San Pedro & LA Harbor Boats
22nd St Landing / LA Waterfront, San Pedro · near San Pedro / Long Beach · Los Angeles / SoCal
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Best season
- Bass summer · rockfish year-round · seabass spring
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- Yes
- Licence detail
- CA license (16+) required; 1-day sold aboard. 22nd Street Landing and LA Waterfront Sportfishing run half-day, 3/4-day, and overnight trips to the local banks, Catalina, and the Channel Islands.
What is here
- Features
- Big-city party-boat access · Local flatfish & bass grounds · Overnight runs to Catalina & the islands · Spring white seabass shot
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Fishing detail
- Water type
- ocean-boat
- Water
- salt
- Methods
- Live bait · Jigging
- Boat
- boat
- Target species
- Sand bass & calico bass · Barracuda & bonito · Rockfish & sculpin · White seabass (spring)
- Intl tip
- 22nd Street Landing and LA Waterfront Sportfishing (San Pedro) are the main hubs. Half-days hit local grounds; overnights run to Catalina/the islands for bigger fish. Summer sand-bass and rockfish are the reliable action; spring white seabass is the prize. They sell 1-day licenses.
The guide
San Pedro and the greater Los Angeles Harbor put big-city anglers on the water with minimal fuss — a cluster of landings runnin…
In the Guidebook
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Getting there
- Coordinates
- 33.708, -118.276