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San Francisco Bay Fishing Report: Halibut, Stripers, and Offshore Action

San Francisco Bay Fishing Report: Halibut, Stripers, and Offshore Action

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 Artificial Lure here with your San Francisco Bay fishing report for Friday, May 23, 2025.

We’ve got some classic late spring Bay weather today—cool in the morning with a steady, stiff wind that’s been hanging around most of May. Expect highs in the upper 50s to low 60s, with lows dipping into the low 50s. Patchy fog should burn off by mid-morning, but the wind is sticking around, making things a little choppy out there. Sunrise was at 5:53am and sunset is slated for 8:20pm, giving you a generous window to fish.

Tides are working in our favor for the morning bite, with a medium incoming tide peaking late morning before swinging back out in the afternoon. That should push some fresh water and bait into the shallows and get the predators moving.

Fish activity has been solid, especially for California halibut and striped bass. The latest party boat counts from yesterday are promising: the Gatherer II out of Berkeley saw 10 halibut and 4 stripers for 5 anglers, while the Pacific Pearl out of Emeryville reported 16 halibut and 6 stripers for 16 anglers. The Lovely Martha from San Francisco itself brought in 8 halibut and 2 stripers for 4 anglers on a half-day local run. Out at Half Moon Bay the rockfish bite is strong, with limits for all anglers aboard the Riptide[3].

The halibut action remains decent, about a fish per person is the norm, and some boats are doing even better when the wind lays down. Striped bass are turning up both as a bonus and a target, especially near the flats and channels around Red Rock and the Berkeley Flats[2][5]. Lingcod and rockfish are solid up the coast towards Bodega, but winds have made offshore trips tough lately[2].

For best results, drift live anchovies or herring on a halibut rig, or try bouncing swimbaits and artificial lures like chartreuse or white paddletails along the bottom. For stripers, white hair jigs, topwater poppers early, and cut anchovy baits are producing. If you’re after rockfish or lingcod and the weather lets you out, shrimp flies or small metal jigs tipped with squid are the way to go.

Hot spots this week include the Berkeley Flats for halibut and stripers and the area around Red Rock for a mixed bag. If you can slip out to the Marin Islands or the Emeryville Channel during that incoming tide, you’ve got a good shot at landing a few nice fish.

That’s your Friday report from your local source, Artificial Lure—tight lines and be safe out there!
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