Fishing near san diego, california
Geographic context
San Diego is a source-backed starting point in California, not a catch report. Fish below have state associations, not verified city presence.
Place reference point: 32.8304, -117.1209. This is a geographic internal point, not a launch pin or arrival address.
US Census 2025 Gazetteer geography source · Place GEOID: 0666000
State species evidence
Browse all 90 California species
90 species with California source associations
State source evidence does not establish city-level presence, access or legal targeting.
Browse all 90 state-associated species
- Albacore — Thunnus alalunga · saltwater
- American Shad — Alosa sapidissima · saltwater
- Barred Sand Bass — Paralabrax nebulifer · saltwater
- Barred Surfperch — Amphistichus argenteus · saltwater
- Bat Ray — Myliobatis californica · saltwater
- Black Bullhead — Ameiurus melas · freshwater
- Black Crappie — Pomoxis nigromaculatus · freshwater
- Black Rockfish — Sebastes melanops · saltwater
- Blue Catfish — Ictalurus furcatus · freshwater
- Blue Rockfish — Sebastes mystinus · saltwater
- Bluegill — Lepomis macrochirus · freshwater
- Bocaccio — Sebastes paucispinis · saltwater
- Brook Trout — Salvelinus fontinalis · freshwater
- Brown Bullhead — Ameiurus nebulosus · freshwater
- Brown Trout — Salmo trutta · freshwater
- Cabezon — Scorpaenichthys marmoratus · saltwater
- California Corbina — Menticirrhus undulatus · saltwater
- California Halibut — Paralichthys californicus · saltwater
- California Sheephead — Semicossyphus pulcher · saltwater
- Channel Catfish — Ictalurus punctatus · freshwater
- Chilipepper — Sebastes goodei · saltwater
- Chinook Salmon — Oncorhynchus tshawytscha · freshwater
- Coastal Cutthroat Trout — Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii · freshwater
- Coho Salmon — Oncorhynchus kisutch · freshwater
- Common Carp — Cyprinus carpio · freshwater
- Copper Rockfish — Sebastes caurinus · saltwater
- Dolphinfish — Coryphaena hippurus · saltwater
- Flathead Catfish — Pylodictis olivaris · freshwater
- Golden Trout — Oncorhynchus aguabonita · freshwater
- Gopher Rockfish — Sebastes carnatus · saltwater
- Green Sturgeon — Acipenser medirostris · anadromous
- Green Sunfish — Lepomis cyanellus · freshwater
- Halfmoon — Medialuna californiensis · saltwater
- Hardhead — Mylopharodon conocephalus · freshwater
- Jack Mackerel — Trachurus symmetricus · saltwater
- Kelp Bass — Paralabrax clathratus · saltwater
- Kelp Greenling — Hexagrammos decagrammus · saltwater
- Kelp Rockfish — Sebastes atrovirens · saltwater
- Kokanee Salmon — Oncorhynchus nerka · freshwater
- Lahontan Cutthroat Trout — Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi · freshwater
- Lake Trout — Salvelinus namaycush · freshwater
- Largemouth Bass — Micropterus salmoides · freshwater
- Leopard Shark — Triakis semifasciata · saltwater
- Lingcod — Ophiodon elongatus · saltwater
- Monkeyface Prickleback — Cebidichthys violaceus · saltwater
- Mountain Whitefish — Prosopium williamsoni · freshwater
- Ocean Whitefish — Caulolatilus princeps · saltwater
- Olive Rockfish — Sebastes serranoides · saltwater
- Opaleye — Girella nigricans · saltwater
- Pacific Barracuda — Sphyraena argentea · saltwater
- Pacific Bluefin Tuna — Thunnus orientalis · saltwater
- Pacific Bonito — Sarda chiliensis · saltwater
- Pacific Chub Mackerel — Scomber japonicus · saltwater
- Pacific Halibut — Hippoglossus stenolepis · saltwater
- Pumpkinseed — Lepomis gibbosus · freshwater
- Rainbow Trout — Oncorhynchus mykiss · freshwater
- Redear Sunfish — Lepomis microlophus · freshwater
- Sacramento Hitch — Lavinia exilicauda · freshwater
- Sacramento Perch — Archoplites interruptus · freshwater
- Sacramento Pikeminnow — Ptychocheilus grandis · freshwater
- Sacramento Sucker — Catostomus occidentalis · freshwater
- Sand Sole — Psettichthys melanostictus · saltwater
- Shoal Bass — Micropterus cataractae · freshwater
- Shortfin Mako — Isurus oxyrinchus · saltwater
- Smallmouth Bass — Micropterus dolomieu · freshwater
- Soupfin Shark — Galeorhinus galeus · saltwater
- Spiny Dogfish — Squalus acanthias · saltwater
- Spotfin Croaker — Roncador stearnsii · saltwater
- Spotted Bass — Micropterus punctulatus · freshwater
- Spotted Sand Bass — Paralabrax maculatofasciatus · saltwater
- Starry Flounder — Platichthys stellatus · saltwater
- Striped Bass — Morone saxatilis · freshwater
- Thresher Shark — Alopias vulpinus · saltwater
- Tule Perch — Hysterocarpus traskii · freshwater
- Vermilion Rockfish — Sebastes miniatus · saltwater
- Walleye Surfperch — Hyperprosopon argenteum · saltwater
- Warmouth — Lepomis gulosus · freshwater
- White Bass — Morone chrysops · freshwater
- White Catfish — Ameiurus catus · freshwater
- White Crappie — Pomoxis annularis · freshwater
- White Croaker — Genyonemus lineatus · saltwater
- White Seabass — Atractoscion nobilis · saltwater
- White Sturgeon — Acipenser transmontanus · anadromous
- Wolf-Eel — Anarrhichthys ocellatus · saltwater
- Yellow Bullhead — Ameiurus natalis · freshwater
- Yellow Perch — Perca flavescens · freshwater
- Yellowfin Croaker — Umbrina roncador · saltwater
- Yellowfin Tuna — Thunnus albacares · saltwater
- Yellowtail — Seriola lalandi · saltwater
- Yellowtail Rockfish — Sebastes flavidus · saltwater
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