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, California fishing seasons, or the species guides.

Over the last 7 days (through October 6, 2026), Morro Bay charter boats reported 1,815 fish across 1 landing and 3 boats.

Morro Bay landings

1 reporting, most fish first

Morro Bay Landing fish counts1,815
3 boats · 8 trips
928 Rockfish 363 Bocaccio179 Red Rockfish

Species by Day

Morro Bay fish counts by species and day
Species	Oct 2	Oct 3	Oct 4	Total
Rockfish	112	578	238	928
Bocaccio	16	196	151	363
Red Rockfish	28	86	65	179
Bonito	18	33	78	129
Lingcod	9	69	47	125
Copper Rockfish	14	40	33	87
Rock Sole	3			3
Ocean Whitefish	1			1
Trips	1	4	3	8

Sep 30 – Oct 6: 1,815 fish across 8 reported trips. Same dates last year: 1,729 fish across 8 trips (+5%).

Morro Bay fish stats

Last 7 days · Sep 30 – Oct 6

Range total

1,815

Range

Count by

Species

Landings

Trip types

Boats

Recent Trips 8 trips

Starfire · Morro Bay Landing, Morro Bay

Oct 4, 2026 · 3/4 Day · 25 anglers

281

11.2 per angler

145 Rockfish 50 Bonito 40 Bocaccio25 Red Rockfish15 Copper Rockfish6 Lingcod

Endeavor (MB) · Morro Bay Landing, Morro Bay

Oct 4, 2026 · Full Day · 19 anglers

228

12.0 per angler

110 Bocaccio38 Red Rockfish38 Lingcod 30 Rockfish12 Copper Rockfish

Avenger · Morro Bay Landing, Morro Bay

Oct 4, 2026 · 1/2 Day AM · 12 anglers

103

8.6 per angler

63 Rockfish 28 Bonito6 Copper Rockfish3 Lingcod2 Red Rockfish1 Bocaccio

Endeavor (MB) · Morro Bay Landing, Morro Bay

Oct 3, 2026 · Full Day · 28 anglers

329

11.8 per angler

110 Bocaccio 100 Rockfish55 Red Rockfish49 Lingcod15 Copper Rockfish

Starfire · Morro Bay Landing, Morro Bay

Oct 3, 2026 · 3/4 Day · 29 anglers

297

10.2 per angler

150 Rockfish 60 Bocaccio30 Red Rockfish20 Copper Rockfish19 Bonito 18 Lingcod

Avenger · Morro Bay Landing, Morro Bay

Oct 3, 2026 · 1/2 Day AM · 28 anglers

192

6.9 per angler

174 Rockfish 10 Bonito5 Copper Rockfish2 Lingcod 1 Bocaccio

Avenger · Morro Bay Landing, Morro Bay

Oct 3, 2026 · 1/2 Day Twilight · 20 anglers

184

9.2 per angler

154 Rockfish 25 Bocaccio 4 Bonito1 Red Rockfish

Avenger · Morro Bay Landing, Morro Bay

Oct 2, 2026 · Full Day · 22 anglers

201

9.1 per angler

112 Rockfish28 Red Rockfish18 Bonito 16 Bocaccio14 Copper Rockfish9 Lingcod 3 Rock Sole1 Ocean Whitefish

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Morro Bay Fish Counts by Year

Fish City records for Morro Bay begin May 2023. Through October 4, 2026 they show 354,982 fish across 2,173 reported trips.

Year

Fish

Trips

Top species

2026(through Oct 4)

70,163

356

42,895 Rockfish 7,054 Rockcod 5,713 Red Rockfish

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	1,815	8

2025

102,195

610

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

567

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

640

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.