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Salton Sea

🛶 Lake fishing  California · 🌅 05:33 - 🌇 19:53

Salton Sea is a lake in California. The fish here are ranked by weather, water temperature and season, see the likely catch below.

Conditions right now

Weather
☀️ Clear sky
Water temp (est.)
25.7°C
Air temp
29.5°C
Wind
4.1 m/s
Pressure
1004.0 ↑ rising
Clouds
5.0%

Water temperature is an estimate based on weather and season.

Best times today

🌇 Dusk 18:38–20:38 🌙 Night 20:38–04:48

Local time at the spot, from the most likely species' daily rhythm.

Next hours

06:00
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30.0°
07:00
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30.0°
08:00
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30.0°
09:00
31.0°
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32.0°
11:00
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32.0°
12:00
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34.0°
13:00
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34.0°
14:00
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36.0°
15:00
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37.0°
16:00
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38.0°
17:00
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39.0°

Likely catch now (10 species)

Flathead Catfish
Flathead Catfish
Pylodictis olivaris
21%
Active through the night, water near its preferred 26 degrees, peak season.
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Blue Catfish
Blue Catfish
Ictalurus furcatus
20%
Active through the night, water near its preferred 26 degrees, peak season, a fishy ripple on the water.
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Channel Catfish
Channel Catfish
Ictalurus punctatus
19%
Active through the night, water near its preferred 26 degrees, peak season, bright sky slows things.
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Common Carp
Common Carp
Cyprinus carpio
19%
Active through the night, water near its preferred 26 degrees, peak season.
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Smallmouth Bass
Smallmouth Bass
Micropterus dolomieu
6%
Slow during the night, water near its preferred 26 degrees, peak season, bright sky slows things.
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Largemouth Bass
Largemouth Bass
Micropterus salmoides
5%
Slow during the night, water near its preferred 26 degrees, peak season, bright sky slows things.
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Black Crappie
Black Crappie
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
3%
Slow during the night, water near its preferred 26 degrees, bright sky slows things.
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Bluegill
Bluegill
Lepomis macrochirus
3%
Slow during the night, water near its preferred 26 degrees, peak season.
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Striped Bass
Striped Bass
Morone saxatilis
3%
Slow during the night, bright sky slows things.
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White Bass
White Bass
Morone chrysops
1%
Slow during the night, bright sky slows things.
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Tips right now

Technique Start with a deadbait for flathead catfish, the most likely catch right now.
Timing This is a prime window for flathead catfish at night. Fish hard now.
Lure Deadbait for flathead catfish: Live or whole baitfish.
Colour Clear water and good light: try live bait, colour secondary for flathead catfish.
Depth The water temperature suits the fish. Fish actively at normal depths and edges.

Fishing permit

A state fishing license is required to fish here. Licenses are issued by each state:

About this water

Salton Sea

The Salton Sea is a shallow, landlocked, highly saline endorheic lake in Riverside and Imperial counties in Southern California. It lies on the San Andreas Fault within the Salton Trough, which stretches to the Gulf of California in Mexico. The lake is about 15 by 35 miles at its widest and longest. A 2023 report put the surface area at 318 square miles (823.6 km2). The Salton Sea became a resort destination in the 20th century, but saw die-offs of fish and birds in the 1980s due to contamination from farm runoff, and clouds of toxic dust in the current century as evaporation exposed parts of the lake bed.

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