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Tackle Shops in Dana Point

2 shops — hours, live bait, and directions.

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Bait and tackle near you in Dana Point

2 open shops, 1 with live bait, live bait first.

Dana Point's tackle shops sit at the south end of Orange County, where Dana Point Harbor launches the local fleet. Hogan's Bait & Tackle, on Pacific Coast Highway across from Doheny State Beach, is the area's full-service shop — live and frozen bait, a deep tackle inventory, rod-and-reel repair, and custom rod building. Down in the harbor, Dana Wharf Sportfishing has operated since 1971 and keeps a tackle shop inside the landing, selling tackle and Dana Wharf gear for its half-day, full-day, and offshore trips. Between them, a Dana Point trip can start with live bait and a serviced rod at Hogan's, or tackle and a boat ticket at the harbor landing.

The fishing runs on the kelp and the offshore banks. Calico bass and sand bass hold on the inshore kelp year-round, with rockfish on the deeper reefs and California halibut on the sand. White seabass are a spring target along the Dana Point Headlands kelp, and yellowtail stage from late spring into fall. In warm-water years the summer-and-fall offshore season brings dorado and bluefin and yellowfin tuna, with longer runs to structure like the 209 Bank and San Clemente Island. Dana Point's party and charter boats run from Dana Wharf Sportfishing in the harbor.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Where can you buy fishing tackle in Dana Point?

    Two shops. Hogan's Bait & Tackle, on Pacific Coast Highway across from Doheny State Beach, is the full-service shop — live and frozen bait, a deep tackle inventory, rod-and-reel repair, and custom rod building. Dana Wharf Sportfishing, in Dana Point Harbor, keeps a tackle shop inside the landing selling tackle and gear for its trips.

  • Which Dana Point shop carries live bait?

    Hogan's Bait & Tackle carries live and frozen bait, per its own site. At Dana Wharf, bait is provided with trips — live bait when available, otherwise frozen — rather than sold as a separate walk-up live-bait counter, so for live bait to take elsewhere, Hogan's is the stop.

  • What can you catch out of Dana Point?

    Calico bass and sand bass hold on the inshore kelp year-round, with rockfish on the deeper reefs and California halibut on the sand. White seabass show along the Dana Point Headlands kelp in spring, yellowtail stage from late spring into fall, and warm-water years bring dorado and bluefin and yellowfin tuna offshore.

  • Where do Dana Point sportfishing boats run from?

    Dana Point's party and charter boats run from Dana Wharf Sportfishing in Dana Point Harbor, which has operated at the harbor since it opened in 1971. The tackle shops sell gear and bait; the harbor landing books the half-day, full-day, and offshore trips.