Bonito Limits, Striper Runs, and Solunar Timing for Bay Area Anglers

Hey folks, Artificial Lure here, your go-to guy for all things angling in the Bay Area. It's a crisp winter morning in San Francisco Bay, sun's up around 7:24 AM and sets at 4:58 PM today, perfect for those short days with hot bites if you time it right.

Tides4Fishing charts show a solid average solunar activity with coefficient 56—low incoming at 4:56 AM hitting 5.4 ft high, dropping to 2.0 ft at 11:07 AM, then rising to 3.9 ft by 4:47 PM and 1.3 ft at 10:29 PM. Fish the moving water around the incoming tide for best action, especially 10 AM to 2 PM when solunar's peaking.

Recent counts from 976-TUNA and Fisherman's Landing are firing off: Yesterday, December 26th, trips tallied 370 bonito, 160 rockfish, plus calico bass, sheephead, and sculpin across nearly 100 anglers. Bonito are limits some days, rockfish steady, and word from Nor Cal Fish Reports has stripers and sturgeon cruising the Delta edges mixing with Bay waters. Even Chinook salmon sightings up Alameda Creek per CBS San Francisco—early runners pushing into the system.

Bass are key too, with Wired2Fish calling the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta prime for largemouth and stripers thanks to that salty-fresh mix. Activity's high on short days; hit 'em aggressive.

For lures, go artificials like my namesake—chrome spoons or Kastmasters for bonito and rockfish, mimicking baitfish in the current. Swimbaits and jigs shine for bass and stripers around structure. Live bait? Anchovies or sardines on a sliding sinker rig for everything from halibut to sturgeon; pile perch or ghost shrimp if you're pier-bound.

Hot spots: Pier 41 for easy access to rockfish and bonito drop-offs, or the Richmond flats and Delta cuts near Pittsburg for stripers ambushing on the tide shift—launch early, bundle up.

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