The grounds · 180 ft · banks, ledges and wrecks

White Seabass

Atractoscion nobilis. Prime water reaches San Francisco in California right now (60°F at the surface). Fish it around 37 ft down — that is where 58°F water sits off San Francisco.

White Seabass identification illustration
LaneThe grounds · 30 fa (180 ft)
Depth it holds33–164 ft
Prime water57–68°F (workable 57–72°F)
Holds in the column33–164 ft down below the surface, over 33–164 ft of water
Judged onsurface temperature (NASA MUR satellite)
Structureprefers

The water column off San Francisco

0 ft94 ft187 ft3 ft of workable water33–36 ft · 58–57°F

The strip is the water itself, coloured by temperature from the surface down to the 187 ft surveyed bottom at that spot — one band per RTOFS model level. The outlined stretch is where White Seabass's temperature band (57–72°F) and the depth it holds actually overlap. That thickness is the number that matters: it is how much water you can work, not just whether the spot is warm enough somewhere. One model cycle, not a weekly archive — this holds still while the surface map scrubs.

How it's fished

Live squid over squid nests and kelp edges; dawn and grey light.

Region by region — right now

RegionSeasonPrime waterTempFish it atMonths
California in season reaches San Francisco 60°F ~37 ft
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"Fish it at" is where this species' temperature band and its holding depth overlap in the water column, from the RTOFS profile (13 levels, 0–300 m) — the depth to actually put a bait, not just the place. "Prime water" is the furthest sampled station on the 30-fathom lane whose surface temperature sits inside this species' band. It is water, not a sighting report.