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June 21, 2025 3 mins
Alright anglers, this is Artificial Lure with your Los Angeles fishing report for Saturday, June 21st, 2025.

Today’s shaping up to be a classic SoCal summer day. We’re looking at a sunrise at 5:43 AM and sunset rolling in at 8:06 PM. The tidal swing is solid for morning action: Low tide hits at 1:03 AM at just 0.19 feet, giving way to a high tide at 7:11 AM peaking at 3.37 feet, then another low tide at 11:55 AM at 1.8 feet, and finally a substantial late afternoon high at 6:34 PM topping out at 6.25 feet. If you can, time your outings for those dawn and evening highs—those moving water periods are primetime for active feeders, especially around piers, jetties, and structure.

Weather’s what you’d expect mid-June: warming up quickly after sunrise, daytime temps soaring into the 90s, with humidity creeping in. Pack your sunscreen and plenty of water out there.

Let’s talk what’s biting. According to Captain Experiences, local boats are putting anglers on solid mixed bags of sculpin, sheephead, and whitefish, with good numbers still coming out of both four and six-hour trips. The breakwall off Long Beach is firing for calico bass and barracuda, and don’t sleep on the sheephead, which are hungry for a well-presented strip of squid or a shrimp-tipped jig. Reports from So Cal Fish Reports yesterday show steady catches of rockfish, sheephead, lingcod, whitefish and some calico bass—so bottom bouncers and structure hounds are having a great week.

For you lure chuckers, morning high tide is the ticket if you’re working plastics or hardbaits for bass along the rocks and harbor entrances. Swimbaits in natural sardine or anchovy patterns and 3-5 inch jerkbaits work well for calicos and sand bass. Barracuda are crushing flashy spoons and chrome surface irons at first light, especially near the breakwalls and harbor mouths.

If you’re headed out with natural bait, nothing beats live anchovies or sardines on a dropper loop for whitefish and rockfish. Sheephead are keyed on crustaceans—bring squid or fresh shrimp if you want that big “goat.” For the surf casters, try bloodworms or sand crabs for perch and occasional corbina as the water warms up.

Hot spots right now? The Long Beach breakwall tops the list for mixed bag action—barracuda, bass, and sheephead abound. The Santa Monica Pier is a great choice for shore-bound anglers, with mackerel and some decent halibut reports coming in this week.

To recap: capitalize on those dawn and dusk high tides for best fish activity, bring both bait and artificials to match what’s working, and don’t forget your sun protection for those hot SoCal days.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, anglers, this is artificial lure. With your Los
Angeles fishing report for Saturday, June twenty first, twenty twenty five.
Today's shaping up to be a classic SoCal summer day.
We're looking at a sunrise at five forty three am
and sunset rolling in at eight o six pm. The
tidal swing is solid for morning action. Low tide hits

(00:20):
at one oh three AM at just point one nine feet,
giving way to a high tide at seven eleven AM,
peaking at three point three seven feet, Then another low
tide at eleven fifty five AM at one point eight feet,
and finally a substantial late afternoon high at six thirty
four PM, topping out at six point twenty five feet.
If you can time your outings for those dawn and

(00:42):
evening highs, those moving water periods are prime time for
active feeders, especially around piers, jetties, and structure. Weather's what
you'd expect mid June, warming up quickly after sunrise, daytime
temps soaring into the nineties, with humidity creeping in. Pack
your sunscreen and plenty of water out there. Let's talk
what's biting. According to captain experiences, local boats are putting

(01:06):
anglers on solid mixed bags of sculpin, sheephead and whitefish,
with good numbers still coming out of both four and
six hour trips. The breakwall off Long Beach is firing
for calico bass and barracuda, and don't sleep on the sheephead,
which are hungry for a well presented strip of squid
or a shrimp tipped jig. Reports from so Cowfish Reports

(01:27):
yesterday show steady catches of rockfish, sheephead, lin cod, whitefish,
and some calico bass. So bottom bouncers and structure hounds
are having a great week for you lure chuckers. Morning
high tide is the ticket if you're working plastics or
hard baits for bass along the rocks and harbor entrances.
Swim baits in natural sardine or anchovy patterns and three

(01:50):
to five inch jerk baits work well for calicoes and
sand bass. Barracuda are crushing flashy spoons and chrome surface
irons at first light, especially near the break walls and harbormouths.
If you're headed out with natural bait, nothing beats live
anchovies or sardines on a dropper loop for whitefish and rockfish,
sheephead are keyed on crustaceans. Bring squid or fresh shrimp

(02:12):
if you want that big goat. For the surf casters,
try bloodworms or sand crabs for perch and occasional corbina
as the water warms up hotspots Right now, the Long
Beach break Wall tops the list for mixed bag action. Barracuda,
bass and sheephead abound. The Santa Monica Pier is a
great choice for shore bound anglers with mackerel and some

(02:35):
decent halibut reports coming in this week to recap capitalize
on those dawn and dusk high tides for best fish activity,
bring both bait and artificials to match what's working, and
don't forget your sun protection for those hot SoCal days.
Thanks for tuning in to today's report. Make sure to
subscribe so you never miss your daily dose of fishing Intel.

(02:57):
This has been a quiet please production. For more check
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for to day. Hit the subscribe button and never miss out.
Keep those tips up and lines wet. This has been
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for listening.
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