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Tackle Shops in Oxnard

2 shops — hours, live bait, and directions.

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Bait and tackle near you in Oxnard

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

Oxnard's two tackle shops both sit inside Channel Islands Harbor, the launch point for the sportfishing fleet that runs to the northern Channel Islands. Channel Islands Sportfishing Tackle at 4151 S Victoria Ave is the full tackle store for the Channel Islands Sportfishing landing — it stocks live bait (squid, anchovies, and sardines when available), rental rods, and California fishing licenses, and the landing runs an 11-boat fleet on half-day through multi-day trips and serves as an IGFA weigh station. In the same harbor, Hook's Landing is a fourth-generation, family-operated bait-and-tackle shop and ticket agent that carries live bait — anchovies, sardines, and squid when available — and books an owner-operated fleet out of the harbor.

The harbor faces the Santa Barbara Channel and the northern Channel Islands — Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, and San Miguel. Rockfish are the year-round mainstay over the island reefs and dominate the catch counts. Calico bass turn on at Anacapa and the front side of Santa Cruz Island from spring through fall, with California halibut on the inshore flats in summer. White seabass turn on from late spring into early summer when the squid show, and yellowtail stage at the islands from spring into fall. Bluefin tuna and other offshore species move within range in summer and fall, and lingcod fill in over the reefs in fall. The northern islands tend to run a few weeks behind the Southern California bight on the seasonal calendar, so the warm-water bite arrives a touch later here than off Orange County or San Diego.

Both shops are in the harbor, so a tackle stop is on the way to the dock.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Do Oxnard tackle shops carry live bait?

    Yes — both Channel Islands Harbor shops carry live bait. Channel Islands Sportfishing Tackle stocks live squid, anchovies, and sardines when available, per its own site, and Hook's Landing carries live anchovies, sardines, and squid when available, per the Channel Islands Harbor listing and the shop's own live-bait page. Availability tracks the fleet schedule and the squid run, so call ahead the morning of your trip.

  • Which Oxnard shop is attached to a sportfishing fleet?

    Channel Islands Sportfishing Tackle is the counter for the Channel Islands Sportfishing landing — an 11-boat fleet running half-day through multi-day trips to the northern Channel Islands and the offshore banks, with an IGFA weigh station on-site. Hook's Landing is a ticket agent that books an owner-operated fleet out of the same harbor.

  • Where do Oxnard anglers get bait, licenses, and rod rentals?

    Channel Islands Sportfishing Tackle at 4151 S Victoria Ave carries live bait, rental rods, and California fishing licenses on-site, per its own site. Hook's Landing in the same harbor carries live bait and sells California fishing licenses too, and books trips as a ticket agent; call (805) 382-6233 to confirm rod rentals and current bait before you go.

  • What fish are caught out of Oxnard?

    Rockfish are available year-round over the Channel Islands reefs and dominate the catch. Calico bass and California halibut pick up from spring through summer, white seabass turn on in late spring into early summer with the squid, and yellowtail stage at the islands from spring into fall. Bluefin tuna and other offshore species move within range in summer and fall, with lingcod over the reefs in fall. The northern islands run a few weeks behind Southern California on the warm-water calendar.