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Gato Canyon

34.44°N · 119.99°W

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Best score for the day · 8 AM
87/100
GOOD

Now 26 · 11 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
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Tide flooding
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Conditions
Time
11 PM
Now
Score
26
Tough
Tide
4.7 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
3 kn
S · steady
Sea state
Rough
3.9 ft
Air temp
69°
Warm
Weather
Clear
0% cloud
Hour 11 PM. Score 26 Tough. Tide 4.7ft Rising ▲. Current +0.3kn Flood. Wind 3kn S G4. Sea 3.9ft Rough. Air 69.4°.
Why this score
Current
0.5 kn light
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
California Scorpionfish Retention openBonito ClosedLingcod Catch & releaseBlue Shark Retention openBarracuda ClosedCalifornia Halibut Retention openKelp Bass Closed
Always check with CDFW ↗

Source: CDFW · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Yellowtail is best at this spot

Peak seasonCurrently in peak season for Yellowtail
~3 more weeks at peak
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
120-600 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

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Gato Canyon is an outer-exposed rock drop-off off Santa Barbara, where the bottom falls from roughly 120 to 600 feet along a steep structural edge. Lingcod hold on the rock here with peak activity in February and March and again from September through November, worked with metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs, or with live sanddabs and mackerel fished close to the bottom. Yellowtail move through from May to September and respond to live sardines, mackerel, and anchovies, with yo-yo jigging effective over the deeper edge. California halibut come on in the shallower ranges from April to August on drifted live anchovies, smelt, and sardines, while kelp bass peak between March and August on live bait and swimbaits. California scorpionfish fill the late-spring window in May and June, taken on squid, cut mackerel, and anchovies fished on the bottom.

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