Santa Monica State Beach (Pier North Stretch)
34.01°N · 118.50°W
Santa Monica State Beach (Pier North Stretch) Fishing Forecast
Updated today
What's biting now around Santa Monica: Barred Sand Bass
Barred Sand Bass fishing at Santa Monica State Beach (Pier North Stretch) 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 State Beach (Pier North Stretch) 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
SHORE PROFILE
- GETTING THERE
- Reached from the paved beach parking lots off Pacific Coast Highway north of the pier; short walk across sand to the surf line. Best fished on incoming tide.
- HOW IT'S FISHED
- Surf casting with Carolina-rigged sand crab
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About Santa Monica State Beach (Pier North Stretch)
Santa Monica State Beach's Pier North Stretch is an open sand beach fronting the waters north of the Santa Monica Pier, a shoreline defined by shifting sand flats rather than hard structure. California Halibut hold along these flats through their peak from March to July, while Barred Sand Bass move onto the sand in March and again from June to August. Drift fishing carries both species, working live anchovies, live sardines, or live smelt across the bottom as the current pulls baits over open ground. For Barred Sand Bass, plastic swimbaits and squid on a straight bait presentation extend the coverage, and jigging with leadhead swimbaits or metal jigs picks up fish holding lower in the water column. The sand-dominated seabed rewards drifting across a spread of ground rather than anchoring on a single feature.
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