San Diego Fishing Report
Updated . Scores and conditions are for this date and refresh through the day.
Slow day around San Diego on October 31, 2026. Lingcod, peak window 7 AM to 7 PM, 12 fishable hours.
Forecast scores cover 24 of 24 spots around San Diego today.
Conditions
- Water
- 73°F
- Wind
- 5 kt from the SW
Daylight readings across the spots that scored. Wind is the mean, not the gust.
Best windows today
Each window is the forecast at the spot leading that species today. Fishable hours are a count, and they can fall outside the peak window when the bite splits.
- LingcodPeak window 7 AM to 7 PM12 fishable hours
Leading spot: The 371
vertical jigging (heavy iron jigs, metal jigs, swimbaits on lead heads)
- Yellowfin tunaPeak window 7 AM to 7 PM12 fishable hours
Leading spot: 60 Mile Bank
live bait (live sardines, live anchovies, live mackerel)
- Bonito11 fishable hours
Leading spot: Pyramid Head
live bait fishing (live anchovies, live sardines)
- California HalibutPeak window 7 AM to 6 PM11 fishable hours
Leading spot: La Jolla Kelp Beds
drift fishing (live anchovies, live sardines, live smelt)
- California ScorpionfishPeak window 7 AM to 6 PM11 fishable hours
Leading spot: La Jolla Submarine Canyon
- California SheepheadPeak window 7 AM to 6 PM11 fishable hours
Leading spot: Point Loma Kelp Beds
bottom fishing (live shrimp, squid strips, rock crab)
- Dorado11 fishable hours
Leading spot: Pyramid Head
kelp paddy fishing (live sardines, live anchovies, surface iron)
- Kelp BassPeak window 7 AM to 6 PM11 fishable hours
Leading spot: La Jolla Kelp Beds
- White Seabass11 fishable hours
Leading spot: Mission Bay Mouth / Bell Buoy
live bait fishing (live squid, live sardine, live mackerel)
- YellowtailPeak window 7 AM to 6 PM11 fishable hours
Leading spot: La Jolla Kelp Beds
live bait (sardines, mackerel, anchovies)
- bluefin tuna10 fishable hours
Leading spot: The 270 Fathom Bank
live bait fishing (sardines, anchovies, mackerel)
- Mackerel10 fishable hours
Leading spot: Mission Bay Mouth / Bell Buoy
bait jigging (sabiki rigs, small metal jigs)
- SablefishPeak window 7 AM to 5 PM10 fishable hours
Leading spot: The 371
deep dropping (squid, mackerel strips, sanddabs)
- Striped marlinPeak window 9 AM to 6 PM10 fishable hours
Leading spot: 277 Bank
- WahooPeak window 9 AM to 6 PM10 fishable hours
Leading spot: 277 Bank
- Barred Sand BassPeak window 9 AM to 6 PM9 fishable hours
Leading spot: La Jolla Submarine Canyon
drifting with live bait (live anchovies, live sardines, squid)
- Ocean WhitefishPeak window 7 AM to 10 AM9 fishable hours
Leading spot: Desperation Reef
dropper loop (squid, cut mackerel, market squid strips)
- Skipjack tunaPeak window 9 AM to 5 PM8 fishable hours
Leading spot: 277 Bank
- California BarracudaPeak window 7 AM to 9 AM7 fishable hours
Leading spot: Desperation Reef
trolling (diving plugs, feathers, spoons)
- Albacore tunaPeak window 4 PM to 6 PM6 fishable hours
Leading spot: La Jolla Canyon
live bait fishing (sardines, anchovies, mackerel)
- Leopard Shark6 fishable hours
Leading spot: Mission Bay Mouth / Bell Buoy
bait soaking on bottom (squid, mackerel, midshipman)
- Shiner Perch5 fishable hours
Leading spot: Mission Bay Mouth / Bell Buoy
- SwordfishPeak window 10 AM to 3 PM5 fishable hours
Leading spot: La Jolla Canyon
In a strong month
These species rate good or better in October on the season curves for San Diego. A species with no curve is left off, not called closed.
- Yellowtail · good
- bluefin tuna · excellent
- Yellowfin tuna · peak
- Dorado · good
- California Sheephead · good
- Lingcod · good
- Bluefin tuna · good
- Copper Rockfish · good
- Kelp Greenling · good
- Mackerel · good
- Ocean Whitefish · good
- Sablefish · good
- Skipjack tuna · good
- Striped marlin · peak
- Swordfish · excellent
- Wahoo · peak
Tides
Read from La Jolla (Scripps Institution Wharf). San Diego has no tide gauge of its own; this is the station most of its spots use.
- high tide3:39 AM · 3.4 ft
- low tide6:43 AM · 3.1 ft
- high tide1:16 PM · 5.4 ft
- low tide9:22 PM · -0.1 ft
15 recent reports of fish landed around San Diego in the last 21 days across 2 spots. Counted from posts that reported a landing, not from a count of fish.
What you can keep in San Diego today
- YellowtailKeep10 a day · min 24"Open at all 9 spots we cover
- White SeabassKeep3 a day · min 28"Open at all 9 spots we cover
- Kelp BassKeep5 a day · min 14"Open at all 10 spots we cover
- California HalibutKeep5 a day · min 22"Open at all 10 spots we cover
- bluefin tunaKeep2 a dayOpen at all 6 spots we cover
- Yellowfin tunaKeep10 a dayOpen at all 9 spots we cover
- DoradoKeep10 a dayOpen at all 7 spots we cover
- California SheepheadKeep2 a day · min 12"Open at all 7 spots we cover
- LingcodKeep in places2 a day · min 22"Open at 5 of 8 spots we cover
- BonitoKeep10 a day · min 24"Open at all 9 spots we cover
- Albacore tunaKeep10 a dayOpen at all 9 spots we cover
- Barred Sand BassKeep5 a day · min 14"Open at all 8 spots we cover
- California BarracudaKeep10 a day · min 28"Open at all 5 spots we cover
- Leopard SharkKeep3 a day · min 36"Open at all 5 spots we cover
- MackerelKeepOpen at all 2 spots we cover
- Ocean WhitefishKeep10 a dayOpen at all 2 spots we cover
- SablefishKeep10 a dayOpen at all 4 spots we cover
- Shiner PerchKeep20 a dayOpen at all 1 spot we cover
- Skipjack tunaKeepOpen at all 7 spots we cover
- Striped marlinKeep1 a dayOpen at all 2 spots we cover
- SwordfishKeep2 a dayOpen at all 1 spot we cover
- WahooKeep10 a dayOpen at all 2 spots we cover
- Rockfish (Aggregate)ClosedShut at all 7 spots we cover
- CowcodClosedShut at all 1 spot we cover
Rules differ between groundfish management areas and change in season. Check CDFW for the groundfish management area you are fishing before you keep anything.
Common questions about San Diego
›What is the San Diego fishing report for October 31, 2026?
Slow day around San Diego on October 31, 2026. Lingcod, peak window 7 AM to 7 PM, 12 fishable hours.
›Which species is the forecast scoring around San Diego today?
Lingcod, Yellowfin tuna, Bonito, California Halibut, California Scorpionfish, California Sheephead, Dorado, Kelp Bass, White Seabass, Yellowtail, bluefin tuna, Mackerel, Sablefish, Striped marlin, Wahoo, Barred Sand Bass, Ocean Whitefish, Skipjack tuna, California Barracuda, Albacore tuna, Leopard Shark, Shiner Perch and Swordfish have a forecast window or fishable hours around San Diego on October 31, 2026.
›What is the water temperature in San Diego today?
The daylight water reading for San Diego on October 31, 2026 is 73°F.
›How is the wind for fishing in San Diego today?
The daylight mean wind around San Diego on October 31, 2026 is 5 kt from the SW.
›Which species are in a strong month around San Diego in October?
On the season curves for San Diego, Yellowtail (good), bluefin tuna (excellent), Yellowfin tuna (peak), Dorado (good), California Sheephead (good), Lingcod (good), Bluefin tuna (good), Copper Rockfish (good), Kelp Greenling (good), Mackerel (good), Ocean Whitefish (good), Sablefish (good), Skipjack tuna (good), Striped marlin (peak), Swordfish (excellent) and Wahoo (peak) rate good or better in October. A species with no curve is left off, not called closed.