Good morning anglers, it’s Artificial Lure here with your October 28th, 2025 Pacific Ocean, California fishing report. First, today’s tides are favorable for morning action: you’ve got a low tide at 3:27am, high at 8:40am, and then another low at 2:49pm, so plan your trips around those moving waters for best bite. Sunrise is at 7:28am and sunset at 6:10pm, giving you solid daylight to work both the dawn and dusk bites according to Tide-Forecast.com.

Weatherwise, it’s a mild fall morning on the coast—expect light winds, patchy clouds, and calm seas, which is perfect for both offshore and inshore fishing. Water temps have been holding steady, and with the shorter days, baitfish are thick inshore, stirring up predatory activity among the local species.

Fishing out of San Pedro’s 22nd Street Landing has been on fire for bluefin tuna—just this past week, boats like the Freedom and Pride were reporting full limits by 10 a.m. on their overnight and 1.5-day trips, with big catches of quality fish. Alongside bluefin, you’ll find California yellowtail, calico bass, rockfish, barracuda, sheephead, whitefish, and some bonito, with boats averaging 60+ tuna and hundreds of rockfish per trip. Dock totals for October 25th had 257 rockfish, 158 whitefish, and 64 bluefin, plus bass, barracuda, and halibut. The annual tally for 2025 is also impressive: over 16,000 bluefin, more than 13,000 halibut, and a rockfish count topping 27,000. That’s one heck of a year at the ramp, as reported by the crews at 22nd Street Landing.

Down south at Fisherman’s Landing in San Diego, the bite has been equally hot. The Islander and Tomahawk returned with limits of bluefin—each angler landing their quota—with fish up to 40 pounds. There’s steady action on rockfish and sandbass for the local half-day runs, plus a few yellowtail mixed in. The Pacifica’s recent run pulled in 132 bluefin tuna and 9 yellowtail for just 22 anglers, making offshore the top game for fall if you’re booking a boat.

Up in Monterey Bay, the rockfish and lingcod bite is full throttle—boats like the Check Mate and Kahuna brought in well over a hundred rockfish apiece, with counts of lingcod steadily rising. Emeryville and San Francisco fleet reports show solid numbers of striped bass and California halibut, especially as fish start to stage for winter.

Let’s talk lures and bait. Offshore, the go-to for bluefin has been sinking flat-fall jigs, knife jigs, and live sardines or mackerel. For the yellowtail, try using surface iron like the Tady 45 or Salas 7X, and dropper loop rigs baited with squid when you’re seeing marks deep. Inshore, swimbaits like the 6-inch G-Ratt Executioner and glide baits do damage on big calico and sand bass. If you’re working structure for rockfish, send down shrimp-tipped hooks or cut squid for best results. For surf and pier anglers, bloodworms, mussel, and sand crab get bites from spotfin croaker and perch, while bucktail jigs and small jerkbaits deliver on halibut.

Hot Spots to hit today:
- **Catalina Island East End**: Limits of bluefin and yellowtail, especially before mid-morning high tide.
- **Point Vicente to Palos Verdes**: Productive for calico, rockfish, and those big fall halibut—try just outside the kelp line.
- **San Diego Offshore Banks**: Best for pelagic trips chasing bluefin, yellowtail, and the occasional dorado.

If you’re launching from a shore point, stick to the incoming morning tide for a shot at everything from halibut to bass, or aim for sunset when the reefs light up with predator activity.

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