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Copper Rockfish · Open

Hump 2.6 km S of Seal Rock

36.93°N · 122.02°W

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Best score for the day · 7 AM
82/100
GOOD

Now 24 · 12 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
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Tide flooding
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Conditions
Time
12 AM
Now
Score
24
Tough
Tide
4.7 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
4 kn
WNW · gusty
Sea state
Rough
3.8 ft
Air temp
60°
Mild
Weather
Clear
0% cloud
Hour 12 AM. Score 24 Tough. Tide 4.7ft Falling ▼. Current -0.1kn Slack. Wind 4kn WNW G13. Sea 3.8ft Rough. Air 60.3°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
Prime

Current regulations

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What you can keep at this spot today

Copper Rockfish
Retention open
Daily limit
1 per day
Possession
Not published
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Sub-limit within RCG Complex: 1 fish per person. Open Apr 1–Dec 31 all depths. No minimum size limit. Fillets must have entire skin attached. Shore-based anglers and divers exempt from season/depth restrictions.
Season
Apr 1 to Dec 31
Other species here
Lingcod Retention openCabezon Retention openChinook Salmon ClosedRockfish (Aggregate) Retention openCalifornia Halibut Retention openCanary Rockfish Retention openCalifornia Scorpionfish Retention open
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Source: CDFW · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Copper Rockfish is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Copper Rockfish
~15 more weeks in shoulder
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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonRelease only
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
80-180 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

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Hump 2.6 km S of Seal Rock is an outer-exposed rocky pinnacle off Santa Cruz, rising through water that runs 80 to 180 feet deep. The structure holds a strong rockfish community, with Copper Rockfish peaking March through September and Lingcod concentrated from September into February, alongside Canary Rockfish, California Scorpionfish, and aggregate rockfish. Lingcod respond to jigging with metal jigs, swimbaits, and lead-head jigs worked close to the rock, while Copper Rockfish take bottom-fished shrimp flies, squid strips, and metal jigs along the same broken terrain. Cabezon move onto the pinnacle from March through June and again in August, holding tight to structure where rockfishing with shrimp flies, squid strips, and swimbaits reaches them. The spot also produces California Halibut from April to August on drifted live anchovies and shiner perch, and Chinook Salmon from March through July on trolled anchovies, spoons, and flashers in the upper water.

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