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Point Santa Cruz Hump

36.93°N · 122.02°W

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Point Santa Cruz Hump Fishing Forecast

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Lingcod fishing at Point Santa Cruz Hump looks good today.
The best time to go is 7 AM to 7 PM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Point Santa Cruz Hump from 0 to 100, reading the tide, current, wind and weather for Lingcod. The higher the score, the better your odds. Green means go.

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Every spot is scored for today, out of 100. Green is worth the trip, amber is fair, red is slow.

Species

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Best score for the day · 9 AM
87/100
GOOD

Now 86 · 11 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
7 AM-7 PM
Tide flooding
CDFW · Groundfish Management Area Central · Lingcod openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 22"

14-Day Forecast

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Conditions
Time
11 AM
Now
Score
86
Good
Tide
4.1 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
3 kn
SSW · steady
Sea state
Easy
2.5 ft @ 12 s SW
Air temp
63°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 86 Good. Tide 4.1ft Rising ▲. Current +0.7kn Flood. Wind 3kn SSW G5. Sea 2.5 ft @ 12 s SW Easy. Air 62.6°.

Why this score

Current
Slack
Prime

Current regulations

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What you can keep at this spot today

Lingcod
Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 22"
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Open all depths Apr 1–Dec 31. §28.27. Daily bag limit 2 fish per person. Minimum size 22 inches (55.9 cm) total length. Filleting aboard vessel: minimum 14 inches in length with entire skin attached. Descending device required aboard vessel per §27.20(b)(2).
Season
Apr 1 to Dec 31
Other species here
California Halibut Retention openCanary Rockfish Retention openCopper Rockfish Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) Retention openCabezon Retention openChinook Salmon ClosedCalifornia Scorpionfish Retention open
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Source: CDFW · Groundfish Management Area Central · synced today

Seasonality

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When Lingcod is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Lingcod
~8 more weeks in shoulder
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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
80-180 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

About Point Santa Cruz Hump

Point Santa Cruz Hump 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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