California Fishing Report: Offshore Tuna, Inshore Bass, and Crab Cravings

Artificial Lure here with your Pacific Ocean, California fishing report for Saturday, November 15, 2025. Sunrise was at 6:50 a.m. and sunset will hit at 4:57 p.m., giving us classic short November days. Today’s tidal swing is healthy: low tide at 1:25 a.m. at 1.1 ft, high tide rolling in at 8:16 a.m. hitting 5.7 ft, next low at 2:33 p.m., and another high around 8:43 p.m. at 4.3 ft, per Tides4Fishing. The morning high tide coincided perfectly with sunrise—prime time for the bite all up and down the coast. Weather’s cool and crisp—typical fall, with a brisk offshore breeze early and calmer conditions by mid-morning. Skies are fair to partly cloudy, water temps are holding in the low 60s along most of the coast. Now let’s get into the fish action. The Southern California offshore scene is still red hot. According to Seaforth Sportfishing and Fisherman’s Landing, boats coming back yesterday from 1.5-day runs are reporting 24-38 Bluefin Tuna and upwards of 48 Yellowtail per trip on boats like the Pacific Voyager. Most fish are solid grade—Bluefin ranging 40 to 80 pounds with some standouts, and those Yellowtail coming in strong as well. Wahoo have even shown up offshore, especially for trips running farther south, with Royal Star reporting “epic action on jumbo grade wahoo.” If you’re looking to fill a sack with table fare, the rockfish and lingcod bite is consistent from Morro Bay to San Diego—boats are pulling easy limits of big reds, coppers, and steady numbers of lingcod on standard jigs. Inshore, November is all about structure and bait. The kelp beds near La Jolla, Point Loma, and Palos Verdes are holding good numbers of Calico and Sand Bass with a sprinkling of legal-sized halibut cruising the edges, especially at dawn and dusk. North to the Bay Area, salmon season is winding down, but the bay is alive with stripers and leopard sharks. Crabbing remains excellent off Marin, and party boats are reporting solid pots. Best baits and lures today: For Bluefin, it’s still all about knife jigs, glow flat falls, and heavy Colt Sniper-style irons in blue/silver or glow, fished deep during slack and just after tide changes. When the fish come up, popper lures and stickbaits like Rangers and Nomad Chug Norris are top picks. For Yellowtail, yo-yoed iron in scrambled egg or mint, and live sardine on a dropper loop, have been ticket. Inshore, fish swimbaits (Keitech in sardine or smelt), weedless 5- to 6-inch paddletails, and for bass, crankbaits and spinnerbaits in shad colors. If you’re heading to the reefs, nothing beats a strip of squid or a live anchovy on a double dropper loop rig. Hot spots to hit: - The 43 Fathom Spot and the Tanner Bank offshore for pelagics—boats working these areas have been deck-loading both Bluefin and Wahoo. - Inshore, try the Point Loma Kelp beds at dawn for bass and late-season barracuda. - Up north, the Marin Headlands and nearby Fort Baker piers are producing steady bay stripers and some surprise halibut on swi This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.