The Pipe (Hyperion Outfall)
33.92°N · 118.45°W
The Pipe (Hyperion Outfall) Fishing Forecast
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What's biting now around Santa Monica: Barred Sand Bass
Barred Sand Bass fishing at The Pipe (Hyperion Outfall) looks good today.
The best time to go is 7 AM to 7 PM, with the tide flooding.
ReelCaster scores every hour at The Pipe (Hyperion Outfall) 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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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
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About The Pipe (Hyperion Outfall)
The Pipe marks the Hyperion Outfall off Santa Monica, California, where the bottom runs from 60 to 110 feet over structure that concentrates fish along the drop. California Halibut hold here from March through July, while Barred Sand Bass peak in March and again from June through August, both taken by drifting live anchovies or sardines across the depth. Sculpin move in from June through September and respond to a dropper loop baited with squid or mackerel strips worked on the bottom. Leopard Shark run April through August and come to squid, mackerel, or shrimp soaked on the bottom, and Pacific Bonito school the area from May through September, drawn in by live bait chumming with anchovies and sardines. California Scorpionfish also work this depth, rounding out a mix that rewards precise drifts over the outfall structure.
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