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Copper Rockfish · Open

Hump 3.2 km NW of Point Pinos

36.66°N · 121.95°W

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Best score for the day · 7 AM
63/100
FAIR

Now 17 · 12 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
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Tide flooding
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Conditions
Time
12 AM
Now
Score
17
Tough
Tide
4.7 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
18 kn
NNW · steady
Sea state
Rough
5.0 ft
Air temp
62°
Mild
Weather
Clear
1% cloud
Hour 12 AM. Score 17 Tough. Tide 4.7ft Falling ▼. Current -0.1kn Slack. Wind 18kn NNW G23. Sea 5.0ft Rough. Air 61.7°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
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-limit within RCG Complex: 1 fish per person. Open Apr 1–Dec 31 all depths. No minimum size limit. Fillets must have entire skin attached. Shore-based anglers and divers exempt from season/depth restrictions.
Season
Apr 1 to Dec 31
Other species here
Bonito ClosedLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon ClosedBlue Shark Retention openCoho Salmon ClosedCalifornia Halibut Retention openCanary Rockfish Retention open
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Source: CDFW · 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
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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonRelease only
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
80-180 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

Hump 3.2 km NW of Point Pinos is a rocky pinnacle set in outer, exposed water off Monterey, rising through depths of 80 to 180 feet. The structure draws Chinook Salmon, which peak from March through July, alongside Copper Rockfish that hold best from July through September and Lingcod that turn on across several windows spanning November through January, March through May, and September through October. California Halibut work the area from March through September, with the pinnacle also holding Canary Rockfish, Coho Salmon, Bonito, and Blue Shark. Anglers troll anchovies, spoons, hoochies, and flashers for Chinook or switch to mooching anchovies and sardines over the same ground. Copper Rockfish and Lingcod come to bait fishing with squid and shrimp flies and to jigging with metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs worked tight to the rock.

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