California Coasts Teeming With Trophies - Bluefin, Yellowtail, Crab & More Bite Hard This November

Artificial Lure here with your November 10, 2025, Pacific Ocean California fishing report. Sunrise came at 6:42AM and we’ll lose daylight quick, with sunset at 4:56PM, so plan your trips accordingly. The morning brought cool marine layers in most coastal regions, but by midday, we've got light winds and highs reaching into the mid-60s. Offshore, swells are rolling mild, making for pleasant runs out of major landings from San Diego to the Bay Area. Today’s tides brought a low at 1:49AM, high water around 7:09AM, afternoon low at 1:24PM, and the next high coming in at 8:23PM. These moderate swings suggest the fish will push up onto reefs and structure after first light and again near dusk according to Tide-Forecast.com. Fish action is nothing short of spectacular for early November. Out of 22nd Street Landing in San Pedro, just days ago Freedom and Pride boats returned with limits of bluefin for all hands. Boats have been scoring quality yellowtail, calico and sand bass, whitefish, bonito, and the ever-reliable rockfish on full-day and 1.5-day runs. For you number crunchers: the annual landing tallies show over 27,000 rockfish, 16,000 whitefish, and 1,674 bluefin landed already this year—historic numbers by local accounts from the same source. Northern and Central California are all about filling sacks with tasty crab and rockfish. Recent trips off Berkeley and Half Moon Bay scored easy limits of Dungeness crab and rockfish, with bonus lingcod in the mix according to Nor Cal Fish Reports. Morro Bay boats like the Endeavor and Starfire have been stacking up piles of rockfish and have seen solid bocaccio, reds, and lingcod topping 12 pounds. Southern California is seeing hot half-day and overnight trips, particularly from Dana Point and San Diego. The Clemente out of Dana Wharf returned with a barnburner catch—big numbers of calico bass (many released), sand bass, sheephead, and some nice halibut and yellowtail in the mix, as reported by SoCal Fish Reports. Tuna remain a real possibility further offshore, though bluefin and yellowfin are thinning—still, boats out of San Diego last week landed 36 bluefin and a nice yellowtail, says San Diego Fish Reports. Best baits right now? Live sardine or anchovy always get it done. When you can’t get live stuff, frozen squid or cut mackerel are getting slammed by everything from whitefish to rockfish. For lures, the bite has been best on deep jigs like MegaBaits, Colt Snipers, and flat fall jigs for tuna and yellowtail. For bass and inshore, guys are crushing with swimbaits, plastic jerkbaits, and spinnerbaits. Up north, a drop-shot rig or heavier jighead tipped with squid or Gulp works wonders on deeper structure per tips from Major League Fishing. For those who want specifics, finesse techniques—Ned rigs, drop-shots, and shaky heads—are accounting for a ton of bonus bass and finicky rockfish when waves of pressure roll through, especially as the water cools further. Target rocky outcroppings and deeper r This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.