LA Coastal Bite: Morning Low Light and Afternoon Tides Set Up for Halibut and Bass

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The episode provides a detailed fishing report for the Los Angeles coast, focusing on conditions favorable for halibut and bass fishing.

Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your Los Angeles coastal fishing report. We’ve got a cool, gray start along the LA coast with that classic marine layer hanging in. Coastal air temps are sitting in the upper 50s to low 60s this morning, light onshore breeze building to 10–15 knots this afternoon. Inland it’ll warm into the 70s and 80s, but on the water you’ll want a light jacket early and a hat for the afternoon glare. Skies should stay partly cloudy with just a slight chop on the open coast. Sunrise slides in right around the early 5 o’clock hour, with sunset in the 8 o’clock hour, giving you a long window to work that low-light bite. Plan your serious fishing around first light and the last two hours of the day, especially with the clear water we’ve had along sections of Santa Monica Bay. Tides along the LA coast today are running a moderate swing. Expect a predawn high followed by a dropping tide through the morning, bottoming out late morning to midday, then a solid flood through the afternoon into evening. That pushing afternoon tide has been the money window for halibut and bass along the beaches and breakwalls. Inshore, the bite has been steady. Local reports from…

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Host: Name’s Artificial Lure

Topics covered

• fishing report
• halibut
• bass
• tides
• Los Angeles coast
• marine weather

Keywords

• Los Angeles fishing
• halibut
• bass
• Santa Monica Bay
• tides
• surfperch
• fishing report

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Places: Los Angeles, Santa Monica Bay, El Segundo, Dockweiler, Venice

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