Late Summer Bounty: California's Pacific Coast Fishing Report

Artificial Lure here with your California Pacific Coast fishing report for Wednesday, September 10, 2025. We’re waking up to clear skies along much of the coastline, with a gentle northwest breeze building through the afternoon, peaking at 10 to 15 knots. Seas are running moderate—mostly 4 to 6 feet offshore, with the high-pressure ridge bringing stable weather, ideal for a full day on the water, especially before stiffer winds and heavier swells arrive later this week according to the Ocean Prediction Center. Sunrise hit us at 6:43 a.m. and sunset will roll in at 7:21 p.m.; plenty of daylight for anglers looking to chase a late bite. Today’s tide lineup—courtesy of Tide-Forecast.com—runs out as follows: early morning high tide at 6:16 a.m., midday low at 12:22 p.m., then the evening high at 6:57 p.m. That means prime action will be right after dawn through the morning slack and again leading into that evening tide swing. If you’re working the surf, time those casts for first light and the first push. On the fishing front, offshore is still producing. Fisherman’s Landing reported the Mavrik Sportfishing picked up 9 yellowfin tuna for just two lucky anglers on yesterday’s full-day trip, and the Tomahawk and Pacific Queen are still stacking bluefin—Tomahawk returned with 13 large ones for 29 folks, and Pacific Queen decked a whopping 94 bluefin and even a handful of yellowtail in a single charter run! That bluefin bite’s best with glow jigs and flat falls, particularly at night or deeper zones. During daytime, try slow-pitch jigs in green and blue to match the forage, or brine up some sardines for sinker rigs. Closer to shore, the landings report classic late-summer mixed-bag variety. The Dolphin, running out of San Diego, boxed 44 rockfish, 14 sheephead, some calico bass, a cabazon and sculpin—rockfish action’s steady if you’re dropping squid or strips of anchovy down deep. Up at Long Beach, the Victory is seeing bolina (white croaker), calico, rockfish, sheephead, sculpin, and whitefish—use fresh mussel or cut mackerel for peak results around structure. If you’re after that drag-pulling halibut, soft plastics—like swimbaits on a 3/4 ounce head—are still accounting for the best fish, especially early and late in the day around local beaches and harbor mouths, according to PierFishing.com. Up in NorCal, Emeryville boats are scoring LIMITS OF BASS and still seeing some late-season salmon on the close. Fish Reports and Stardust Sportfishing up Santa Barbara way call out limits of sandbass, plenty of whitefish, rockfish, and an uptick in lingcod as the water cools. Lingcod can’t resist a big glow tube or lively mackerel. If you’re hunting hotspots: offshore action is strong off La Jolla and the Tanner and Cortez Banks for those tuna and yellowtail. Inshore, the reefs off Point Loma, Palos Verdes, and around the Channel Islands are top for big sheephead, rockfish, and bass—structure is key, so bring your best sonar or hit the well-known rocky zon This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.