Santa Monica Artificial Reef
34.01°N · 118.52°W
Santa Monica Artificial Reef Fishing Forecast
Updated today
What's biting now around Santa Monica: Barred Sand Bass
Barred Sand Bass fishing at Santa Monica Artificial Reef looks good today.
The best time to go is 7 AM to 7 PM, with the tide flooding.
ReelCaster scores every hour at Santa Monica Artificial Reef from 0 to 100, reading the tide, current, wind and weather for Barred Sand Bass. The higher the score, the better your odds. Green means go.
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Species
14-Day Forecast
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Why this score
Current regulations
In effect nowWhat you can keep at this spot today
- Daily limit
- 5 per day
- Possession
- 5 in possession
- Size
- Minimum 14"
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Paralabrax species. Open year-round. Daily bag and possession limit is 5 fish in any combination of kelp bass, barred sand bass, and spotted sand bass, except no more than 4 barred sand bass may be taken. Minimum size 14 inches total length or 10 inches alternate length.
Source: CDFW · Groundfish Management Area Southern · synced today
Seasonality
52-week view · today highlightedWhen Barred Sand Bass is best at this spot
SPOT PROFILE
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About Santa Monica Artificial Reef
The Santa Monica Artificial Reef sits off Santa Monica, California, a stretch of open sand bottom on an outer, exposed flat running 180 to 240 feet deep. Barred Sand Bass move through in March and again from June through August, while Sculpin hold from June into September and California Sheephead feed from April through September. California Halibut peak from March through July across the same sand, and Ocean Whitefish and Leopard Shark add to the mix through the summer months. Drift fishing with live anchovies, live sardines, or plastic swimbaits covers the Sand Bass and Halibut over this shifting bottom, while a dropper loop baited with squid or cut mackerel works the deeper water for Sculpin and Ocean Whitefish. Sheephead come to bottom fishing with live shrimp, squid, or crab near the reef structure, and Leopard Shark respond to squid or mackerel soaked on the bottom.
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