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Best score today · 9 AM · Cabezon
- Now
- 6910 AM PDT
- Best window
- 4 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing3.7 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Friday, Sep 25 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 8 kt NPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
60Water temp: 62°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 4.2 ftSeason & habitat · Rockfish
Species seasonality
81Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Central Groundfish Management Area
Cabezon
Retention open- Daily limit
- 10 per day (10 rockfish, cabezon and greenlings combined)
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- No minimum size limit.
- Season
- Apr 1 to Dec 31, 2026
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Shore-based anglers and spear divers are exempt from groundfish seasons and depth limits. RCG complex: all rockfish, cabezon, and kelp and rock greenlings combined. A descending device must be aboard when fishing from a boat.
From CDFW Summary of Recreational Groundfish Fishing Regulations (updated June 23, 2026), read Sep 13
Other species here
- Albacore tuna Retention open (25 per day)
- Barred sand bass Retention open (4 per day (5 kelp bass, barred sand bass and spotted sand bass combined))
- California halibut Retention open
- Chinook salmon Retention open (2 per day (2 salmon combined))
- Coho salmon Closed (No retention)
- Kelp bass Retention open (5 per day (5 kelp bass, barred sand bass and spotted sand bass combined))
- Kelp greenling Retention open (10 per day (10 rockfish, cabezon and greenlings combined))
- Leopard shark Retention open (3 per day)
- Lingcod Retention open (2 per day)
- Mahi-mahi Retention open (10 per day)
- Pacific bluefin tuna Retention open (2 per day)
- Pacific halibut Retention open (1 per day)
- Rockfish Retention open (10 per day (10 rockfish, cabezon and greenlings combined))
- Sablefish Retention open (10 per day)
- Striped bass Retention open (2 per day)
- Surfperch Retention open (20 per day)
- White seabass Retention open (3 per day)
- Yellowfin tuna Retention open (10 per day)
- Yellowtail Retention open (10 per day)
Source: CDFW · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Cabezon is best here
Peak season for Cabezon · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Yankee Point
- Depth
- 70-100 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Outer · Exposed
- Season
- Peak seasonCabezon
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 14 on a 464 m grid. Depths are feet below mean sea level, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing Yankee Point
Yankee Point is a cape in Monterey Bay, California. Depth in the nearest water is 70-100 ft. Its profile reads point, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 11 species here; the best right now are cabezon, Chinook salmon and striped bass. It is peak season now for cabezon, striped bass, rockfish and surfperch, and shoulder season for Chinook salmon, kelp greenling, white seabass and California halibut. Cabezon peak from May through September. Chinook salmon peak from June through August. Striped bass peak from June through July and from September through October.
Tackle & technique
- Cabezon
- Cabezon sit in rock crevices, kelp beds and jetty boulders from the intertidal zone to about 100 feet and feed mostly on crabs and small fish. Fish a fish-finder rig with sand shrimp, squid or crab right on the bottom in the rocks, or drag a lead-head grub slowly through the kelp. Expect snags, and do not eat the roe, which is toxic.
- Chinook salmon
- Chinook hold near bait off points, kelp edges and tide rips, usually suspended 20 to 120 feet down and deeper as the sun gets higher. Troll slowly, under 2 mph, with a flasher and herring, hoochie or spoon on a downrigger, or mooch a plug-cut herring at the depth where the sounder shows bait. Winter blackmouth and feeder kings sit within 10 feet of the bottom in 60 to 200 feet.
- Striped bass
- Striped bass feed where moving tide pushes bait past structure: inlets, points, jetties, bridge pilings and rips in the surf, usually in 2 to 40 feet of water. Fish dawn, dusk and night hardest, casting plugs, bucktails and soft plastics or drifting live bunker and eels, and chunk bait on the bottom in current. In midsummer the larger fish drop deeper or feed mostly after dark.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Whalers Cove70
Bay · 2.0 mi
Top: SurfperchPeak season- Surfperch 70
- Cabezon 63
- California halibut 62
5 kt NNWL 1:38 PM · 2.9 ftH 7:24 PM · 4.8 ft
- Pelican Point69
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: CabezonPeak season- Cabezon 69
- Surfperch 65
- Striped bass 64
5 kt NNWL 1:38 PM · 2.9 ftH 7:24 PM · 4.8 ft
- Cannery Point69
Cape · 2.0 mi
Top: CabezonPeak season- Cabezon 69
- Surfperch 65
- Striped bass 64
5 kt NNWL 1:38 PM · 2.9 ftH 7:24 PM · 4.8 ft
- Yankee Point Breaker62
Bar · 0.7 mi
Top: Pacific halibutShoulder season- Pacific halibut 62
- Cabezon 59
- Rockfish 58
5 kt NNWL 1:38 PM · 2.9 ftH 7:24 PM · 4.8 ft
Scores and forecasts are for planning only and can be wrong. Conditions on the water change fast; check the marine forecast before you go. Regulations change during the season, so confirm limits and closures with CDFW before you keep a fish.