LA Fishing Report: Calm Seas, Abundant Bites, and Offshore Tuna Limits

This is Artificial Lure coming to you live with your Los Angeles fishing report for Wednesday, November 5th, 2025. First off, the **weather** in and around LA today is unbeatable: clear skies, calm seas, and hardly any wind—the kind of day you dream about tossing a line at sunrise. We’re seeing **sunrise around 6:18 AM and sunset at 4:54 PM**, so there’s a solid bite window both early and late. Tidal movement is mellow today, with a **high tide just after 8 AM and a decreasing tide through midday**, perfect for those targeting structure and drop-offs. NOAA and Tide-Forecast say expect some elevated surf and possible rip currents on beachfronts, so exercise caution near the exposed ocean spots. Fish activity in nearshore and local LA waters is **hot**, especially with these settled conditions. According to So Cal Fish Reports, boats out of Marina Del Rey and Long Beach landed solid counts just yesterday: **the New Del Mar had 22 sand bass, 175 sculpin, 8 sheephead, and 18 calico bass, along with 88 whitefish**. Victory out of Long Beach pulled in **65 sculpin, 6 whitefish, and a whopping 280 rockfish** during a local 3/4 day. Monte Carlo out of San Pedro reported **just shy of 60 keeper calico bass, tons of bottom dwellers, and a healthy mix of perch and sheephead**, fishing mostly dropper loops with squid and shrimp. Lots of action, and everyone headed home with tired arms. If you’re after the offshore trophy, boats out of 22nd Street Landing have been bringing back **limits of bluefin tuna for their anglers recently**. Freedom landed **64 bluefin, Pride had 46 rockfish, and Pursuit tossed in yellowtail, bonito, and even a couple halibut** in the past week according to their dock reports. Bluefin are pushing through the outer banks, but they're reachable with overnight trips. What’s working? Local shops and boat crews say **dropper loops rigged with squid or shrimp are superb** right now for bottom fish like whitefish, sheephead, and big rockfish. For the bass—both calico and sand—try **small swimbaits, plastics like Big Hammer or MC Swimbaits, and leadheads with cut bait**, especially early in the morning. Offshore, **jigs like Colt Sniper, knife jigs, and live sardines** are getting tuna and yellowtail to commit. Hot spots today: - **Rocky Point and the kelp lines off Palos Verdes**: Tons of side structure for rockfish, bass, and sheephead, especially over the late morning tide. - **Breakwater and artificial reefs near Long Beach Harbor**: Heavy counts of sculpin, perch, and solid calico fishing. - **Santa Monica Bay near Dockweiler and El Segundo**: The inside reefs are holding sand bass, whitefish, and scattered halibut for those fishing hard bottom with squid. A quick word for surf anglers: These conditions are ripe for targeting perch and croaker along the beaches using **Gulp sandworms, lugworms, and small grubs**. Elevated surf might actually push fish closer to shore, but watch out for those stated rip currents. Lots of variety ou This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.