LA Fishing Report: Ideal Conditions for Saltwater & Freshwater Bites

Good morning, Los Angeles anglers, this is Artificial Lure with your June 6th fishing report, dialed in for Southern California’s coast and local lakes.

We’re heading into a classic early June pattern. Sunrise is at 5:42 AM and sunset clocks in at 8:01 PM, giving you plenty of daylight to chase that dream catch. Today’s weather is shaping up warm and clear with highs in the upper 70s near the coast and just a light onshore breeze—ideal fishing conditions for both inshore and freshwater missions.

Tides are a big factor this Friday. The morning high comes in around 7:36 AM at 3.31 feet, followed by a midday low at 12:37 PM of 1.73 feet, and then a solid evening high peaking at 7:09 PM at a hefty 5.34 feet. That evening swing is setting up nicely for a strong saltwater bite. According to Tide-Forecast, timing your casts around that moving water—especially the evening flood tide—should pay off.

Saltwater reports up and down the Los Angeles coast are positive. According to SoCal Fish Reports, local boats out of Marina del Rey and Redondo are putting up good numbers of quality Rockfish and Lingcod, with the overnight trips out of Oxnard even seeing White Seabass and Halibut hitting the decks. Anglers using live sardine and anchovy are scoring best on bottom species, but for artificials, try fishing 4- to 6-inch glow or root beer swimbaits on heavier leadheads around structure. For surface action, late afternoons are producing a few Calico Bass and the odd Yellowtail on hard jerkbaits or surface irons, especially near Palos Verdes kelp lines.

Moving inland, FishCaddy and local sources like Jim Taibi report that Castaic Lake is on a solid post-spawn bass bite. Largemouth and smallmouth are holding on steep rock banks and points in 10–20 feet. Dropshot rigs with 4” worms or small paddletail swimbaits are the best bets, but don’t overlook the wacky Senko around shaded pockets. Early and late, there’s a short topwater bite with walking baits and poppers, mostly drawing out bigger females shaking off their post-spawn funk. Stripers are staging deeper now—20 to 30 feet—with Alabama rigs and small spoons starting to get bit as the baitballs move through the coves. Surface water temps are in the low 70s, and clarity is solid.

A couple of local hot spots to try today:
- For saltwater, the Redondo Beach breakwall and the north end of Santa Monica Bay are both producing steady Rockfish and the occasional legal Halibut.
- Inland, Castaic Lake’s West Ramp and nearby walls are seeing the best mixed bass and striper bite.

Baitwise, live sardine or anchovy is king in the ocean, but don’t skip out on artificial swimbaits for bigger gamefish. On the lakes, finesse plastics on light line are the ticket, and if you’re out for stripers, try a chrome spoon or white paddle tail.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Los Angeles anglers. This is artificial lure. With
your June sixth fishing report dialed in for southern California's
coast and local lakes, we're heading into a classic early
June pattern. Sunrise is at five forty two am and
sunset clocks in at eight oh one pm, giving you
plenty of daylight to chase that dream catch. Today's weather

(00:21):
is shaping up warm and clear, with highs in the
upper seventies near the coast and just a light on
shore breeze. Ideal fishing conditions for both inshore and freshwater missions.
Tides are a big factor this Friday. The morning high
comes in around seven thirty six am at three three
one feet, followed by a mid day low at twelve
thirty seven PM of one point seven three feet, and

(00:43):
then a solid evening high peaking at seven nine PM
at a hefty five point three four feet. That evening
swing is setting up nicely for a strong salt water bite,
according to Tide Forecast, Timing your casts around that moving water,
especially the evening flood tide, should pay off. Salt Water
reports up and down the Los Angeles coast are positive,

(01:06):
according to Socwfish reports local boats out of Marina del
Rey and Redondo are putting up good numbers of quality
rockfish and lyncod, with the overnight trips out of Oxnard
even seeing white sea bass and halibut hitting the decks.
Anglers using live sardine and anchovy are scoring best on
bottom species, but for artificials try fishing four to six

(01:27):
inch glow or root beer swim baits on heavier leadheads
around structure for surface action. Late afternoons are producing a
few calico bass and the odd yellowtail on hard jerk
baits or surface irons, especially near Palas Verdes kelplines. Moving
inland Fish Caddy and local sources like Jim Taby report
that Castaic Lake is on a solid post spawned bass bite.

(01:51):
Largemouth and smallmouth are holding on steep rock banks and
points in ten to twenty feet. Drop shot rigs with
four inch worms or small paddle to swim baits are
the best bets, but don't overlook the wacky senko around
shaded pockets. Early and late there's a short top water
bite with walking baits and poppers mostly drawing out bigger
females shaking off their post spawned funk stripers are staging

(02:15):
deeper now twenty to thirty feet, with Alabama rigs and
small spoons starting to get bit as the bait balls
move through the coves. Surface water temps are in the
low seventies and clarity is solid. A couple of local
hotspots to try today for salt water, the Redondo Beach
breakwall and the north end of Santa Monica Bay are
both producing steady rockfish and the occasional legal halibut inland.

(02:40):
Castake Lakes, West Ramp and nearby walls are seeing the
best mixed bass and striper bite. Bait wise, live sardine
or anchovy is king in the ocean, but don't skip
out on artificial swim baits for bigger game fish on
the lakes. Finesse plastics on lightline are the ticket, and
if you're out for stripers, try a chrome spoon or

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