LA Fishing Report: Bluefin Bonanza, Rip Currents, and Hot Bottomfish Bites

This is Artificial Lure, your Los Angeles fishing report for Thursday, November 6th, 2025. First light hit LA Harbor at 6:18 this morning, with sunset coming up at 4:55 PM. You’re looking at mostly clear skies and comfortable highs around 71-73°F. Winds will be light early, but expect breezes building late in the afternoon, and heads up: the National Weather Service put out a beach hazards warning for our coast—strong rip currents and surf up to 6 feet are possible from now through tomorrow, especially around high tide. Take extra care if you’re surf fishing or launching a small craft. Here’s the tide rundown: We saw a low this morning around 3:15 AM, then a solid high at about 9:35 AM, peaking near 5 feet. Next low is mid-afternoon, and our second high will ride in near dusk—ideal for late bites off the pier or rocks. The bite’s been hot, and it’s a bluefin tuna bonanza offshore. 22nd Street Landing reports back-to-back limits of bluefin for the Freedom, plus yellowtail and solid mixed bags across the fleet. The overnight and 1.5-day trips have been especially consistent—anglers this week are flat-out decked with tuna. Alongside the big game, full-day boats like the Pursuit checked in with yellowtail, barracuda, halibut, sheephead, calico bass, and more. Marina Del Rey’s New Del Mar half-day pumped out sand bass, sculpin and a respectable shot of calicos and whitefish. Party boats fishing local rockpiles are loading on rockfish, whitefish, and sculpin, with big scores from the likes of the Freelance, Sum Fun, and the ever-reliable New Del Mar. Lingcod and sheephead are a consistent bonus, especially with squid or strip baits down deep. If you want the numbers: just yesterday, Freedom came in with full bluefin limits as well as 65 yellowtail for a 1.5 day trip. The Pursuit checked 4 yellowtail, 7 calicos, a halibut, and more. New Del Mar, in the bay, boxed 50 sculpin, 37 whitefish, 21 sand bass, 8 calicos. November continues to deliver for quality bottom fish. Hot spots right now? Palos Verdes kelp line is holding bass and sheephead—with sand bass pushed in tight on bait balls. For pier and shore anglers, Redondo and Cabrillo Piers turn up good breakfasts of halibut and perch, especially on the incoming. If you want that bluefin magic, jump on an overnight or longer trip out of San Pedro or Long Beach—boils have been steady within overnighter range. As for lures and bait: for those bluefin and yellowtail, the big winners are deep-jigged knife jigs (flat falls or colt snipers) in blue and glow colors before dawn, with live sardines or mackerel drifted later in the day. On the bottom, whitefish, rockfish, and sheephead are falling to strip squid, fresh mussel, and shrimp. Calico bite is solid on swimbaits in brown or olive—just match those local anchovy schools tight to structure. Remember to check gear for abrasion after a good run—bites are aggressive right now, and you don’t want to lose that trophy bluefin to a nicked leader. Thanks fo This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.