Morro Bay Fish Counts

Name: Fish City
Author: Fish City

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

Morro Bay Fish Counts, Fri, Oct 16

On Fri, Oct 16, Morro Bay boats reported 420 fish: 2 boats, 36 anglers. Rockfish led with 226, then bocaccio (71).

Both boats fished out of Morro Bay Landing; see the Morro Bay Landing fish counts for every boat.

That was the best rockfish day of the week. Best per angler: the Avenger at 13.2 fish per angler.

Over the last 7 days (through October 17, 2026), Morro Bay charter boats reported 900 fish across 1 landing and 3 boats.

Morro Bay fish counts by landing

1 reporting, most fish first

Morro Bay Landing fish counts
900
3 boats · 5 trips
545 Rockfish 126 Bocaccio 99 Red Rockfish

Species by Day

Morro Bay fish counts by species and day
Species	Oct 12	Oct 13	Oct 15	Oct 16	Total
Rockfish	54	200	65	226	545
Bocaccio	6		49	71	126
Red Rockfish	6	5	25	63	99
Copper Rockfish	9	15	16	30	70
Lingcod	3	9	16	26	54
Mako Shark				3	3
Bonito	2				2
Ocean Whitefish				1	1
Trips	1	1	1	2	5

Oct 11–17: 900 fish. Same dates last year: 2,175 fish (-59%).

Recent Trips 5 trips

Endeavor (MB) · Morro Bay Landing, Morro Bay

Oct 16, 2026 · 3/4 Day · 23 anglers

249

10.8 per angler

110 Rockfish 60 Bocaccio 46 Red Rockfish 17 Lingcod 14 Copper Rockfish 2 Mako Shark

Avenger · Morro Bay Landing, Morro Bay

Oct 16, 2026 · Full Day · 13 anglers

171

13.2 per angler

116 Rockfish 17 Red Rockfish 16 Copper Rockfish 11 Bocaccio 9 Lingcod 1 Mako Shark 1 Ocean Whitefish

Endeavor (MB) · Morro Bay Landing, Morro Bay

Oct 15, 2026 · 3/4 Day · 16 anglers

171

10.7 per angler

65 Rockfish 49 Bocaccio 25 Red Rockfish 16 Copper Rockfish 16 Lingcod

Starfire · Morro Bay Landing, Morro Bay

Oct 13, 2026 · 1/2 Day AM · 22 anglers

229

10.4 per angler

200 Rockfish 15 Copper Rockfish 9 Lingcod 5 Red Rockfish

Avenger · Morro Bay Landing, Morro Bay

Oct 12, 2026 · 3/4 Day · 9 anglers

8.9 per angler

54 Rockfish 9 Copper Rockfish 6 Red Rockfish 6 Bocaccio 3 Lingcod 2 Bonito

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Morro Bay Fish Counts by Year

Fish City records for Morro Bay begin May 2023. Through October 17, 2026 they show 356,850 fish across 2,183 reported trips.

2026(through Oct 17)

72,031 fish

366 trips

44,582 Rockfish 7,054 Rockcod 5,905 Bocaccio

Monthly totals, 2026

Month	Fish	Trips
April	11,660	66
May	11,675	66
June	10,244	53
July	12,240	60
August	12,568	57
September	9,961	46
October	3,683	18

2025

102,195 fish

610 trips

42,224 Rockfish 33,156 Rockcod 5,986 Bocaccio

Monthly totals, 2025

Month	Fish	Trips
April	9,170	67
May	7,005	55
June	14,739	89
July	18,986	95
August	14,880	81
September	11,005	64
October	9,022	64
November	8,427	50
December	8,961	45

2024

80,398 fish

567 trips

38,038 Rockfish 21,256 Rockcod 5,990 Bocaccio

Monthly totals, 2024

Month	Fish	Trips
April	654	7
May	11,544	82
June	11,249	78
July	12,437	97
August	11,854	84
September	11,983	79
October	8,591	60
November	6,696	47
December	5,390	33

2023

102,226 fish

640 trips

36,378 Rockfish 24,329 Rockcod 14,076 Red Rockfish

Monthly totals, 2023

Month	Fish	Trips
May	16,672	94
June	19,175	113
July	21,645	127
August	17,275	101
September	10,483	73
October	9,075	68
November	5,308	40
December	2,593	24

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