LA Fishing Report: Week of Oct 29, 2026

The short version

The ocean is still warm, but the counts are starting to look like fall. NOAA's Santa Monica tide station logged hourly water temperatures between 70.9°F and 73.2°F from October 22 to 28, averaging about 72.0°F, a hair warmer than the week before. The warmest day was October 26, when readings ran from 71.6°F to 73.2°F. Even so, the tuna mostly dropped out of the local picture. 22nd Street Landing reported 56 yellowfin tuna this week, down from 266 the week before, and nearly all of them came on a single five-angler trip. Ocean whitefish, rockfish, calico bass and sand bass carried the counts at every landing, with bonito and yellowtail still mixed in.

The bigger news is on the lakes. CDFW's Fish Planting Schedule now lists Los Angeles County trout plants for the week of November 1–7 at twelve waters, with Legg Lakes listed for the week after.

Redondo Beach and King Harbor

Redondo Beach Sportfishing listed trips on only two days of the window. On October 25 two trips with 52 anglers combined reported 87 calico bass, 13 ocean whitefish, 12 bonito and 10 blue perch. On October 28 the Redondo Special's morning half-day reported 12 calico bass kept and 75 released, plus 31 ocean whitefish and 3 sand bass, for 13 anglers. That many released calico points to plenty of short fish around, so bring a way to measure before you keep one.

The Redondo Beach Pier and the King Harbor breakwater are both CDFW public piers, so you don't need a license on the structure itself. The two-rod limit and all size and bag limits still apply.

Marina del Rey and Santa Monica Bay

Marina Del Rey Sportfishing listed trips every day from October 23 to 28: 13 trips and 563 anglers. Sculpin (California scorpionfish) dominated with 1,248 reported, followed by 326 ocean whitefish, 236 sand bass and 195 calico bass. The busiest day was October 25, when three trips with 184 anglers reported 365 sculpin, 157 ocean whitefish, 50 sand bass, 36 calico bass and a California halibut. Sculpin are good eating, but their fin spines are venomous, so handle them with a rag or lip grips.

On October 28 the New Del Mar's three-quarter-day trip reported 150 sculpin, 30 ocean whitefish, 20 sand bass, 10 calico bass, a yellowtail and a mako shark for 52 anglers. The Spitfire's three-quarter-day trip that day reported 32 calico bass, 24 sand bass and 15 sculpin for 22 anglers.

San Pedro and Long Beach

22nd Street Landing reported 13 trips and 361 anglers. The October 22 count was the Freedom's 1.5-day trip we flagged last week: 128 rockfish, 32 vermilion rockfish, 12 lingcod, 8 bluefin tuna and 2 yellowtail for 16 anglers. The busiest day was October 25, when three boats ran five trips with 154 anglers and reported 165 sand bass, 161 calico bass, 130 skipjack tuna, 103 ocean whitefish, 3 wahoo and 2 white seabass. On October 26 a single trip with only 5 anglers reported 50 yellowfin tuna, 35 lobster, 23 yellowtail, 21 sheephead and 5 dorado. SportfishingReport.com's monthly page doesn't name that boat, but tuna and dorado usually come from longer offshore trips, not local ones. On October 27 one trip with 28 anglers reported 280 ocean whitefish, 140 rockfish, 57 yellowtail, 56 sheephead and 33 bonito. The Monte Carlo's October 28 morning half-day reported 135 ocean whitefish, 9 sand bass and 7 sheephead for 20 anglers.

Long Beach Sportfishing listed one trip every day of the window, 260 anglers in all. The Victory's October 28 three-quarter-day trip reported 85 ocean whitefish, 80 rockfish, 53 calico bass, 43 salmon grouper (bocaccio), 30 sand bass, 18 sheephead and 10 vermilion rockfish for 36 anglers. Earlier in the week, the October 23 trip reported 147 ocean whitefish, 76 calico bass and 30 sand bass for 40 anglers, and the October 25 trip reported 145 ocean whitefish, 61 calico bass, 38 sand bass, 35 bonito and a halibut for 61 anglers. Pierpoint Landing listed one trip: the Toronado's two-day run that came back October 25 with 320 ocean whitefish, 300 rockfish, 64 vermilion rockfish, 13 yellowtail and a lingcod for 32 anglers.

Tides for the week ahead

NOAA's predictions for its Los Angeles station (9410660) start the week with big swings that shrink toward the middle of next week. Thursday, October 29, has a 6.5-foot high at 11:16 AM and a −0.5-foot low at 6:59 PM. Friday, October 30, has a 6.1-foot high at 12:11 PM and a −0.3-foot low at 8:11 PM. Saturday, October 31, has a 5.5-foot high at 1:23 PM and a −0.1-foot low at 9:29 PM. Daylight saving time ends early Sunday, November 1, and NOAA's times switch to Pacific Standard Time from then on. By Wednesday, November 4, the morning high is 5.3 feet at 5:59 AM and the midday low only 1.3 feet at 12:06 PM. The minus lows land after dark this week, so plan surf and rocky-shore trips around the strong afternoon incoming tide instead.

Lakes: trout plants are on the schedule

As of October 29, CDFW's Fish Planting Schedule lists Los Angeles County trout plants for the week of November 1–7, 2026, at Alondra Park Lake, Belvedere Lake, Cerritos Lake, Downey Wilderness Park Lake, Echo Park Lake, El Dorado Park Lakes, Hansen Dam Lake, Hollenbeck Park Lake, Kenneth Hahn Lake, La Mirada Lake, Lincoln Park Lake and Santa Fe Reservoir. Legg Lakes is listed for trout the week of November 8–14. The schedule now also shows a catfish plant at Legg Lakes the week of October 11–17. CDFW publishes only the week of each plant, never the day, and every plant is subject to change.

Anyone 16 or older needs a California fishing license at every lake. Check our trout page and the live CDFW schedule before you go, since plants can move.

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, bocaccio 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, "salmon grouper" is bocaccio, "blue perch" is halfmoon, and "calico" is kelp bass. The species list below links to our page for each fish.