Avila Beach Fish Counts

Name: Fish City
Author: Fish City

Recent sportfishing catch counts from Avila Beach charter boats, by landing and boat. See the statewide fish counts, this city’s charter boats & landings, California fishing seasons, or the species guides.

Avila Beach Fish Counts, Fri, Oct 16

3 boats fished on Fri, Oct 16 and reported 272 fish for 49 anglers. Rockcod led with 239, then bolina (15).

All 3 boats fished out of Patriot Sportfishing; see the Patriot Sportfishing fish counts for every boat.

Best per angler: the Flying Fish at 10.3 fish per angler. The 7-day total is down from last week.

Over the last 7 days (through October 16, 2026), Avila Beach charter boats reported 744 fish across 1 landing and 3 boats.

Avila Beach fish counts by landing

1 reporting, most fish first

Patriot Sportfishing fish counts
744
3 boats · 7 trips
636 Rockcod 25 Bolina 24 Copper Rockfish

Species by Day

Avila Beach fish counts by species and day
Species	Oct 10	Oct 15	Oct 16	Total
Rockcod	248	149	239	636
Bolina		10	15	25
Copper Rockfish	12	10	2	24
Lingcod	2	14	6	22
Red Rockcod	4	8	3	15
Bonito	4	4	5	13
Bocaccio	5	1		6
Cabezon			1	1
Halibut			1	1
Yellowtail		1		1
Trips	2	2	3	7

Oct 10–16: 744 fish. Same dates last year: 139 fish (+435%).

Recent Trips 7 trips

Flying Fish · Patriot Sportfishing, Avila Beach

Oct 16, 2026 · 1/2 Day AM · 20 anglers

205

10.3 per angler

198 Rockcod 5 Bonito 2 Red Rockcod

Sunny Day · Patriot Sportfishing, Avila Beach

Oct 16, 2026 · 3/4 Day · 4 anglers

11.3 per angler

38 Rockcod 5 Lingcod 1 Copper Rockfish 1 Red Rockcod

Patriot (Avila Beach) · Patriot Sportfishing, Avila Beach

Oct 16, 2026 · 1/2 Day AM · 25 anglers

0.9 per angler

15 Bolina 3 Rockcod 1 Cabezon 1 Copper Rockfish 1 Halibut 1 Lingcod

Flying Fish · Patriot Sportfishing, Avila Beach

Oct 15, 2026 · 1/2 Day AM · 14 anglers

156

11.1 per angler

120 Rockcod 12 Lingcod 10 Copper Rockfish 6 Red Rockcod 4 Bonito 3 Bolina 1 Bocaccio

Sunny Day · Patriot Sportfishing, Avila Beach

Oct 15, 2026 · 3/4 Day · 4 anglers

10.3 per angler

29 Rockcod 7 Bolina 2 Lingcod 2 Red Rockcod 1 Yellowtail

Patriot (Avila Beach) · Patriot Sportfishing, Avila Beach

Oct 10, 2026 · 1/2 Day AM · 15 anglers

151

10.1 per angler

136 Rockcod 11 Copper Rockfish 3 Bocaccio 1 Lingcod

Flying Fish · Patriot Sportfishing, Avila Beach

Oct 10, 2026 · 1/2 Day AM · 21 anglers

124

5.9 per angler

112 Rockcod 4 Bonito 4 Red Rockcod 2 Bocaccio 1 Copper Rockfish 1 Lingcod

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Avila Beach Fish Counts by Year

Fish City records for Avila Beach begin May 2023. Through October 16, 2026 they show 105,485 fish across 709 reported trips.

2026(through Oct 16)

34,334 fish

265 trips

23,997 Rockcod 2,526 Rockfish 1,625 Bocaccio

Monthly totals, 2026

Month	Fish	Trips
April	2,239	21
May	5,233	42
June	6,757	50
July	6,547	52
August	7,218	51
September	3,975	26
October	2,365	23

2025

23,024 fish

142 trips

15,501 Rockfish 3,163 Red Rockfish 2,302 Bocaccio

Monthly totals, 2025

Month	Fish	Trips
April	2,333	18
May	1,929	13
June	3,169	21
July	3,463	16
August	3,531	19
September	2,655	18
October	1,936	14
November	2,250	13
December	1,758	10

2024

18,045 fish

114 trips

12,490 Rockfish 3,001 Red Rockfish 1,890 Bocaccio

Monthly totals, 2024

Month	Fish	Trips
April	463	4
May	2,176	14
June	2,408	12
July	3,510	24
August	2,098	15
September	2,149	11
October	2,123	12
November	1,674	11
December	1,444	11

2023

30,082 fish

188 trips

10,848 Rockfish 5,705 Red Rockfish 5,176 Rockcod

Monthly totals, 2023

Month	Fish	Trips
May	4,593	29
June	4,969	30
July	6,979	41
August	4,179	26
September	2,909	20
October	3,071	19
November	2,083	14
December	1,299	9

Trips are the fishing sessions reported to Fish City for this city.