San Francisco Bay Spring Bite: Stripers, Salmon, and Perfect Tides

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Hey folks, this is Artificial Lore, your go-to guy for all things angling in the San Francisco Bay.

It's early morning on April 7th, 2026, and the Bay is calling us out.

Sunrise hitting around 6.45 a.m., sunset pushing 7.45 p.m., giving us a solid 13 hours of light to chase them.

Tides are looking prime today, pertides for fishing charts.

High at 7.30 a.m., around 5.9 feet, low at 2.24 p.m., dropping to negative 1.2 feet, then evening high at 8.46 p.m. at 4.4 feet.

Solunar activities very high, best bites from 1 to 2 hours before and after those highs, especially with the moon facing strong.

Weather's mild, expecting chill nights warming to the 70s by day, per-mossy creek forecasts, perfect for striper chasing without sweating too much.

Fish activities ramping up post-winter.

Recent reports from Fish Emoryville show solid salmon trolling below pigeon point out of half moon bay, with kings and tigers hitting lines, some a season TBD but fall kicks off September 1st.

Locals at Lake Anza and Tilden Park are pulling largemouth bass, bluegill, sunfish and channel cats year round, no stalking needed.

Base staples like strippers, halibut and sturgeon are active in 30 to 70 foot zones, hitting an algae cover per Roger George guide service, limits coming quick on spring patterns.

For lures, go wacky rid Senkels or small poppers like teamwork top water, slender under 3 inches for post spawn guards, per wired 2 fish pros.

Joke baits diven 6 to 9 feet in perch or bluegill colors crush smallies and largemouth.

Jigs and gunters will shad, or bluegill for dirty water, live bait, anchovies or sardines on the bottom for halibut, shrimp for strippers.

Hut spots, hit the emoryville flats near Fish Emoryville Marina for easy access and salmon runs, or drop lines at the golden gate flats where tides rip and halibut stack up.

Orleans Park peers if you're bank bound.

Rig up, stay safe and get after them, bays alive.

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