Artificial Lure here with your Pacific Ocean, California fishing report for Sunday, October 12th, 2025.

Let’s start with the **tide and sunlight**: high tide hit the coast around 8:19 AM today, with another low due about 2:35 PM, and the next high at 9:35 PM. Sunrise was at 7:12 AM and sunset’s at 6:31 PM, so prime morning and late afternoon periods lined up well with those tide changes. Cooler fall weather and some light marine layer gave us classic autumn California ocean conditions, with just a puff of wind to keep things interesting according to Tide-Forecast.com.

On the **fish counts and activity**, action remains red-hot for October. Out of San Pedro’s 22nd Street Landing, the last few days saw boats like the Amigo and Monte Carlo loading up: 57 Bluefin Tuna, 48 California Sheephead, 12 Yellowtail, and monster hauls of whitefish, rockfish, even a nice batch of sanddab and salmon grouper recently. Pier and charter anglers near Berkeley and Emeryville got into the thick of halibut and striped bass—Happy Hooker’s crew boxed 22 halibut (up to 25 pounds) and 32 striped bass on their last full day, while nearby fleets brought in healthy numbers of rockfish and lingcod, some pushing 18 pounds, as reported by Norcal Fish Reports.

Down the coast in San Diego waters, boats like the Oceanside 95 and Polaris Supreme have been reporting limits on bluefin tuna—over 90 fish per trip the past couple days, including some yellowfin and yellowtail catches mixed in, confirmed by Seaforth Sportfishing and Fisherman’s Landing. The Dolphin is working the deep water rockfish, keeping anglers busy with great bottom fishing action.

**Best lures and baits** right now? For tuna and yellowtail offshore, stick with tried-and-true deep-diving metal jigs, surface irons, and poppers if you spot the foamers. Sardines, anchovies, and mackerel are reliable live bait options. Halibut in the bays are still taking drifted herring strips or swimbaits (Berkeley Berkley Gulp! and MC Swimbaits score well). Local bass and rockfish are biting on soft plastics, drop-shot rigs, and small fluttering metal spoons—Rooster Tail spinners and football jigs are hot this month for reservoirs and inshore spots, according to Wheeler Fishing’s October tips. Chatterbaits and jerkbaits in shad or bluegill color keep putting up solid numbers for those targeting stripers and bass around the Delta and bay entrances, per WesternBass.com.

**Hot spots this week**:
- The **outer rockpiles and kelp lines off Palos Verdes and Point Vicente**—steady action for sheephead, rockfish, and the occasional yellowtail.
- The **Berkeley Flats and Angel Island channels**—prime for bay halibut and fast-moving striped bass before the fall rains pick up.
- If you can get a long-range or day-and-a-half ticket, offshore banks southwest of San Diego have been giving up steady tuna, including fish over 100 pounds when the weather lets you run.

Fish the moving tides for best results and look for bird schools off the kelp zones—bait is stacking up there and drawing in the heavier predators as water temps slide into autumn range.

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