LA Fishing Report: Rockfish, Yellowtail, and Tuna Biting Strong in SoCal

Artificial Lure coming at you with your Los Angeles fishing report for Wednesday, October 8, 2025. Anglers, here’s what you need to know if you’re planning to wet a line today in and around LA. The **weather** is shaping up nicely for a fall bite. Early morning skies are partly cloudy, with temperatures starting near the mid-60s and climbing to the mid-70s by afternoon, according to Los Angeles local weather. Winds are expected to stay moderate, offering good conditions throughout the day. Looking at the **tide**: for the Port of Los Angeles, we’ve got a low at 4:03 AM right around a foot, then a big high at 10:13 AM, pushing up to 6.5 ft, and dropping back down into a low just after sunset. The surf and tidal swing is perfect for moving bait and feeding action, especially in the late morning and into the early afternoon as that tide peaks and starts to fall back. Sunrise hit at 6:53 AM and sunset is at 6:25 PM, so you’ve got a solid window for action around those changeovers. Now for the **bite**: Party and sport boats have been putting up strong numbers. 22nd Street Landing in San Pedro has been cashing in—recent trips are seeing deck loads of **rockfish**, **whitefish**, **calico bass**, and even solid runs of **sheephead** and **sand bass**. That’s not all—Yellowtail are still in the counts, and offshore boats have been scoring **bluefin tuna** in the 15-40 pound class, with a few standouts over 100 lbs on previous trips. According to their landing report from last week, half-day and three-quarter day boats produced over 250 rockfish, 265 whitefish, and notable numbers of both sand and calico bass. Sheephead have been consistent and there was even a confirmed halibut caught a few trips back. Out of Long Beach and to the north, similar reports: rockfish limits are common, with boat captains putting folks on lingcod, white seabass, and the occasional yellowtail mixing in. And don’t sleep on the inshore halibut—still a chance for a flatty if you work the drop-offs and sandy pockets, especially on a slow drift with a live sardine or mackerel. **Best baits and lures**: - For deep structure, go with squid strips or cut sardines on a double dropper or reverse dropper loop—this will get you the rockfish and whitefish every time. - If you’re hunting bass or sheephead inshore, try plastics in brown or green patterns; a leadhead with a swim-tail gets those kelp bass fired up. - Sheephead are loving fresh shrimp or mussels. - Surface iron (blue/white Tady or Salas) is the ticket if yellowtail are breezing through. - Tuna offshore? Stick to flat-fall jigs and glow knife jigs at night, or live sardines when they’re keyed in up top. **Hot spots to hit today**: - **Palos Verdes kelp beds**: Reliable for bass, sheephead, and whitefish as that tide turns late morning to midday. - **Angel’s Gate outside breakwall**: Great area for halibut drifts and the odd seabass, especially with an incoming tide. - **Rocky structure out from Redondo and Long Beach**: This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.