SoCal Shores Fishing Report: Calicos, Sculpin, Tuna Biting Big Jan 14th, 2026

Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure, your go-to guy for Pacific Ocean angling from SoCal shores. We're talkin' prime winter fishin' on January 14th, 2026, with flat calm seas and gorgeous weather holdin' steady like yesterday—barely a breath of wind, per reports from the Monte Carlo out of 22nd Street Landing. Tides today? Low slack around dawn risin' to a solid flood by mid-mornin', perfect for kelp edges and bottoms. Sunrise hit at 6:52 AM, sunset 5:12 PM—plenty of light for daylight drifts. Fish are chewin' hard: calico bass limits pushin' 60 keepers on squid/shrimp dropper loops, sculpin by the buckets (limits on Victory outta Long Beach), whitefish hauls (155 from Marina del Rey's 103 anglers), rockfish everywhere (80 on Blue Horizon from Oceanside), plus sand bass, sheephead, mackerel, and even bluefin tuna (132 at Pierpoint Landing) and yellowtail (108 from Point Loma). Bonito still hot inshore too. Best lures? Drop-shot rigs with chartreuse shad minnows or green pumpkin worms—fish 'em finesse on 1/8-oz heads near structure. For bottom bashers, leadhead swimbaits or pieces of squid/shrimp on dropper loops kill it. Live bait? Mackerel strips or sardines if you can net 'em. Hot spots: Catalina Island for yellowtail and calicos—Sport King hittin' limits there. And La Jolla kelp beds for sand bass and rockfish action. Rig up and get out there, water's warm and clean! Thanks for tunin' in, folks—subscribe for more reports! This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.