Friday Morning Fishing Report: Rockfish, Bluefin, and Tidal Trends on the Pacific Coast

# Friday Morning Fishing Report - November 28, 2025

Hey folks, Artificial Lure here with your Pacific Ocean California fishing report for this beautiful Friday morning.

Let's talk tides first. Down in San Francisco, we're looking at a high tide at 5:30 AM and a low around 10:43 AM, with another high coming in at 3:15 PM. Over in Newport Beach at Balboa Pier, similar pattern—great tidal movement for bait fishing. These November swings are some of the biggest of the year, so get out there and take advantage.

The weather's looking solid with weak coastal eddy conditions this morning and more moderate onshore flow developing as we push into the afternoon.

Now here's what's been happening in the water. Just yesterday, the California Dawn sportfishing boat landed 29 limits of rockfish out of Emeryville—that's 290 rockfish total. Over at 22nd Street Landing in San Pedro, they've been absolutely crushing it on bluefin tuna with multiple limit days in October. Their annual numbers are impressive too: over 27,000 rockfish for 2025, 16,000 ocean whitefish, and 11,500 barred sand bass.

For today, bring your heavy gear for rockfish and sculpin around those offshore structures. Medium-sized shad patterns and sardine-colored swimbaits work great for bluefin if you're heading offshore. For inshore work, bluegill and sunfish-colored crankbaits like the Strike King KVD 1.5 squarebill will get you aggressive strikes around shallow cover and docks.

Two hot spots to hit: 22nd Street Landing in San Pedro—those bluefin and calico bass are running strong. And Emeryville if you want consistent rockfish action with that recent limit success.

Get out there and tight lines, folks!

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