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UPDATED: January 8, 2026

LONG BEACH/SAN PEDRO — Lobster looping hooping out of L.A. Waterfront has been and continues to be the go-to there. They were getting results of 3 keepers per puller averages this past week mostly, along with a pile of go-back bugs. At 22^nd Street Landing Sportfishing it’s all about the Monte Carlo ½-day over winter – 10AM to 4PM, sculpin, whitefish. At Long Beach Sportfishing the Victory ¾-day and El Patron full-day are both online to run, with sculpin, sheephead and whitefish on tap for sure. The Ahra Ahn is the Bight’s most active sand dab boat on the coast, loading up anglers with dabs by the bucketfuls, averaging between 100 and 200 dabs per angler, depending on how quickly their anglers can unhook dabs, re-bait and get their gear back to bottom. Long Beach Sportfishing manager Steve Phelps reported “What a fantastic 2025 fishing season it’s been for our fleet! From an excellent local sand bass bite this summer, to yellowtail, white seabass, and calico bass at the Islands, to strong bluefin tuna fishing offshore, and finally loading up freezers in November and December with deep-water cod—this year truly delivered across the board. The Eldorado finished the year strong in December with excellent trips to San Nicolas Island, filling the fish hold with quality cod and lingcod. The boat is currently offline for her annual maintenance and is expected to return to service sometime in March. In the meantime, the April San Nicolas Island schedule is now live on the website and ready for booking. Victory also wrapped up December on a high note, putting together solid cod trips in our local waters. The boat will remain online through January 19, targeting sand bass, sculpin, and whitefish. Beginning January 20, Victory will go offline for annual maintenance and will return on March 1, kicking off the Annual Sheephead Derby. El Patrón enjoyed an outstanding season, producing great counts of yellowtail, cod, halibut, lingcod, calico bass, and even the occasional white seabass at Catalina Island, along with several successful trips to Santa Barbara Island. The boat is currently online Friday through Sunday, targeting bass, halibut, and more. The Ahra-Ahn has been running it’s sanddab schedule Friday through Monday, and the fishing has been excellent. Anglers are filling their 5-gallon buckets with these tasty fish…You can catch as many as you’d like. The boat will continue sanddabbing through March, after which it will transition to the 1/2-day schedule for the season.” He offered thanks to their anglers and is looking forward to a great 2026 season.

At Pierpoint Landing both the Enterprise ¾-day and City of Long Beach ½-day are on line for local fishing whitefish, sculpin, sheephead with maybe a bass too. While all these runs are on line available for booking, whether a trip runs or not depends both on the weather and at this time of year, getting a few anglers on deck too.

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