Santa Monica Bay - Malibu Kelp / Point Dume
34.00°N · 118.80°W
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Current regulations
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- Daily limit
- 4 per day
- Possession
- 4 in possession
- Size
- Minimum 14"
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Open year-round. Combined bag limit of 5 fish (Paralabrax species) in any combination, but 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
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The Malibu Kelp and Point Dume area sits along Santa Monica Bay off Santa Monica, California, where rocky reef, kelp beds, and structure run from 20 to 120 feet of water. White Seabass peaks March through July and responds to live bait fishing with live squid, sardines, or mackerel, while California Halibut drift the same spring window on live anchovies and sardines. Calico Bass hold tight to the kelp from April through August and take swimbaits and soft plastic grubs worked on leadhead jigs, and California Sheephead work the reef bottom April through September on squid and cut mackerel. Yellowtail and Pacific Bonito move through the warmer months, with Yellowtail biting live sardines and mackerel from May through October and Bonito responding to live bait chumming from May through September. Rockfish stay available year-round over the deeper structure on dropper loops baited with squid and cut mackerel, and Lingcod fill the cooler September-through-February stretch on vertical jigs.
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