Spanish Bay Hump
36.64°N · 121.96°W
Now 80 · 1 PM 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 Point8.1 mi
Distances are in a straight line, not by water.
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Spanish Bay Hump is a rocky pinnacle off Monterey, rising from an outer, exposed stretch of coast where depths run 80 to 180 feet over hard structure. The rock holds Copper Rockfish through their Jul–Sep peak, alongside Canary Rockfish and California Sheephead. Lingcod work the same pinnacle with peaks in Nov–Jan, Mar–May, and Sep–Oct, while Chinook Salmon move through from Mar into Jul. Anglers target the rockfish with bait fishing using squid, shrimp flies, anchovies, or sardines, and switch to jigging with metal jigs, swimbaits, or leadhead jigs for lingcod holding tight to the rock. Chinook are taken on the troll with anchovies, spoons, hoochies, and flashers over the deeper edges of the structure.
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