LA Coastal Fishing: Summer Bass Bite and Barracuda Action in Santa Monica Bay

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The episode provides a detailed fishing report for the Los Angeles coastal area, highlighting the summer bass bite and barracuda action in Santa Monica Bay.

Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your Los Angeles coastal fishing report. Marine layer’s hanging in along most of the LA coast this morning, burning off late morning into a clear, mild afternoon. Inland valleys are warming up fast, but along the water you’re looking at mid‑60s early, low 70s by midday, light onshore breeze building to 10–15 knots by afternoon. Small west swell running, 2–3 feet, a little mixed wind chop later. Sunrise hit around a quarter after five, with sunset lined up just before eight thirty. We’re sitting on a typical early‑summer tide cycle: a decent pre‑dawn high sliding down toward a late‑morning low, then a slow push through the afternoon. That falling tide right after first light and the first couple hours of the afternoon flood are your best windows. Inshore, the bite’s been solid. Party boats and private skiffs out of Marina del Rey and Redondo have been reporting steady counts of **calico bass**, **sand bass**, and plenty of **mixed rockfish**—vermillion, chucklehead, and some nice whitefish—off the hard bottom and structure. Surface action has picked up with **barracuda** and a few **bonito** sliding through when the breeze lays down and the…

People in this episode

Host: Name’s Artificial Lure

Topics covered

• fishing
• Los Angeles
• coastal report
• summer bass
• barracuda action
• marine conditions

Keywords

• Los Angeles fishing
• Santa Monica Bay
• calico bass
• barracuda
• fishing report
• summer fishing
• marine conditions

Mentioned in this episode

Products: calico bass, sand bass, mixed rockfish, barracuda, bonito, Swimbaits, small metal jigs, Krocodile-style spoons, Plastic grubs

Places: Los Angeles, Santa Monica Bay, Marina del Rey, Redondo

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