California Coastline Delivers Hot Offshore and Nearshore Action - Lively Fishing Report for October 27th, 2025

Artificial Lure here, bringing you your Pacific Ocean, California fishing report for Monday, October 27th, 2025. We’re on the dawn patrol, just past sunrise at 7:27 AM, so let’s get right into what’s happening out here on the water. **Weather and Tides:** Today feels classic autumn coastal—cool, light early fog giving way to clear skies as a high-pressure system starts building in. Surface temps are sitting comfortably in the low 60s. According to Tide-Forecast, we’ve got a mixed tidal day with a low at 2:40 AM, a high at 7:49 AM, another low at 1:55 PM, and our final high settling in at 8:59 PM. Sunrise was at 7:27 AM and sunset's expected right around 6:11 PM, leaving us with plenty of daylight to chase those fish. **Recent Catches and Fish Activity:** It’s been *hot* offshore, especially out of San Pedro and the Channel Islands. 22nd Street Landing just saw limits of bluefin tuna on back-to-back trips—catching as many as 64 bluefin, 40 whitefish, 20 calico bass, and a good showing of bonito, yellowtail, and sheephead on the 25th and 26th. If you’re chasing exotics, now’s the time to be in the saddle. The local fleet reports the bluefin bite was done by 10AM on some days, and they’ve quickly switched gears to rockfish and bass. Closer in, Channel Islands boats out of Oxnard have been hauling in *big* bags of rockfish and whitefish. One trip had 182 rockfish and 200 whitefish for 20 anglers, plus lingcod and sheephead in the mix. Calico bass action’s steady, a few halibut and even a stray barracuda or two making appearances. San Diego boats, according to San Diego Fish Reports, are echoing similar results—big scores on rockfish, steady action on bluefin and yellowtail, especially on the 1.5-day and overnight trips. Surface temps and stable conditions have these pelagics fired up. **Top Baits and Lures:** For bluefin, it’s been all about *flat fall jigs*, *colt snipers*, and *knife jigs* during the dark hours and early light. Once that sun’s up, *sardines* and *Mack attack* (mackeral) fly-lined on lighter fluorocarbon are getting bit. Calico bass and inshore species are hammering *swimbaits* and *plastics* in the kelp and near-structure. Bomber Saltwater Grade Drumbeater spinnerbaits are putting up numbers, especially in murky water, with that pre-rigged paddle tail really appealing to bass, halibut, and even shallow-dwelling rockfish. Natural baits—anchovy, squid, and live sardines—are tough to beat for whitefish, sheepshead, and the stubborn rockfish deeper down. **Hot Spots:** - **Cortes and Tanner Banks:** Still THE offshore zone for late-season bluefin and yellowtail. - **The Horseshoe Kelp out of Long Beach:** Steady producer for calico, sand bass, and the odd halibut. - **Anacapa Island and Santa Cruz Island (Channel Islands):** Consistent on rockfish, whitefish, and lingcod. - **La Jolla and Point Loma Kelp Beds (San Diego area):** Great for quality calico bass and a few late halibut. **Outlook:** If you’ve got the This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.