California Coastal Fishing Report: Tides, Weather, and Biting Fish

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California Coastal Fishing Report: Tides, Weather, and Biting Fish

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Hey folks, this is Artificial Lure, your go-to guy for Pacific Ocean angling from NorCal to SoCal. It's Monday morning, and the water's callin' with tides4fishing.com showin' a solid setup around San Francisco: low at 4:16 AM hittin' 2.5 feet, peak high at 10:16 AM reachin' 6.0 feet, then droppin' to -0.6 feet by 4:57 PM, and night high at 11:54 PM near 4.9 feet. Coefficient's 83—high activity, so fish are feedin' strong 'round the changes, especially that incoming tide mid-mornin'.

Sunrise kicks at 6:57 AM, sunset 5:51 PM per tides4fishing charts—plenty daylight to chase 'em. Weather's got some surf up, with NWS warnin' of rip currents and breakers along Santa Barbara coasts through Wednesday, so watch your step on the beaches. Ocean Beach tides match close: low 3:41 AM at 2.55 feet, high 9:31 AM at 6.13 feet from tide-forecast.com.

Fish action's pickin' up after winter slow—norcalfishreports.com notes limits quick at spots like Rancho Seco, but offshore, we're seein' juvenile Chinook salmon pushin' strong toward the Pacific per California WaterBlog, growin' fat in floodplains before hittin' the blue. Surf casters report perch, calico bass, and occasional halibut in the foam; boat guys haulin' rockfish and lingcod steady. Numbers are decent—5-trout days trolled recent, translatin' to 10-20 fish limits pierside if you time it right. Types hot now: perch, bass, salmon smolts, and lingcod.

Best lures? Yakima Rooster Tails in white—pulsatin' hackle tail spins up strikes on anything gamey. Rapala Rippin' Rap lipless crankbaits for rippin' through kelp or grass, flutterin' deadly on the drop. Bait-wise, live anchovies or sardines rule, mudshrimp for perch. Mixed minnow kits work freshwater bleed-over too.

Hit Ocean Beach for surf perch—cast at the high tide rip. Or La Jolla Cove rocks for bass, but mind the surf. Stay safe out there.

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