Artificial Lure here with your San Francisco Bay fishing report for June 18, 2025. The bay is alive and kicking with classic summer action—halibut and striped bass are stealing the show on party boats and from the shore.

Today’s sunrise was at 5:48 AM, and sunset will drop at 8:34 PM, which gives you a long window to fish both the early morning and late evening bite. Weather’s treating us kindly: expect highs near 66°F, mild southwest winds around 10–15 mph, and skies switching between morning fog and afternoon sunshine. Tides are moderate: mid-morning incoming until about 12:30 PM, which should really turn fish on, especially for those working the flats or jetty edges.

The bite has been strong across the central and East Bay. According to NorCal Fish Reports and Sportfishing Report, yesterday’s party boats from Berkeley and Emeryville limits were impressive—California Dawn II checked in with 10 halibut (up to 12 pounds), 3 rockfish, and 44 striped bass for 22 anglers. New Easy Rider and Amethyst boats also showed consistent counts of halibut and bass, with individual scores like 15 halibut and 24 striped bass for just 12 anglers. Emeryville’s C Gull II had 35 striped bass and 4 halibut on a half-day—so stripers are definitely schooled up from Alcatraz out to the Berkeley flats.

If you’re going out today, live anchovies are hands-down the top bait for both stripers and halibut. If you can’t get live bait, frozen anchovies or herring are second-best. For lures, try 4–6 inch white or chartreuse swimbaits, or a halibut rig with a flasher and hoochie in deeper water. Trollers are having luck dragging broken-back Rapalas or Yo-Zuri Crystal Minnows off Treasure Island and around Angel Island.

On the shore, pier anglers at Fort Point and Fort Baker are picking up schoolie stripers on cut anchovy and pile worms. Rock crab action remains fair, but keep in mind that Dungeness is strictly off-limits inside the bay—rock crab only.

For hot spots:
- Berkeley Flats and the Emeryville Channel are red-hot for halibut and stripers, especially on the incoming tide.
- The waters around Alcatraz and Southampton Shoal continue to kick out multi-species bags.
- For a quieter experience, try the Sausalito shoreline early for halibut or herring just off the rocks—sabiki rigs will get you a few, especially during the big schools’ late spring push.

Finally, a quick reminder: you can’t keep perch in the Bay right now (except for shiner perch, which have a 20-fish limit) and sturgeon is catch and release only.

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