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Cypress Point Hump

36.57°N · 121.98°W

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Best score for the day · 7 AM
83/100
GOOD

Now 78 · 1 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
1 PM-8 PM
Tide flooding
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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
78
Good
Tide
5.4 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
Ebb
Wind
10 kn
NNW · steady
Sea state
Lumpy
6 ft @ 7 s NW
Air temp
65°
Warm
Weather
Partly cloudy
57% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 78 Good. Tide 5.4ft Falling ▼. Current -0.0kn Slack. Wind 10kn NNW G13. Sea 6 ft @ 7 s NW Lumpy. Air 65.5°.
Why this score
Current
0.3 kn light
Prime

Current regulations

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What you can keep at this spot today

Copper Rockfish
Retention open
Daily limit
1 per day
Possession
Not published
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Sub-bag limit of 1 fish per person within the 10-fish RCG complex. §1.91(a)(1). No minimum size limit. Fillets must have entire skin attached.
Season
Apr 1 to Dec 31
Other species here
Halibut Retention openKelp Greenling Retention openLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCalifornia Sheephead Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openBlue Rockfish Retention openCanary Rockfish Retention open
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Source: CDFW · Groundfish Management Area Central · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Copper Rockfish is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Copper Rockfish
~15 more weeks in shoulder
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonClosed
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
40-120 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Boat launch near Cannery Point
4.2 mi away
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed
BOAT LAUNCHES NEARBY

Distances are in a straight line, not by water.

Cypress Point Hump is an outer-exposed rocky pinnacle off Monterey, rising through water that runs 40 to 120 feet deep. Chinook salmon move through in the spring and early summer, peaking from March to July, and trolling with anchovies, spoons, hoochies, and flashers works the upper water column, while mooching anchovies or sardines behind banana weights covers the same fish. Lingcod hold tight to the rock structure with peaks in November through January, March through May, and September through October, taken on metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs, or on live sanddabs and mackerel worked near the bottom. Copper rockfish peak from July to September and respond to bait fishing with squid, shrimp flies, and anchovies, while blue rockfish concentrate in spring and summer and take shrimp flies, squid strips, and swimbaits over the same pinnacle. The exposed position and the depth range across the rock reward drifts that keep baits and jigs close to the structure.

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