SoCal Winter Bite: Calico, Bonito, and More Off LA Harbors

Hey folks, Artificial Lure here, your go-to guy for SoCal angling action. It's early Sunday morning off LA, and the ocean's callin' with some prime winter bite despite those king tides pushin' high—low at 2:54 AM hittin' 2 feet, high at 9:08 AM near 7 feet, per Tide-Forecast.com. Weather's calm after recent storms, water temps hoverin' 67 degrees like Pursuit out of 22nd Street Landing reported, with flat seas and light winds makin' it fishable. Sunrise around 7 AM, sunset by 5 PM—perfect for half-day runs.

Fish are fired up nearshore! 976-TUNA.com logs Pursuit nailin' calico bass, bonito, sheephead, and odds like blue perch. Marina del Rey Sportfishing tallied 530 fish for 103 anglers: sculpin, whitefish, mackerel, rockfish, calico, sand bass, sheephead. Sport King out of LA Waterfront crushed surface iron with 53 calico (120 released), 2 yellowtail, barracuda, bonito—yo-yo jigs, plastics, size 2 hooks on 15-30 lb line. Victory from Long Beach hit limits of sculpin, 49 calico, 103 blue perch, whitefish, rockfish on squid/shrimp dropper loops. Monte Carlo at 22nd Street saw clean warm water, near 60 keeper calico plus bottom critters. Western Pride in Newport bagged calico, sand bass, barracuda, sculpin.

Best lures: small sliders, plastics, A-rigs for surface bass; jigs and irons for pelagics. Bait? Flyline sardines, squid, shrimp pieces crush whitefish and sheepies.

Hot spots: 22nd Street Landing for calico frenzy, Marina del Rey for mixed bags.

Rig up and wet a line today!

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