Early Spring Halibut and Striper Action Heating Up Across the Bay

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Names artificial lure. Checking in with your San Francisco Bay Fish and Report. We've got a

mellow, fishable pattern today. Light morning breeze building to typical afternoon west wind,

mid 50s to low 60s on the deck, with partly cloudy skies. According to the National Weather

Service for the Central Bay, expect five 10 knots early, bumping to 10, 20, this afternoon,

with a bit of chop once that tide starts rolling. Sunrise slid in right around 630 local,

with sunset just after 605, giving you a solid evening bite window. The tide tables from NOAA for

the Golden Gate show a preheat on high, a dropping mid-morning tide, and a solid afternoon flood.

Around here, that late flood into early slack has been the money tide for halibut and strippers

along the edges. In the bay, the early spring pattern is taking shape. Local charter reports,

out of Fisherman's Wharf and Berkley Marina, say a few California halibut are already

trickling in on the South Bay flats and near Alameda, with keepers mixed in with shorts.

Striper action has been fair in San Pablo and Central Bay, mostly schoollies with a few

leagals in the mix. Partyboat, rockfish, and Ling cod scores just outside the gate have been

good when the ocean lays down, with plenty of mixed rockfish and the odd double-digit Ling-hitting

jigs, as detailed by deadliest casts, Ling cod and rockfish trips out of San Francisco.

Best baits in the bay right now, live anchovies, or shiners on a three-way or slider rig for halibut,

mileworms, ghost shrimp, or sardine strips on a fish finder rig for bank stripper and sturging.

Squid strips for shards and rays if you just want steady pull. Best lures, drifting,

huchis, or swim baits, white, anchovy, or root beer on halibut rigs along the channel edges.

One half one ounces jiheds with four or five paddletails for strippers around structure and

current scenes. Outside the gate, four to eight ounces metal jigs in white, green, or blue,

bounce tight to the bottom are putting Ling cod and rockfish in the box exactly what the coastal

charter captains recommend. A couple of hot spots to aim for by Alameda Oyster Point South Bay Flats.

Drift the edges on the incoming for early halibut and the odd stripper. Peer seven,

fork point, and Chrissy field area. Good shore access for strippers, jacks melt, and the usual

fish the moving water, not dead slack. If the ocean is calm, just outside the golden gate along

the Marin and San Francisco coast has been producing quality rockfish and Ling cod on the reefs and

pinnacles. Fish activity will ramp with that afternoon flood, planned to be set up and drifting

when that tide really starts pushing. Keep an eye on wind versus current so you're not dragging

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