, Lingcod move in from September through February and respond to vertical jigging with metal jigs or leadhead jigs rigged with swimbaits. White Seabass push through in spring on live squid and sardines, and Mackerel stack up in summer for sabiki rigs along the drop.
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