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Carlsbad Canyon

33.14°N · 117.39°W

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Best score for the day · 7 AM
85/100
GOOD

Now 76 · 1 PM PDT

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Tide flooding
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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
76
Good
Tide
4.3 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
7 kn
W · steady
Sea state
Choppy
3.2 ft
Air temp
76°
Warm
Weather
Partly cloudy
32% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 76 Good. Tide 4.3ft Falling ▼. Current -1.4kn Ebb. Wind 7kn W G8. Sea 3.2ft Chop. Air 76.1°.
Why this score
Tide
Mid flood
Prime
Pressure
1012 hPa
Prime
Tide swing
4.9 ft range today
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Yellowtail
Retention open
Daily limit
10 per day
Possession
10 in possession
Size
Minimum 24"
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Open year-round. Daily bag/possession limit is 10 fish. Minimum size 24 inches fork length, except up to 5 fish less than 24 inches fork length may be taken or possessed.
Other species here
Rockfish (Aggregate) ClosedWhite Seabass Retention openOcean Whitefish Retention openCalifornia Barracuda ClosedLingcod Catch & releaseBarred Sand Bass Retention openChinook Salmon ClosedCoho Salmon ClosedSwordfish Retention openCalifornia Halibut Retention openCalifornia Scorpionfish Retention open
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Source: CDFW · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Yellowtail is best at this spot

Peak seasonCurrently in peak season for Yellowtail
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
100-600 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

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Carlsbad Canyon is an outer-exposed rocky drop-off off Newport Beach, California, where the bottom falls from roughly 100 to 600 feet along broken structure. The canyon edge holds Yellowtail through the spring and summer months, peaking April to August, alongside White Seabass from February to June and California Barracuda from April to September. Deeper along the rocks, Rockfish stack up from March to October and Lingcod move in from September through January, with Ocean Whitefish working the same ground from April and again July into October. Anglers drift live sardines and mackerel for Yellowtail and White Seabass over the shallower ledges, while dropper loop rigs with squid strips and mackerel chunks reach the Rockfish and Whitefish holding on the rock at depth. Vertical jigging with heavy iron produces on Lingcod and Rockfish where the drop-off is steepest.

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