LA Fishing Report: Week of Oct 22, 2026

The short version

Late October is still fishing warm around Los Angeles. NOAA's Santa Monica tide station logged hourly water temperatures between 70.0°F and 73.2°F from October 15 to 21, averaging about 71.6°F, a little warmer than the week before. The warmest day was October 20, when the water stayed between 72.1°F and 73.2°F. Calico bass and sand bass were the most dependable fish on the half-day and three-quarter-day boats, bonito kept showing, and yellowtail were mixed in at every landing. The standout local count came on October 19, when 22nd Street Landing's Native Sun reported 94 yellowtail on a three-quarter-day trip. Most of the tuna in this week's totals came from overnight and multi-day boats, so check the trip type before you read a big tuna number as a local bite.

Boats ran less after the weekend. Redondo Beach Sportfishing had no trips listed on SportfishingReport.com for October 19–21, and the other landings each listed one or two trips a day. On the lakes, CDFW's planting schedule still shows no Los Angeles County plants through October 31.

Redondo Beach and King Harbor

Redondo Beach Sportfishing reported four trips, all on its Redondo Special half-day boat on October 17 and 18, with 170 anglers combined. On October 17 the morning trip reported 31 calico bass and 12 bonito for 47 anglers, and the afternoon trip reported 22 calico bass, 17 bonito and 3 yellowtail for 36 anglers. The October 18 afternoon trip was the best of the four for calico, with 40 calico bass and 10 sheephead for 27 anglers.

Those are boat counts, not pier counts. Still, with bonito and calico this close to the harbor, the Redondo Beach Pier and the King Harbor breakwater are worth working with a small casting lure as well as bait. Both are CDFW public piers, so no license is needed on the structure itself, but the two-rod limit and all size and bag limits still apply.

Marina del Rey and Santa Monica Bay

Marina Del Rey Sportfishing reported trips every day of the window: 15 trips and 655 anglers. Sculpin (California scorpionfish) led the count at 538, almost all from the New Del Mar. Its October 19 three-quarter-day trip reported 175 sculpin for 49 anglers, and its October 15 morning half-day reported 105 for 46 anglers. Sculpin are good eating, but their fin spines are venomous, so handle them with a rag or lip grips.

The Spitfire's three-quarter-day trips were the calico boat. It reported 36 calico bass, 25 bonito and 4 yellowtail for 26 anglers on October 15, and 30 calico, 10 bonito and 8 yellowtail for 26 anglers on October 16. On October 19 it reported 33 bullet tuna, 32 sand bass and 27 calico for 23 anglers. Bullet tuna also showed on the Betty-O on October 18 (13 for 20 anglers). On October 21 the Betty-O's three-quarter-day trip reported 19 calico bass, 12 sand bass, 4 bonito and a skipjack for just 7 anglers.

San Pedro and Long Beach

22nd Street Landing in San Pedro reported 18 trips and 454 anglers from October 15 to 20. Its 266 yellowfin tuna came almost entirely from longer trips. On October 15 alone, the Freedom's 1.5-day trip reported 115 yellowfin for 25 anglers and the Amigo's two-day trip reported 36. The Pride's overnight trips accounted for nearly all of the landing's 289 bullet tuna. The exception was the Native Sun's October 19 three-quarter-day trip, which reported 94 yellowtail, 24 bonito, 11 yellowfin tuna, 6 sand bass and 4 skipjack for 36 anglers. Closer to shore, the Monte Carlo's morning half-day reported 52 calico bass and 48 ocean whitefish for 58 anglers on October 17, and the Pursuit's full-day trip that day reported 61 bonito and 28 calico for 40 anglers.

Long Beach Sportfishing reported four trips. The Eldorado's two-day trip that returned October 18 reported 252 ocean whitefish, 180 rockfish, 135 calico bass, 87 bonito, 73 yellowtail and a bluefin tuna for 28 anglers. Its October 19 overnight trip reported 252 ocean whitefish, 132 rockfish, 67 vermilion rockfish, 64 sheephead and 35 yellowtail for 32 anglers. The Victory's October 19 three-quarter-day trip is the better guide to local fishing: 46 anglers reported 79 ocean whitefish, 72 calico bass, 68 bonito, 35 sand bass and 26 yellowtail. Pierpoint Landing's Toronado reported three overnight-or-longer trips. Its October 19 overnight reported 102 rockfish, 46 vermilion rockfish and 45 bullet tuna for 29 anglers.

One early look at next week: 22nd Street Landing's page for October 22 listed the Freedom's 1.5-day trip with 128 rockfish, 32 vermilion rockfish, 12 lingcod, 8 bluefin tuna and 2 yellowtail for 16 anglers. That trip falls outside this report's window and will count toward next week's numbers.

Tides for the week ahead

NOAA's predictions for its Los Angeles station (9410660) show the tide swing growing all week. On Thursday, October 22, there is a 5.0-foot high at 7:41 AM and a 1.5-foot low at 1:41 PM. By Saturday, October 24, it's a 6.0-foot high at 8:22 AM and a 0.2-foot low at 2:53 PM. Sunday, October 25, has a 6.4-foot high at 8:48 AM and a −0.4-foot low at 3:33 PM. The biggest swing of the week is Tuesday, October 27: a 6.8-foot high at 9:52 AM and a −0.8-foot low at 5:03 PM. Those late-afternoon minus tides are good for scouting rocks, reefs and surf troughs, and the incoming water after them is prime time for surf perch and halibut. All times are Pacific Daylight Time.

Lakes: still waiting on trout

As of October 22, CDFW's Fish Planting Schedule showed no Los Angeles County plants for the current week (October 18–24) or the next one (October 25–31). The most recent LA County plants on the schedule are still the catfish at Legg Lakes and La Mirada Lake the week of September 13–19. Last season the first LA County trout plants on the schedule came the week of November 2–8, 2025, at Hansen Dam, Reseda Park, Apollo Park, Legg Lakes, Santa Fe Reservoir and Puddingstone. That's last year's timing, not a promise for this year.

Until the trout arrive, the city lakes are a bluegill, carp and catfish game. Echo Park Lake and MacArthur Park Lake both allow fishing, and anyone 16 or older needs a California fishing license at every lake.

Rules worth a reminder

• Spiny lobster season is open, and CDFW requires a Spiny Lobster Report Card for everyone who goes after lobster, including kids under 16 and pier hoop-netters. Up to two hoop nets are allowed on a public pier.
• Rockfish, vermilion rockfish and lingcod fall under CDFW's groundfish rules, which change by season and depth. Check our rockfish page and CDFW's groundfish summary before you keep one.
• OEHHA advises everyone not to eat barred sand bass or white croaker caught along the coast from south of the Santa Monica Pier to the Seal Beach Pier.
• The public-pier license exemption covers the pier itself, not the sand next to it.

Fish names in the counts

Landings report dock names. "Sculpin" means California scorpionfish, "whitefish" is ocean whitefish, "red snapper" and "vermillion rockfish" are both vermilion rockfish, "blue perch" is halfmoon, and "calico" is kelp bass. Bullet tuna are small tuna that school with bonito and are mostly used as bait. The species list below links to our page for each fish.