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San Francisco Bay Fishing Report: Halibut, Bass, and Rockfish Action
This is Artificial Lure with your San Francisco Bay fishing report for Saturday, May 10, 2025.
We kicked off the weekend with a typical May marine layer blanketing the Bay this morning. The forecast calls for partial clearing by mid-day, with highs topping out around 64 degrees. Winds remain light out of the west at about 8 to 12 knots—not glassy, but friendly enough for a comfortable drift. Today’s sunrise was at 6:02 AM, and sunset comes at 8:08 PM, giving you plenty of light for a solid session.
Tides are swinging with a morning outgoing that bottomed out around 8:30 AM, followed by a strong incoming through the afternoon. That’s prime time for halibut and bass to get hungry along the flats and channels—don’t sleep on the midday bite.
The action has been reliably steady this week. Recent party boat counts out of Berkeley and Emeryville show halibut and striped bass are the headline grabbers. Boats like the Right Hook out of Berkeley scored 12 halibut and 12 striped bass for 6 anglers on a half-day trip just two days ago. Over in Emeryville, the New Huck Finn delivered 8 halibut (topping out at 19 pounds) and 22 striped bass to 11 anglers, while the Sea Wolf ran up a haul of 23 lingcod and a whopping 180 rockfish for a full boat—those numbers tell the story[1].
For best results today, try drifting live anchovies or shiner perch near Alcatraz, Angel Island, or the flats off Berkeley, especially as the tide pushes in. If you’re fishing artificials, white swimbaits, hair jigs, and chrome or chartreuse spoons have been hot for both halibut and bass. Bass are schooling off Crissy Field on the outgoing, and the rock piles near Treasure Island are giving up some quality rockfish and the occasional lingcod for those willing to drop down heavier gear.
If shore fishing, the Pier 7 and Fort Point areas are consistent for stripers—toss out cut anchovy or pileworms on a sliding sinker rig near the pilings. Please remember, for sturgeon, it’s catch and release only, with strict gear and handling rules, so be sure to check the latest regulations if you’re targeting them[4].
Hot spots to hit today: the Berkeley Flats for halibut and bass on the drift, and the Marin shoreline north of the Golden Gate for quality rockfish and the odd lingcod.
That’s your Saturday report from Artificial Lure—tight lines and see you on the water.
We kicked off the weekend with a typical May marine layer blanketing the Bay this morning. The forecast calls for partial clearing by mid-day, with highs topping out around 64 degrees. Winds remain light out of the west at about 8 to 12 knots—not glassy, but friendly enough for a comfortable drift. Today’s sunrise was at 6:02 AM, and sunset comes at 8:08 PM, giving you plenty of light for a solid session.
Tides are swinging with a morning outgoing that bottomed out around 8:30 AM, followed by a strong incoming through the afternoon. That’s prime time for halibut and bass to get hungry along the flats and channels—don’t sleep on the midday bite.
The action has been reliably steady this week. Recent party boat counts out of Berkeley and Emeryville show halibut and striped bass are the headline grabbers. Boats like the Right Hook out of Berkeley scored 12 halibut and 12 striped bass for 6 anglers on a half-day trip just two days ago. Over in Emeryville, the New Huck Finn delivered 8 halibut (topping out at 19 pounds) and 22 striped bass to 11 anglers, while the Sea Wolf ran up a haul of 23 lingcod and a whopping 180 rockfish for a full boat—those numbers tell the story[1].
For best results today, try drifting live anchovies or shiner perch near Alcatraz, Angel Island, or the flats off Berkeley, especially as the tide pushes in. If you’re fishing artificials, white swimbaits, hair jigs, and chrome or chartreuse spoons have been hot for both halibut and bass. Bass are schooling off Crissy Field on the outgoing, and the rock piles near Treasure Island are giving up some quality rockfish and the occasional lingcod for those willing to drop down heavier gear.
If shore fishing, the Pier 7 and Fort Point areas are consistent for stripers—toss out cut anchovy or pileworms on a sliding sinker rig near the pilings. Please remember, for sturgeon, it’s catch and release only, with strict gear and handling rules, so be sure to check the latest regulations if you’re targeting them[4].
Hot spots to hit today: the Berkeley Flats for halibut and bass on the drift, and the Marin shoreline north of the Golden Gate for quality rockfish and the odd lingcod.
That’s your Saturday report from Artificial Lure—tight lines and see you on the water.
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By Quiet. PleaseThis is Artificial Lure with your San Francisco Bay fishing report for Saturday, May 10, 2025.
We kicked off the weekend with a typical May marine layer blanketing the Bay this morning. The forecast calls for partial clearing by mid-day, with highs topping out around 64 degrees. Winds remain light out of the west at about 8 to 12 knots—not glassy, but friendly enough for a comfortable drift. Today’s sunrise was at 6:02 AM, and sunset comes at 8:08 PM, giving you plenty of light for a solid session.
Tides are swinging with a morning outgoing that bottomed out around 8:30 AM, followed by a strong incoming through the afternoon. That’s prime time for halibut and bass to get hungry along the flats and channels—don’t sleep on the midday bite.
The action has been reliably steady this week. Recent party boat counts out of Berkeley and Emeryville show halibut and striped bass are the headline grabbers. Boats like the Right Hook out of Berkeley scored 12 halibut and 12 striped bass for 6 anglers on a half-day trip just two days ago. Over in Emeryville, the New Huck Finn delivered 8 halibut (topping out at 19 pounds) and 22 striped bass to 11 anglers, while the Sea Wolf ran up a haul of 23 lingcod and a whopping 180 rockfish for a full boat—those numbers tell the story[1].
For best results today, try drifting live anchovies or shiner perch near Alcatraz, Angel Island, or the flats off Berkeley, especially as the tide pushes in. If you’re fishing artificials, white swimbaits, hair jigs, and chrome or chartreuse spoons have been hot for both halibut and bass. Bass are schooling off Crissy Field on the outgoing, and the rock piles near Treasure Island are giving up some quality rockfish and the occasional lingcod for those willing to drop down heavier gear.
If shore fishing, the Pier 7 and Fort Point areas are consistent for stripers—toss out cut anchovy or pileworms on a sliding sinker rig near the pilings. Please remember, for sturgeon, it’s catch and release only, with strict gear and handling rules, so be sure to check the latest regulations if you’re targeting them[4].
Hot spots to hit today: the Berkeley Flats for halibut and bass on the drift, and the Marin shoreline north of the Golden Gate for quality rockfish and the odd lingcod.
That’s your Saturday report from Artificial Lure—tight lines and see you on the water.
We kicked off the weekend with a typical May marine layer blanketing the Bay this morning. The forecast calls for partial clearing by mid-day, with highs topping out around 64 degrees. Winds remain light out of the west at about 8 to 12 knots—not glassy, but friendly enough for a comfortable drift. Today’s sunrise was at 6:02 AM, and sunset comes at 8:08 PM, giving you plenty of light for a solid session.
Tides are swinging with a morning outgoing that bottomed out around 8:30 AM, followed by a strong incoming through the afternoon. That’s prime time for halibut and bass to get hungry along the flats and channels—don’t sleep on the midday bite.
The action has been reliably steady this week. Recent party boat counts out of Berkeley and Emeryville show halibut and striped bass are the headline grabbers. Boats like the Right Hook out of Berkeley scored 12 halibut and 12 striped bass for 6 anglers on a half-day trip just two days ago. Over in Emeryville, the New Huck Finn delivered 8 halibut (topping out at 19 pounds) and 22 striped bass to 11 anglers, while the Sea Wolf ran up a haul of 23 lingcod and a whopping 180 rockfish for a full boat—those numbers tell the story[1].
For best results today, try drifting live anchovies or shiner perch near Alcatraz, Angel Island, or the flats off Berkeley, especially as the tide pushes in. If you’re fishing artificials, white swimbaits, hair jigs, and chrome or chartreuse spoons have been hot for both halibut and bass. Bass are schooling off Crissy Field on the outgoing, and the rock piles near Treasure Island are giving up some quality rockfish and the occasional lingcod for those willing to drop down heavier gear.
If shore fishing, the Pier 7 and Fort Point areas are consistent for stripers—toss out cut anchovy or pileworms on a sliding sinker rig near the pilings. Please remember, for sturgeon, it’s catch and release only, with strict gear and handling rules, so be sure to check the latest regulations if you’re targeting them[4].
Hot spots to hit today: the Berkeley Flats for halibut and bass on the drift, and the Marin shoreline north of the Golden Gate for quality rockfish and the odd lingcod.
That’s your Saturday report from Artificial Lure—tight lines and see you on the water.