Long beach sportfishing

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Long Beach coastal waters offers some of the finest deep sea fishing in Southern California. Davey’s Locker has fished the Long Beach area for over 50 years. Deep sea fishing off Long Beach can be recognized by several different names including ocean fishing, sport fishing, salt water fishing, and charter fishing. [View Pricing and Trip Lengths]

Which ever terms you use they all mean basically the same, fishing Long Beach coastal and offshore waters for over 30 varieties of gamefish available. Gamefish of all sizes and varieties can be caught including giant yellowtail to over 40 pounds, white sea bass, halibut, calico bass, sand bass, bonito, red snapper, whitefish, tuna, and dozens more. Both ½ day and full day fishing trips often catch hundreds of fish per trip meaning every angler has lots of action.

This ocean or sport fishing may be quite a surprise if accustomed to trout fishing and other freshwater species. Action is more fast paced.

Davey’s Locker is located 30 minutes from downtown Long Beach departing from Newport Bay. Select from several trip lengths from ½ day 5 hour fishing trips to full day Catalina Island trips, and overnight island and offshore trips. Regardless of the trip, each ship is fully staffed with crew members to assist both beginners and more experienced fishermen. Rod rental, licensing, tackle, and anything else you could imagine you might need for your fishing trip is available at our onsite office. Each ship is fully equipped with latest in fish finding electronics, huge bait systems supplying unlimited bait, indoor and outdoor seating, full service kitchen, menís and womenís restrooms, and lots of other extras to make for a comfortable and relaxing experience. Along with our pricing and schedule, we wanted to provide other useful information for planning your next fishing trip. We included Long Beach area tide charts, common gamefish caught in Long Beach waters; popular fishing locations in Long Beach coastal areas, marine weather for Long Beach and surrounding waters, and moon phase information are all listed below.

Long Beach Beach Tide Chart

Typically fish feed best in Long Beach waters on tidal movement. The greater the variance in high and low tides the greater the movement of water. Incoming or time leading up to high tide is a favorite time for good fishing.

Long Beach Coastal And Island Fishing Locations

Palos Verde Peninsula – Located at N 33.77085 and W -118.37868 is a cape that separates Santa Monica Bay and the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to the south. Over 11 miles of coastline. Popular locations include Rocky Point at the most northern part of the peninsula, Point Fermin Reef, Long Point, and Point Vincente. Cliffs and kelp make this habitat very similar to Catalina Island.

Horseshoe Kelp – A popular fishing area at 33∞ 40.07’N. x 118∞ 12.15’W roughly 10 miles in length starting at the San Pedro Light House and continuing to the dropoff just north of the Huntington Flats. Close to Los Angles and Long Beach ports. Once upon a time supported a thriving kelp bed the area still offers great fishing for large and small gamefish.

Huntington Flats – Located at 33D 39.30’N. x 118D 03.40’W. Offers great year round fishing with artificial reefs including Izorís Reef and hard bottom and shale areas. Huge schools of sand bass and barracuda during the summer months mean non stop action. Yellowtail, white sea bass, and halibut are some of the larger prized gamefish available.

Catalina Island – 22 miles long and approximately 25 miles from Los Angeles this may well be the birth place of game fishing as we know it. Deep waters are found relatively close to shore and all sorts of gamefish can be found including marlin, tuna, and giant black sea bass. Favorite locations include East End, Farnsworth Bank, Orange Rock, Bird Rock, and the West End. So many good places to fish.

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