Pescadero Point
37.24°N · 122.42°W
Pescadero Point Fishing Forecast
Updated today
Chinook fishing at Pescadero Point looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 11 AM, with the tide ebbing.
ReelCaster scores every hour at Pescadero Point from 0 to 100, reading the tide, current, wind and weather for Chinook. The higher the score, the better your odds. Green means go.
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Species
Now 74 · 11 AM PDT
14-Day Forecast
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Current regulations
In effect nowWhat you can keep at this spot today
- Daily limit
- 2 per day
- Possession
- 4 in possession
- Size
- Minimum 20"
- Gear
- Angling only per CCR T-14 §1.05. No sinkers/weights >4 lbs. North of Point Conception: no more than two single-point, single-shank barbless hooks; one rod per angler. When fishing with bait by any means other than trolling: two single-point, single-shank barbless circle hooks required, hard-tied, max 5 inches apart (CCR T-14, §27.80(a)).
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Fall season. Open subarea: 38 02 N latitude south to Pigeon Point (37 11 N). Minimum size 20 inches (50.80 cm) total length. Fall harvest guideline: 20,000 Chinook (applicable across open areas). Possession limit: up to 2 daily bag limits on land; only 1 daily bag limit on a vessel (CCR T-14, §27.80(e)).
- Season
- Sep 1 to Oct 31
Source: CDFW · Groundfish Management Area San Francisco · synced today
Seasonality
52-week view · today highlightedWhen Chinook Salmon is best at this spot
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About Pescadero Point
Pescadero Point is an outer-exposed rocky drop-off off Half Moon Bay, where the bottom falls from 260 to 660 feet along a structured slope. Chinook Salmon run the water column from March through August, with Pacific Halibut moving in from April to September and Lingcod peaking in February and March before a second stretch from August to October. Black Rockfish hold over the rock through spring and summer, peaking in March and again from May to September, while Cabezon feed close to the bottom in April and May and again from July to October. Trolling anchovies, flashers, and hoochies covers the salmon along the drop, and mooching whole anchovies works the same edge. Over the rock, jigging metal jigs and leadhead jigs with swimbaits takes Lingcod and Black Rockfish, while bottom fishing squid and cut bait targets Cabezon on the structure below.
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