Contacts
Info
Dive into "San Francisco Fishing Report Today" for your daily dose of fishing adventures, tips, and local insights. Whether you're a seasoned angler or a curious beginner, join us each...
show more
Dive into "San Francisco Fishing Report Today" for your daily dose of fishing adventures, tips, and local insights. Whether you're a seasoned angler or a curious beginner, join us each day to stay updated on the latest catches, hotspots, and fishing conditions in the vibrant waters of San Francisco Bay. Tune in and reel in the excitement!
For more info go to https://www.quietperiodplease....
Get all your gear befoe you leave the dock https://amzn.to/3zF8GXk
show less
For more info go to https://www.quietperiodplease....
Get all your gear befoe you leave the dock https://amzn.to/3zF8GXk
Episodes & Posts
Episodes
Posts
Transcribed
16 NOV 2025 · Artificial Lure here with your Sunday, November 16, 2025, fishing report for San Francisco Bay and the nearby shoreline. The **sun came up at 6:51 AM** this morning, and expect it to dip behind the Marin hills at **4:57 PM**—that’s a short window, so plan your casts wisely.
**Tide info for today:**
We rolled in with a modest **2.1 ft low at 2:06 AM**, swung into a hefty **5.8 ft high at 8:45 AM**, followed by a gentle **0.5 ft low at 3:14 PM** and wrapping up with a **4.4 ft high at 9:43 PM**, based on data from Tides4Fishing. Solunar activity is marked “average,” so the bite is strongest at tide swing, especially through mid-morning and again as current picks up later in the afternoon.
**Weather:**
This morning launched with crisp mid-50s temps and patchy fog, giving way to partly cloudy skies and highs pushing the low 60s by late morning, according to local weather apps. Wind is light out of the west at 4–7 knots, and the bay is calm—a nice break from last week’s gusts.
**Fish activity & recent catches:**
According to dock totals from the Berkeley and Emeryville fleet, rockfish and crab limits are dominating this week. Fish Emeryville reports 450 Dungeness crab and another 450 rockfish landed yesterday among just 45 anglers. The Lovely Martha—always a reliable boat—checked in with **22 crab limits (220 crab)** and nearly full limits on rockfish, plus 5 solid lingcod making the grade.
The Argo out of San Francisco is picking up **striped bass**—3 anglers totaled 6 keeper stripers recently, focusing effort near rips and outflows. Emeryville’s C Gull II posted more than 150 crab and 10 lingcod. Shore crabbers are also seeing keepers at Oyster Point and the rocks near Crissy Field.
This action lines up with what Spreaker’s November 15th broadcast highlighted—rockfish are chewing strong (browns, blacks, and vermilions), lingcod are showing (albeit spotty), and the Dungeness crab pots are loaded if you pick a good line.
**Best baits and lures right now:**
- For **crab**, toss mackerel, squid, or good old chicken scraps in your rings and pots. Check your pots every 45–60 minutes for best results.
- **Rockfish & lingcod** are loving shrimp flies in root beer or chartreuse, white grubs, and 5” Berkeley Gulp Jerk Shad on dropper loop rigs. Big leadheads help get to bottom in that quick morning tide.
- For **striped bass**, try trolling SP Minnow or Yo-Zuri plugs, drifting live anchovies, or casting bucktail jigs at tide lines or bridge pilings.
**Hot spots to target:**
- **Angel Island’s west side**: Fish right up to slack tide on the rocky outcrops for rockfish and on the drop-offs for lingcod. Throw a crab pot over the side and hang tight.
- **Central Bay, around Treasure Island and the Berkeley flats**: The striper and lingcod bite is best here on that outgoing push.
- For pier and shore action: **Fort Point Pier** and Crissy Field’s riprap offer good odds for crabbers and the occasional winter striper, especially on an incoming tide.
**Tips from the locals:**
The key to success is timing your run for tide changes. Early morning and evening see the best action, and folks hitting the water at sunrise have reported hauling their limits before lunch. Keep baits fresh, rigs strong, and don’t sleep on that second tide swing in the later afternoon if you missed the morning action.
Thanks for tuning in to today’s rundown. Subscribe for the latest local reports, and remember—every tide brings new hope. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Transcribed
15 NOV 2025 · Artificial Lure here with your Saturday, November 15, 2025 San Francisco Bay fishing report.
We kicked off with **sunrise at 6:50 AM** and expect a colorful sunset at 4:57 PM. The morning started chilly and overcast, with light winds from the west pushing some patchy fog across the bridges. Mild weather’s holding through midday, peaking in the low 60s, perfect for layered gear and comfortable hours at the rail.
**Tides today:** We’re coming off a 1.1 ft low right around 1:25 AM, with the morning high rolling in strong at 8:16 AM—peaking nearly 5.7 ft. Midday slack and an afternoon outgoing make for good movement at the bottom and edges. According to Tides4Fishing, solunar activity reads “average”: expect the bite to pick up at tide changes, especially mid-morning.
**Recent fish counts** have been stellar. Charter boats from SF, Berkeley, and Emeryville report full limits of **Dungeness crab** and rockfish. Highlights:
- California Dawn (Berkeley): 230 crab, 230 rockfish from 23 anglers
- Argo (SF): Striped bass showing, 6 brought in by only 3 anglers on a half-day
- C Gull II & Lady K (Emeryville): Over 320 crab and 10 lingcod in total
- Lovely Martha (SF): 270 crab, 9 lingcod, 270 rockfish for its crowd
Anglers targeting **rockfish, lingcod, and crab** have had the best action. Rockfish are hungry—think browns, vermilions, blacks—and the lingcod bite is spotty, but the lucky ones are pulling up big, toothy blue-backed monsters. Crab pots are full. If you haven’t kicked off your crab season, now’s the time. Some boats even report single anglers hauling 10 crab apiece.
**Best baits and lures right now:**
- For crab: Mackerel, squid, or chicken scraps in pots. Be sure to refresh bait often.
- For rockfish & lingcod: Try shrimp flies in chartreuse or root beer, white or pink grubs, and swim baits. Locals swear by the 5” Berkeley Gulp Jerk Shad rigged dropper loop style, paired with a hefty leadhead for getting down fast in the morning tides.
- Striped bass: Trolling plugs (Yo-Zuri or SP Minnow), drifting live anchovy, or tossing bucktail jigs at the edges of shoreline structure where current meets slack water.
The **hot spots this week:**
- Angel Island’s west side, especially at tide change, stacked with rockfish holding on rocky outcrops and easy crab pot drops.
- The central Bay, around Treasure Island and the Berkeley flats; boaters and shore anglers alike found nice slots of stripers and keeper lingcod on tidal swings.
If you’re landlocked, Fort Point Pier and the rocks below Crissy Field continue to produce, especially if you get moving water and fish the incoming. Shoreside crabbers are reporting keepers at Oyster Point—try weighted rings or snares for best results.
Crabbing remains open in the bay all season, but check local advisories for health alerts just in case. According to the East Bay Park District, the marinas are open—stop in for live bait, rods, tackle, and licenses.
Big tides and good water movement mean fish are on the chew early and late. The bite can drop off midday, so plan your trips around the highs and lows like the old timers do.
Thanks for tuning in to today’s report. Subscribe for daily updates and keep those lines tight. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Transcribed
14 NOV 2025 · Artificial Lure here with your Friday, November 14 fishing report for San Francisco Bay and the surrounding coast. The fall bite keeps rolling with solid action and prospects for a mixed bag, if you’re picking your times right and matching your baits to the bite.
Sunrise hit at 6:49 a.m., with sunset set for 4:58 p.m. The weather this morning opened cool and foggy in some spots, light west winds building to around 10 knots through midday, while skies are set to clear a bit as the day goes on. Highs will barely crack 60 degrees, so layer up—especially if you’re chasing the bay breeze.
Tidewise, today we’ve got moderate swings: low tide at 12:41 a.m. (just under a foot), a solid high tide at 7:46 a.m. around 5 and a half feet, another low 1:46 p.m. at about 1.6 feet, and a final evening high at 7:40 p.m. near 4.5 feet. Plenty of moving water means hungry fish, especially at first light and in the evening window, so plan your runs and drifts to catch the flood and ebb[SanFranciscoTides.net].
The main story this week on the saltwater side has been limits of quality rockfish and robust Dungeness crab counts for those heading outside the Gate. Headboats and private skiffs working the Marin coastline, the North Bar, and as far south as the Farallones are reporting “lights out” action, especially on the combo trips where it’s a two-for-one ticket on rocks and crabs. If you want numbers, NorCal Fish Reports says several boats were back at the dock before noon with full sacks of rockfish, lingcod up to 20 pounds, and Dungeness piles stacking up on the decks[Fish Sniffer][NorCalFishReports.com].
If you’re targeting the rockfish, nothing fancy is needed: shrimp flies, small swim baits with flasher leads, and classic metal jigs (the P-Line Laser Minnow is still king out deep). For lings, switch to larger swimbaits or root beer or white scampi tails bounced tight to the bottom. Squid and mackerel strips get bit when the bigger lings are around.
Inside the Bay, striper anglers are still seeing some nice fish, especially in the South Bay channel edges and the flats of the Berkeley and Alameda shorelines on the outgoing tide. Best bets continue to be white or chartreuse swimbaits, bucktail jigs, or live anchovies if you’re able to get ‘em. For those anchoring and soaking bait, fresh cut anchovy or pile worm near the rockpiles and piers is putting keepers on stringers, especially in the early morning moving water.
Halibut action has slowed but is by no means done—try Paradise, Angel Island, or the deeper edges off Treasure Island. Drifting live bait or jigging a white curly-tail grub tipped with herring is putting the last of the season’s flatties in the box. With the recreational halibut season set to close after tomorrow, it’s your last call for local doormats[FishingTheNorthCoast].
Some of the best action this week has come from the rocky structure in the Marin Headlands and the deep water off the Pacifica Pier—both spots seeing solid numbers of crabbers and anglers, and both producing consistent rockfish scores. Berkeley Pier remains a go-to for stripers and halibut, and when the tide swings right, South San Francisco’s Oyster Point can be a sleeper for late-autumn stripers.
To wrap up, crab rings, bait cages loaded with oily fish, white bucktail jigs for stripers, and chrome or root beer swimbaits for rockfish are your best lures and baits right now. Boat or bank, you’ve got a shot—just look for the moving water, cast near structure, and hold on.
Thanks for tuning in to the report—don’t forget to subscribe for the latest Bay fishing updates. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Transcribed
13 NOV 2025 · Good morning anglers, this is Artificial Lure coming to you with today’s San Francisco Bay fishing report, Thursday November 13, 2025.
Sunrise hit at 6:48 a.m., with sunset due at 4:59 p.m. We’re entering the tail end of a cool, gray spell—mostly cloudy overhead, with a daytime high pushing to the upper 60s and a light southwest breeze around 10 knots. Expect swell around 4–6 feet and a slight chance of scattered showers late in the day, according to the National Weather Service and AccuWeather.
As for the water, we’ve got a **high tide at 7:06 a.m. at 5.37 feet** and low tide rolling in at 12:49 p.m. at 2.18 feet, based on data from tide-forecast.com. This means a solid morning push followed by dropping water mid-day. These moving tides get the fish feeding and help set up classic bay area action.
Fish reports from this past week have brought in a mixed bag, especially from local party boats and regulars fishing piers and shorelines. Emeryville and central bay charters reported strong numbers of **rockfish**—often over 200 per trip on rock piles and deeper ledges—plus good catches of **sand bass**, **calico bass**, and scattered **halibut** up to 10 pounds, according to Fish Emeryville and Fisherman's Landing. There've also been spot checks of **striped bass** working the deeper tidal seams near Oyster Point and Candlestick, with several healthy keeper-sized fish landed.
Pier and surf regulars have been landing **barred surfperch** and the odd **corbina**—best baits are still **sand crabs**, **fresh mussels**, and **bloodworms** on a basic high-low rig. For rays and smaller sharks—especially thornback and smoothhounds—bring a chunk of squid or mackerel; lively bait works best for the big boys.
For lure selection, locals are swearing by **Berkeley Gulp grubs (motor oil or root beer color)** for perch, while bass and stripers are smashing on **Wild Thing swim baits**—especially silver/blue patterns and anything that mimics anchovy. AA Cotee Lures in white/blue or clear/silver have also picked up several halibut and stray stripers. If you don’t have live anchovy, try cut mackerel or pilchard, but swim baits are out-fishing bait right now.
Keep in mind—Dungeness crab season remains delayed, as reported by the San Francisco Standard. Rock crab and red crab are available if you set traps near rocky structure inside the bay, but Dungeness pots will sit empty until the season opens, so hang tight for the big boil.
Hot spots for this week:
- **Alameda Rock Wall:** Great for stripers on an outgoing tide and easy perch near the shallows.
- **Berkeley Pier area:** Reliable for mixed bags, especially rockfish and bass around tide changes.
For boaters, **Angel Island’s south side** and the **Potrero Reach** channel have held feeding schools of bass and deep-water halibut. Kayakers: hit the flats near Candlestick for perch and a shot at leopards or bat rays.
Today’s bite looks best in the first couple of hours after sunrise—so get out early with tide, wind, and bait working in your favor.
That’s your San Francisco Bay fishing report for Thursday, November 13th, 2025. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe to stay updated on all things local fishing. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Transcribed
11 NOV 2025 · Artificial Lure here with your Tuesday, November 11, 2025, fishing report for San Francisco Bay and the surrounding area. Sunrise hit at 6:46 am and you can expect sunset right around 5:01 pm, giving us good daylight for most of your target windows. Early fog burned off quickly, and by mid-morning, we’re looking at **partly cloudy skies, light northwest wind at 5–10 knots, and temps starting in the low 50s, climbing to mid-60s by the afternoon**. The barometer’s steady and the current marine layer is thin, making for comfortable conditions out on the water.
Today’s **tide cycle is textbook fall transition**: we started with a high at 5:25 am of 4.95 feet, dropped to a 3.16-foot low at 10:16 am, then bounced back up for a 5.29-foot high at 3:44 pm. The late-evening outgoing tide bottoms out at -0.1 feet just before 11 pm. Expect moderate current and decent water movement during the afternoon high, which should get the fish moving and feeding.
**Fishing action has been fired up the past 24 hours.** Out of Berkeley and Emeryville, the party boats are raking up limits of jumbo **Dungeness crab**—virtually every angler walked off with their max. On the rockfish front, catches have been “wide open”: yesterday saw boats like the Happy Hooker and New Huck Finn stacking hundreds of **rockfish and double-digit lingcod**, with several lingcod topping 20 pounds. That means today’s odds are strong for bottom action—especially during the incoming and outgoing tide swings.
San Francisco Bay and the inshore Delta are also producing good numbers of **striped bass**. Schools are holding around flats and rocky points near the Benicia/Martinez Bridge, but more are beginning to migrate east as water temps drop. Drifting live mudsuckers and minnows is bagging the bigger stripers right now. No word on monster catches, but anglers have reported solid fish into the teens and some quick limits.
**Halibut remain in the mix,** though action is tapering as the water cools. If you’re targeting halibut, best bet is to troll or drift live anchovies or herring on tide changes near Oyster Point and the Berkeley Flats. A handful of flatties were confirmed yesterday on slow-moving tides.
**Best lures and baits right now:**
- For rockfish and lingcod: heavy-duty jig heads loaded with chartreuse or rootbeer swimbaits, plus big diamond jigs and squid strips.
- For stripers: drifting live bait (mudsucker, anchovy) is tops, with soft-plastic flukes and chatterbaits also getting bites off points and rocky structure.
- For crab: run chicken backs or salmon frames in your pots with weights on deeper drops, especially on the big swings.
- For halibut: troll live bait or try large frozen herring—white and glow bucktail jigs on slow tides work in a pinch.
**Hot spots to hit today:**
- The main Rockwall off Berkeley for wide-open rockfish and lingcod.
- The flats and channel edges around Treasure Island for stripers and an outside shot at late-season halibut.
- Crabbing is as good as it gets, especially between Alcatraz and Angel Island on the outgoing tide.
A heads-up for the week: if the weather holds, expect continued strong bottom fishing and steady striper action, especially right after the afternoon tide switch. Tournament bass weights around the north Delta are decent but take work; plastics and jerkbaits near structure are your best bet if you’re heading inland.
That’s all for today’s San Francisco Bay report. Thanks for tuning in and don’t forget to subscribe—your best bite is just one cast away. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Transcribed
10 NOV 2025 · Artificial Lure here with your San Francisco Bay fishing report for Monday, November 10, 2025. Gearing up before first light, let’s break down what’s happening out on the water in our beloved Bay and where you’ll want to toss your line today.
Sunrise hit at 6:45 am this morning, and sunset’s coming up at 5:01 pm, so you’ve got a solid window for that after-work salt fix. The morning saw a high tide at 4:23 am at just about 4.8 feet, dropping down to a low at 8:48 am (3.3 feet), and then back up with another significant high at 2:33 pm (5.8 feet). That means some good moving water around late morning into early afternoon—prime time for predators to get active according to Tide-Forecast and Tides.net.
Weather’s seasonably cool with patchy morning fog clearing to calm, mid-60s sunshine. The steady, light breeze has been ideal for both open-bay and sheltered water fishing. No big storms in the forecast, so the bay’s staying friendly.
Let’s talk fish. The party boats have been getting into them, and I mean heavy. Over the weekend, crews out of San Francisco and Berkeley—boats like Bass Tub, California Dawn, and Lovely Martha—hauled in full limits of Dungeness crab and rockfish, with near-counts of 210 to 250 each for both species. Lingcod are popping up too, with multiple boats reporting two to four per trip and some bonus striped bass. The Golden State out of Berkeley put eight nice stripers on deck for just four anglers on a recent trip, so the linesides are still hanging in, especially on moving tide[Fish Reports via NorCalFishReports and Sportfishing Report].
If you’re crab-minded, now’s the time—pull pots early for the best chance before the crowds arrive, and remember, there are ongoing management concerns about entanglement, so pay attention to current advisories according to the latest conservation updates.
On the artificial side, 4.5-inch swimbaits in ‘anchovy’ or ‘shad’ patterns rigged on ½-ounce jig heads have been hammering the stripers and rockfish, especially when tossed at structure or dock pilings with a little current. For live bait, pile worms and cut anchovy are top picks; the perch bite has been stubborn, but those little guys are more likely to eat natural bait than plastics right now.
For hot spots, here are my picks:
- **Alameda Rock Wall**: Still a fall favorite for stripers at dawn and dusk—work the eddies around the rocks.
- **Berkeley Flats**: Best for mixed-bag rockfish and the chance of a bonus lingcod, especially on the afternoon flood tide.
Don’t discount the **Marin shoreline** from Paradise Cut to Point Richmond, especially with the healthy tidal exchange we’ve got today. Toss swimbaits or live bait under bobbers right at the drop-offs. If you’re after crab, try the waters off Ocean Beach or Baker Beach, but set pots deep and check them right at the bottom of the tide for best results.
Activity’s steady, but best windows are mornings on the drop and afternoons on the push. Try to fish those full tide swings when possible. The season is winding down for halibut, but a stray fish always seems to surprise in these fall transitions.
Thanks for tuning in to today’s Bay Area fishing report—don’t forget to subscribe to keep up with the bite, and as always, tight lines!
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Transcribed
9 NOV 2025 · Artificial Lure here with your fresh San Francisco Bay fishing report for Sunday, November 9th, 2025. The sun rose at 6:44 AM this morning, and anglers hit the water under partly cloudy skies and crisp, fall air. It looks like another classic autumn day out here on the Bay, with a sunset coming early at 5:02 PM. Plan accordingly for those after-work bites.
Tides are running strong today. According to Tide-Forecast.com, we had a predawn high tide at 3:18 AM at 4.8 feet, dropping to a low at 7:32 AM around 3.26 feet. Look for the next big push—a high of 6.27 feet right around 1:31 PM. Currents will be moving with a significant tidal coefficient hovering around 79, so expect ample water movement and active fish, especially near structure and drop-offs. The evening brings a negative low at -0.97 feet by 8:39 PM, setting those crab traps up for a haul on the outgoing.
Now for the fish counts—folks, the Bay’s been absolutely popping, especially on the party boats and charters. Reports from Nor Cal Fish Reports and 976-TUNA.com show boats like the Bass Tub out of San Francisco pulling full limits yesterday and again this morning: 220 Dungeness crab and 210 rockfish for 22 anglers. Emeryville and Berkeley fleets mirrored those numbers, pushing 100% limits of both crab and rockfish, with several boats hauling in bonus lingcod and even the occasional striped bass from inside the Gate. New Rayann out of Sausalito checked in with 36 lingcod up to 24 pounds, with every angler scoring hefty rockfish alongside crabs.
Rockfish action remains on fire. The best baits are still the tried-and-true: drop shot rigs with shrimp flies, swimbaits, and small jigs in chartreuse or white. Lingcod are biting on large plastic swimbaits, trap rigs with whole herring, and big iron jigs jigged near bottom structure. For Dungeness crab, nothing beats chicken or fish scraps stuffed in traps, ideally placed just before or during the outgoing tide.
From shore, pier anglers at Fort Point and the Berkeley Pier are reporting steady bites on pile worms, cut anchovies, and squid strips, drawing in surfperch, school-sized stripers, and the odd halibut—though keepers are rare this time of the year. For the kayak crowd, the Marin shoreline from Horseshoe Cove to Paradise Park is still producing mixed bags if you play the tides and keep your bait near the bottom.
For lures, go with darker patterns on overcast mornings, then switch to flashier metals or white paddletails as the sun climbs. The best action has been on incoming tides, especially along rocky shelves and channel edges.
Hot spots today?
- The Marin Coast from Tennessee Valley out to Muir Beach is seeing epic lingcod and brown rockfish action.
- Alcatraz and the North Bar are fantastic for those after quality rockfish and lingcod—a few lucky anglers even managed some bonus stripers midweek!
- For Dungeness crab, drop your pots off Baker Beach and just outside the Gate; most boats are limiting before noon.
Weather is cooperative—with mild mid-60s highs and light westerly winds, so boaters and kayakers can expect a fairly smooth ride. Just remember, light winds can mean fast-moving tides, so keep an eye on your drift.
Thanks for tuning in to your San Francisco Bay fishing report with Artificial Lure. Don’t forget to subscribe for daily updates and more local fishing wisdom. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Transcribed
8 NOV 2025 · Artificial Lure here—good morning anglers. Here’s your Saturday, November 8, 2025 fishing report for San Francisco Bay and nearby saltwater.
Sunrise hit at 6:43 a.m. and we’ll lose light just after 5:03 p.m. Today’s tides bring a strong swing: expect a morning high at 2:13 a.m. (4.85 ft), low at 6:29 a.m. (3.04 ft), the biggest high at 12:35 p.m. (6.66 ft), and the evening ebb pushing out at 7:40 p.m. (-1.35 ft), according to Tide-Forecast.com. That morning outgoing tide should set up solid striper and halibut action at creek mouths and around the flats.
Weatherwise, it’s starting off calm and cool, with only patchy fog and light onshore breezes. AccuWeather and NWS both mention the weekend will warm up and stay sunny—a great recipe for a full day on the water after that evening chill. But there’s a Beach Hazards Statement in effect until 9 a.m., so watch out for sneaker waves and rip currents, especially along the ocean beaches and jetties, as flagged by the National Weather Service San Francisco.
Now, fish counts are confirming the late fall run is straight-up hot for bottom fishers and crabbers. California Dawn and the Emeryville party fleet have been stuffing sacks: counts from California Dawn show 190 Dungeness crab and 139 rockfish for 19 anglers yesterday. The New Huck Finn, TigerFish, and others are double-limiting on Dungeness and rockfish, with boats routinely hitting 10-crab and 10-rockfish limits per rod by lunch, based on NorCalFishReports and local docks.
Rockfish are biting down anywhere from Treasure Island out to the Marin Coast and especially near the Farallon Islands if you can get across the bar safely. Lingcod are also making their late season showing—with 2 to 10 lings per trip ranging from just-legal to a few 10- to 15-pounders mixed in. There are solid counts of cabezon and even some halibut holding in mud flats near Oyster Point on the last of the incoming tide. Sculpin, sanddab, sheephead, and perch are filling in the mixed bag, especially at deeper structure and pinnacles.
Striped bass chasers have been rewarded around the Richmond shoreline—the mid-bay rockpiles and the edges of the South Bay have been producing keeper linesiders, mostly mid-20-inch fish with some pushing 30. Swimbait anglers, like those seen on YouTube, report aggressive surface takes at slack and outgoing tide near Oyster Point and the Berkeley Flats. Live bait, if you can get it, is still a top ticket.
For lures, locals are crushing it on 4- to 6-inch white and chartreuse swimbaits for stripers and halibut. Metal jigs and root beer scampi tails bounced along hard bottoms draw the lingcod and big rockfish. If soaked bait is more your style, nothing beats squid strips or live anchovy this week—bring your shrimp flies and a two-hook bottom rig for a sure haul. Crabs are stacking up in 30- to 80-foot depths—drop pots around Angel Island or the Marin shoreline.
Hot spots today? The Berkeley Flats are hands-down a striper and halibut favorite, especially around first light and the top of the afternoon high. Closer to the Gate, the Marin Coast and Point Bonita reefs hold big rockfish and lings, but only if the swell stays down. Don’t sleep on Paradise Pier and Oyster Point for walk-on action—perfect with a light setup and some grass shrimp.
That’s today’s San Francisco Bay fishing update from Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in; be sure to subscribe so you never miss a bite. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Transcribed
7 NOV 2025 · Artificial Lure here with your Friday fishing report for November 7th, 2025, bringing you the latest from in and around San Francisco Bay.
Today’s off to a brisk fall start—sunrise came at 6:41 AM, and sunset will hit at 5:04 PM. Tides are running big: Tides4Fishing notes that the tidal coefficient is peaking high at 102 early, dropping to 98 by midday, meaning there’s plenty of water moving and those currents will be strong. If you’re after halibut or stripers, time your casts around the moving water, especially the outgoing tide late morning; you’ll find fish cruising those edges looking for an easy meal.
Weather’s classic SF Bay autumn—chilly mornings warming with some sun and a cool onshore breeze, but no serious wind, and the water’s mellow without much chop. That’s making for seriously productive fishing this week.
Reports coming in from Nor Cal Fish Reports and Fish Emeryville say the boats are hauling in limits of rockfish and Dungeness crab—yep, crab season’s live and the combo trips are cash money right now. Boats out of Emeryville are stacking the decks with fat rockfish, and a good grade of lingcod and jumbo crab are coming over the rails too—don’t forget your crab pots if you’re out near the Gate or the Marin coast! Nor Cal Fish Reports calls it “another epic day”, with many boats reporting 23 limits of quality rockfish and up to 18 lingcod per trip.
The bay itself is staying hot for schoolie stripers, with Fly Fishing Specialties reporting solid action all fall. Trolling with hair-raisers or casting 4- to 6-inch swimbaits in white, chartreuse, or shad colors will pick up fish. On the bait side, live anchovies or pile worms are turning heads, especially drifting through the South Bay flats in 12-20 feet of water.
On party boats, Fisherman’s Landing and Fish Emeryville data show the staples: rockfish remain reliable, with easy limits coming aboard, and a mix of lingcod, cabezon, a few halibut, and sheephead. Recent trips are seeing 160-196 rockfish, 18-plus lingcod, and daily limits of crab per angler. For the inshore crowd, perch and calico action is still steady off the piers with pile worms or Gulp! Sandworms.
Best lures for the week? Drop a 2- to 4-ounce diamond jig or metal spoon near the bottom for lingcod and bigger rockfish—nothing fancy, just a straight retrieve with a few pops off the rocks. For stripers, cast soft swimbaits or white bucktail jigs along current seams and structure lines by the Richmond shoreline or near Oyster Point. If you’re up for finesse, try a tube or a jerk bait for the bass—clear water and strong currents are ideal for it, just like they’d use on the Delta.
A couple hotspots to circle for the weekend: The Marin coastline out near Duxbury and Rocky Point is loading up with quality rockfish and lings. Inside the Bay, the Berkeley Flats and the Alameda Rockwall are holding schoolie stripers and scattered halibut. And don’t overlook Crissy Field—early morning there can deliver big stripers on both bait and artificials.
Bait is all about what’s native right now: pile worms, frozen squid for the bottom fish, and live anchovy if you can score ‘em at the bait receivers for stripers or halibut. For crab, whole chicken and fish frames are still the top draw for the pots.
That’s the story this Friday—big tides, big fish, and big crab. Thanks for tuning in to your local San Francisco Bay fishing report. Don’t forget to subscribe! This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Transcribed
6 NOV 2025 · Artificial Lure here with your Thursday, November 6th San Francisco Bay fishing report, straight from the docks and local chatter. Let's break down the details and what’s biting for folks gearing up to hit the water today.
First off, looking at the tides—according to Tide-Forecast, we’ve got a high tide coming in early, followed by a midday low and a decent push into the afternoon. Expect strong tidal swings, with a tidal coefficient over 100 today, meaning currents will be ripping and that always spices up the bite. Plan your moves for those peak water movements: early high and late afternoon push should bring fish on the chew.
Sunrise hit at 6:46 AM, with sunset set for 5:01 PM, so you’ve got a solid, crisp fall window for daylight fishing. Weather-wise, NOAA’s marine report calls for light east winds around 5 knots, with seas running 4 to 6 feet on a west swell. Not too bumpy in the Bay proper, but keep an eye on conditions if you push outside the bridge.
Now for the real action—party boat scores are in and it’s all about **limits** right now. Fish Emeryville, Berkeley, and all up and down the City front, the boats are stacking up easy full bags on both **rockfish and Dungeness crab**. Yesterday, the C Gull II out of Emeryville and the Sea Wolf both put up limits, with every angler bringing in a basket of crab alongside fat rockfish. California Dawn II had 290 crab, plus 14 lingcod going to 28 pounds, and the Goldeneye 2000 posted similar hauls. 'Nor Cal Fish Reports' is calling it a "wide open rockfish and crab" scenario—just classic fall fishing at its best.
Lure selection’s straightforward with these conditions. For rockfish, you can’t go wrong with chartreuse and white swimbaits, 4–6 inch paddle-tails, and large shrimp flies or feather rigs bouncing near structure. Drop those on 8–12 oz heads depending on the depth and current. Scented plastics and a dab of squid tip always help. As for lingcod, big flutter jigs in sardine and blue patterns, and XL swimbaits are drawing strikes—especially during that swift water on the outgoing. Consider a heavier jig for deeper holes and ledges off Alcatraz and Seal Rocks.
Crabbing is easy limits on snares and hoop nets. Top baits this week have been salmon frames and chicken legs—oily is better. If you haven’t tried, squid also pulls in the jumbos.
Bass and halibut are slowing down but not off entirely. Your best bet is an incoming morning tide, tossing soft jerkbaits or drifting herring around the flats from Oyster Point up to Berkeley Pier. Stripers are scattered but still ambushing baits along channel edges and pier pilings throughout the central Bay.
A couple of hot spots to focus your efforts:
- **North Bar of Angel Island:** Always productive for mixed rockfish and an occasional keeper ling.
- **Berkeley Flats:** Good for a last shot at bass or halibut on a tide swing.
- **Alcatraz and Treasure Island reefs:** Rockfish and lings stacked up tight.
If you’re launching from shore, Chrissy Field and Fort Point are reliable for perch, and you might even tangle with a stray schoolie bass at dawn or dusk.
That wraps it for today—fishing’s hot and the crab pots are even hotter. Hope you load up the cooler before the winter storms roll in. Thanks for tuning in to the San Francisco Bay fishing report—be sure to subscribe so you always get the latest updates, tips, and dock gossip right in your feed.
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Dive into "San Francisco Fishing Report Today" for your daily dose of fishing adventures, tips, and local insights. Whether you're a seasoned angler or a curious beginner, join us each...
show more
Dive into "San Francisco Fishing Report Today" for your daily dose of fishing adventures, tips, and local insights. Whether you're a seasoned angler or a curious beginner, join us each day to stay updated on the latest catches, hotspots, and fishing conditions in the vibrant waters of San Francisco Bay. Tune in and reel in the excitement!
For more info go to https://www.quietperiodplease....
Get all your gear befoe you leave the dock https://amzn.to/3zF8GXk
show less
For more info go to https://www.quietperiodplease....
Get all your gear befoe you leave the dock https://amzn.to/3zF8GXk
Information
| Author | QP - Daily |
| Organization | William Corbin |
| Categories | Places & Travel , Daily News , Sports |
| Website | - |
| corboo@mac.com |
Copyright 2025 - Spreaker Inc. an iHeartMedia Company
