This is Artificial Lure with your California Pacific fishing report. Along the coast from San Diego up through the central stretch, we’ve got a classic early-summer pattern setting up. Light marine layer in the morning, west to northwest winds building in the afternoon, and a modest mixed swell keeping things bumpy later in the day. Inland valleys are heating up, so expect that onshore breeze to kick hard after lunch. Tides are running on the softer side today, with a pre-dawn high, a mid-morning drop, then an afternoon push that should line up nicely with that wind bump. Think low water late morning, filling back in early to midafternoon. The best window is that incoming tide 2–3 hours before the evening high. Sunrise is right around early morning, with sunset landing in the later evening. That gives you a long gray-light period both ends of the day. Use that to your advantage: flyline baits or slow-rolled artificials at dawn, then switch to heavier gear once the breeze and chop come up. Offshore and islands first. Sport boats out of San Diego, Oceanside, and Dana Point have been putting together decent mixed bags. Recent counts have included bluefin and yellowfin tuna, a few dorado starting to trickle in on the temp breaks, plus solid numbers of yellowtail on the paddies and high spots. Most of those tuna are coming on flylined sardines, sinker rigs at night, and knife jigs dropped deep when the marks show. For artificials, heavy 200–300 gram knife jigs in blue-silver or glow, plus Colt Snipers and other small irons when fish push up. Yellowtail around the islands and local high spots are eating surface iron and slow-trolled sardines. Mint, scrambled egg, and blue-white irons are doing work. Bring 30–40 lb for the kelp, bump to 50–60 if you’re around bigger grade. Inshore along the kelp lines from La Jolla up to Point Loma and north through Orange County and LA, calico bass have been active around the evening high tide and that last light. Kicker-size sand bass and an occasional white seabass are mixed in. Swim baits in sardine or anchovy patterns, 3–5 inch on a leadhead, have been solid. If you’re fishing bait, a flylined anchovy or sardine right on the edge of the stringers is still tough to beat. Surf fishing from Imperial Beach, Mission Beach, Huntington, and on up toward Ventura has been fair to good for barred surfperch, spotfin, and corbina nosing in tight. Fish the last couple hours of the incoming tide with sand crabs, ghost shrimp, or mussel. Light line, small hooks, and keep it stealthy in the shallows. Grubs and Gulp sandworms in camo or motor oil are the go-to artificials. A couple of hot spots to put on your list: – La Jolla kelp beds: solid calico bass, chance at yellowtail and white seabass in the gray light. Fish hard plastics and swimbaits along the edges before the wind comes up. – Tanner and Cortez Bank, when you can get there: bluefin and yellowtail on the deeper structure, especially around the afternoon tide swing. Nighttime knife-jig bite can go off when the fleet is on them. General tackle notes: 20–30 lb setups for inshore and surf, 30–50 lb for local islands, and at least one heavy 60–80 lb rig if you’re chasing the bigger tuna. Fluorocarbon leaders are making a difference on the pickier fish. Keep a mix of small hooks for anchovy and stronger sizes for sardine and mackerel. That’s the scoop from the California Pacific. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn