Point Joe Hump
36.63°N · 121.97°W
Now 84 · 10 AM PDT
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Current regulations
In effect nowWhat you can keep at this spot today
- 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
Source: CDFW · Groundfish Management Area Central · synced today
Seasonality
52-week view · today highlightedWhen Copper Rockfish is best at this spot
- DirectionsBreakwater Marina4.3 mi
- DirectionsBoat launch at Monterey Marina4.7 mi
- DirectionsBoat launch near Cannery Point7.8 mi
Distances are in a straight line, not by water.
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Point Joe Hump is an outer, exposed rock pinnacle off Monterey, rising through water that runs 80 to 180 feet deep. The structure holds lingcod, which peak from November through January, again in March through May, and once more in September and October, alongside widow, canary, copper, and cowcod rockfish, plus Chinook salmon that move through March through July. Lingcod respond to jigging with metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs worked close to the rock, with live sanddabs or live mackerel as a supporting approach over the deeper edges. Copper rockfish, which peak from July through September, take bait fishing with squid, shrimp flies, anchovies, and sardines held near the pinnacle's broken bottom. Chinook are best worked with trolling anchovies, spoons, hoochies, and flashers across the exposed water above the hump.
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