Eureka & Trinidad (Far North Coast)
Humboldt Bay / Trinidad Harbor · near Eureka / Trinidad · North Coast
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- advanced
- Best season
- Rockfish year-round · Pacific halibut & tuna summer · salmon (quota)
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- Yes
- Licence detail
- CA license (16+) required; sold aboard. Trinidad and Eureka (Humboldt Bay) operators run rockfish, Pacific halibut, salmon (season permitting), and — in warm years — offshore tuna. The exposed far-north coast can be rough; trips are weather-dependent.
What is here
- Features
- California's wild far-north fishery · Big Pacific halibut · Offshore tuna in warm years · Dramatic Trinidad sea stacks
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- No
Fishing detail
- Water type
- ocean-boat
- Water
- salt
- Methods
- Jigging · Trolling · Mooching
- Boat
- boat
- Target species
- Rockfish & lingcod · Pacific halibut · King salmon (when open) · Albacore & bluefin (offshore)
- Intl tip
- Trinidad Harbor and Eureka (Humboldt Bay) operators run rockfish, Pacific halibut, salmon (check CDFW), and offshore tuna in warm years. The exposed coast is weather-dependent — trips can cancel. Combine with the redwoods. Trinidad is spectacularly scenic. Licenses aboard.
The guide
The far north coast around Eureka and Trinidad offers California's wildest ocean fishing — cold, rich, and productive water whe…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Eureka & Trinidad (Far North Coast) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 41.057, -124.143