June usually marks the time when striped bass make their way to ocean and begin feeding on the achovies along the entire Bay Area Coast. While the bass have been lurking the waters since March the numbers and size of the fish are starting to pick up. Now is the time to get and try. This week the bite will be best leading up to the high tide and the first two hours of the outgoing. Don’t sleep on low tide either. If you know where the holes are you can find fish in abundance feeding on the baitfish waiting for the tide to change. Go get them!
Category: Fishing Reports
3/9/2020 San Francisco Bay Fishing Report- Oyster Point
Saturday marked the unofficial start of the Halibut season in San Francisco Bay. With an average of 1 keeper halibut per rod charters and private boaters are excited about the season to come. The South Bay on Saturday was the hot spot with fish from the bird cage to Candlestick Point. Trolling herring behind a dodger seems to work best bet right now. Sunday slowed quite a bit with the pressure changing and Saturdays rain. The tidal coefficient is high for the next few days which can also impact catch rates of halibut.
Striped Bass are also around but tend to be on the schoolie size or smaller. Find bait and there is a good chance a school of striped bass are hanging around. bucktail jigs will always produce along and many are being caught trolling for Halibut.
2/27/2020 Surf Perch Report Pacifica
Beautiful fishing conditions along the coast yesterday with little wind and clean water. overall had several good hits and lost an nice perch at the shore break (1 hour of fishing). As expected it was a little frustrating finding soft shells sand crabs this time of year which I feel impacted my hook rate last night. Next trip out I will bring a small kastmaster, prawns, and some grubs to use if I can’t find the soft shells. Lots of fish swarming the crabs but picking the legs off the body.
Up and down the coast the fishing is generally good so go get some perch. Stripers will be hitting on the sand crabs any day now.
2/18/20 Oyster Point Halibut Fishing Report
Decided to do an early season scout on the Halibut in SF Bay. Although it would be great to catch Halibut this time of year the main purpose of out trip was to get improve our fishing techniques and work out the kinks on the new boat before the the halibut move in bigger numbers during March and April.
We launched Oyster Point around 8am at the start of the outgoing tide. Trolled crippled herring with a hoochie and flasher. Moved from Oyster Point to candlestick park between the 12 and 25th along the channel. Had one good fish on but popped soon after I got the rod in hand. Conditions were ideal and although we didn’t land a keeper Halibut there are signs of life. Looking forward to next trip around mid march. Saw some good looking marks on the FF. Sturgeon?? Striper?
All Out Blitz Fishing 