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Artificial Lure here with your San Francisco Bay fishing report for Saturday, June 21, 2025. Let’s get right into it—summer is rolling and the bay is fired up with action!
Today’s sunrise was at 5:48 AM and you’ll get to fish all the way ‘til sunset at 8:34 PM, offering a generous window for both the morning and evening bites. Weather-wise, it’s classic June along the coast: highs around 66°F, with the usual morning fog clearing into bluebird sunshine by midday. Winds are mellow out of the southwest at about 10 to 15 mph—nothing that’ll keep you on the dock. The tides are playing along too, with a mid-morning incoming that peaks a little after noon, setting the table nicely for an active bite through late morning and into the afternoon.
And let me tell you, the fish are here and hungry. According to NorCal Fish Reports and party boat scores from Sportfishing Report, boats working the central bay out of Berkeley and Emeryville are just stacking the deck—recent catches have been loaded with California halibut and striped bass. Just yesterday, the California Dawn II checked in with limits: 40 halibut (some pushing 29 pounds!), a leopard shark, a dozen rockfish, and 46 striped bass for 23 anglers. Other boats like the New Easy Rider, Amethyst, and New Huck Finn are all reporting similar hauls—double-digit halibut and stripers even for small parties, with quality bass consistently up to 10 pounds.
Locals from the Lovely Martha report are echoing the same: “easy limits of big bass again,” with 28 quality striped bass and 16 halibut coming over the rails for just 10 anglers. That’s about as hot as the bite gets in June.
For tackle, you can’t go wrong right now with white or chartreuse swimbaits, soft plastics on a leadhead, or live anchovies if you can get ‘em (the halibut in particular are all over ‘chovies and small smelt). Trolling herring or drifting live bait along the flats—from Treasure Island out to the Berkeley Pier—has been money for both species. Don’t forget the classic hair jigs or shallow-running crankbaits for stripers, especially around the rock piles and channel edges.
A couple of today’s hot spots: Alcatraz Island’s west side is loaded with feeding stripes, and the flats off Berkeley and Emeryville are stacked with halibut and bass. If the mid-bay gets crowded, push out towards Paradise Cay or work the thoroughfares in Raccoon Strait—those outgoing tide swings can light up in a hurry.
Just a reminder: Per current regs, no perch may be kept in the bay right now except shinerperch, so be sure to know your catch. And always check the latest advisories about eating your catch, as “forever chemicals” have been discovered in various bay fish.
That wraps it for today’s report! Thanks for tuning in—don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a bite. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Today’s sunrise was at 5:48 AM and you’ll get to fish all the way ‘til sunset at 8:34 PM, offering a generous window for both the morning and evening bites. Weather-wise, it’s classic June along the coast: highs around 66°F, with the usual morning fog clearing into bluebird sunshine by midday. Winds are mellow out of the southwest at about 10 to 15 mph—nothing that’ll keep you on the dock. The tides are playing along too, with a mid-morning incoming that peaks a little after noon, setting the table nicely for an active bite through late morning and into the afternoon.
And let me tell you, the fish are here and hungry. According to NorCal Fish Reports and party boat scores from Sportfishing Report, boats working the central bay out of Berkeley and Emeryville are just stacking the deck—recent catches have been loaded with California halibut and striped bass. Just yesterday, the California Dawn II checked in with limits: 40 halibut (some pushing 29 pounds!), a leopard shark, a dozen rockfish, and 46 striped bass for 23 anglers. Other boats like the New Easy Rider, Amethyst, and New Huck Finn are all reporting similar hauls—double-digit halibut and stripers even for small parties, with quality bass consistently up to 10 pounds.
Locals from the Lovely Martha report are echoing the same: “easy limits of big bass again,” with 28 quality striped bass and 16 halibut coming over the rails for just 10 anglers. That’s about as hot as the bite gets in June.
For tackle, you can’t go wrong right now with white or chartreuse swimbaits, soft plastics on a leadhead, or live anchovies if you can get ‘em (the halibut in particular are all over ‘chovies and small smelt). Trolling herring or drifting live bait along the flats—from Treasure Island out to the Berkeley Pier—has been money for both species. Don’t forget the classic hair jigs or shallow-running crankbaits for stripers, especially around the rock piles and channel edges.
A couple of today’s hot spots: Alcatraz Island’s west side is loaded with feeding stripes, and the flats off Berkeley and Emeryville are stacked with halibut and bass. If the mid-bay gets crowded, push out towards Paradise Cay or work the thoroughfares in Raccoon Strait—those outgoing tide swings can light up in a hurry.
Just a reminder: Per current regs, no perch may be kept in the bay right now except shinerperch, so be sure to know your catch. And always check the latest advisories about eating your catch, as “forever chemicals” have been discovered in various bay fish.
That wraps it for today’s report! Thanks for tuning in—don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a bite. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
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By Quiet. PleaseArtificial Lure here with your San Francisco Bay fishing report for Saturday, June 21, 2025. Let’s get right into it—summer is rolling and the bay is fired up with action!
Today’s sunrise was at 5:48 AM and you’ll get to fish all the way ‘til sunset at 8:34 PM, offering a generous window for both the morning and evening bites. Weather-wise, it’s classic June along the coast: highs around 66°F, with the usual morning fog clearing into bluebird sunshine by midday. Winds are mellow out of the southwest at about 10 to 15 mph—nothing that’ll keep you on the dock. The tides are playing along too, with a mid-morning incoming that peaks a little after noon, setting the table nicely for an active bite through late morning and into the afternoon.
And let me tell you, the fish are here and hungry. According to NorCal Fish Reports and party boat scores from Sportfishing Report, boats working the central bay out of Berkeley and Emeryville are just stacking the deck—recent catches have been loaded with California halibut and striped bass. Just yesterday, the California Dawn II checked in with limits: 40 halibut (some pushing 29 pounds!), a leopard shark, a dozen rockfish, and 46 striped bass for 23 anglers. Other boats like the New Easy Rider, Amethyst, and New Huck Finn are all reporting similar hauls—double-digit halibut and stripers even for small parties, with quality bass consistently up to 10 pounds.
Locals from the Lovely Martha report are echoing the same: “easy limits of big bass again,” with 28 quality striped bass and 16 halibut coming over the rails for just 10 anglers. That’s about as hot as the bite gets in June.
For tackle, you can’t go wrong right now with white or chartreuse swimbaits, soft plastics on a leadhead, or live anchovies if you can get ‘em (the halibut in particular are all over ‘chovies and small smelt). Trolling herring or drifting live bait along the flats—from Treasure Island out to the Berkeley Pier—has been money for both species. Don’t forget the classic hair jigs or shallow-running crankbaits for stripers, especially around the rock piles and channel edges.
A couple of today’s hot spots: Alcatraz Island’s west side is loaded with feeding stripes, and the flats off Berkeley and Emeryville are stacked with halibut and bass. If the mid-bay gets crowded, push out towards Paradise Cay or work the thoroughfares in Raccoon Strait—those outgoing tide swings can light up in a hurry.
Just a reminder: Per current regs, no perch may be kept in the bay right now except shinerperch, so be sure to know your catch. And always check the latest advisories about eating your catch, as “forever chemicals” have been discovered in various bay fish.
That wraps it for today’s report! Thanks for tuning in—don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a bite. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Today’s sunrise was at 5:48 AM and you’ll get to fish all the way ‘til sunset at 8:34 PM, offering a generous window for both the morning and evening bites. Weather-wise, it’s classic June along the coast: highs around 66°F, with the usual morning fog clearing into bluebird sunshine by midday. Winds are mellow out of the southwest at about 10 to 15 mph—nothing that’ll keep you on the dock. The tides are playing along too, with a mid-morning incoming that peaks a little after noon, setting the table nicely for an active bite through late morning and into the afternoon.
And let me tell you, the fish are here and hungry. According to NorCal Fish Reports and party boat scores from Sportfishing Report, boats working the central bay out of Berkeley and Emeryville are just stacking the deck—recent catches have been loaded with California halibut and striped bass. Just yesterday, the California Dawn II checked in with limits: 40 halibut (some pushing 29 pounds!), a leopard shark, a dozen rockfish, and 46 striped bass for 23 anglers. Other boats like the New Easy Rider, Amethyst, and New Huck Finn are all reporting similar hauls—double-digit halibut and stripers even for small parties, with quality bass consistently up to 10 pounds.
Locals from the Lovely Martha report are echoing the same: “easy limits of big bass again,” with 28 quality striped bass and 16 halibut coming over the rails for just 10 anglers. That’s about as hot as the bite gets in June.
For tackle, you can’t go wrong right now with white or chartreuse swimbaits, soft plastics on a leadhead, or live anchovies if you can get ‘em (the halibut in particular are all over ‘chovies and small smelt). Trolling herring or drifting live bait along the flats—from Treasure Island out to the Berkeley Pier—has been money for both species. Don’t forget the classic hair jigs or shallow-running crankbaits for stripers, especially around the rock piles and channel edges.
A couple of today’s hot spots: Alcatraz Island’s west side is loaded with feeding stripes, and the flats off Berkeley and Emeryville are stacked with halibut and bass. If the mid-bay gets crowded, push out towards Paradise Cay or work the thoroughfares in Raccoon Strait—those outgoing tide swings can light up in a hurry.
Just a reminder: Per current regs, no perch may be kept in the bay right now except shinerperch, so be sure to know your catch. And always check the latest advisories about eating your catch, as “forever chemicals” have been discovered in various bay fish.
That wraps it for today’s report! Thanks for tuning in—don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a bite. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.