Bar Channel Hump
37.80°N · 122.38°W
Bar Channel Hump Fishing Forecast
Updated today
Chinook fishing at Bar Channel Hump looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 11 AM, with the tide ebbing.
ReelCaster scores every hour at Bar Channel Hump 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 73 · 11 AM PDT
14-Day Forecast
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Why this score
Current regulations
In effect nowWhat you can keep at this spot today
- Daily limit
- 2 per day
- Possession
- 4 in possession
- Size
- Minimum 20"
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Fall season. Subarea: 38 02 N latitude to Pigeon Point. Minimum size 20 inches (50.8 cm) total length. Fall harvest guideline (applicable across open areas): 20,000 Chinook. Daily bag limit 2 salmon (CCR T-14, §27.80); possession limit 2 daily bag limits on land, 1 daily bag limit on vessel in ocean waters (CCR T-14, §27.80(e)). Gear: angling only per CCR T-14, §1.05; north of Point Conception: max 2 single-point, single-shank barbless hooks, 1 rod per angler (CCR T-14, §27.80(a)). In-season action may be taken to close open days when total harvest approaches the fall harvest guideline.
- Season
- Sep 1 to Oct 31
Source: CDFW · Groundfish Management Area SF Bay · synced today
Seasonality
52-week view · today highlightedWhen Chinook Salmon is best at this spot
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About Bar Channel Hump
Bar Channel Hump is a rock pinnacle rising from inner, protected water off San Francisco, holding fish across a depth range of 75 to 100 feet. The structure concentrates rockfish year-round, with Bocaccio, Canary, and Copper Rockfish sharing the reef alongside California Scorpionfish. Lingcod peak here in February and March, again from August through October, and once more in December, and they respond to jigging with metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs, with live sanddabs, live anchovies, or squid working as a supporting approach over the rock. Chinook Salmon move through from April to September, taken by trolling whole anchovy, spoons, hoochies, and flashers, or by mooching whole anchovy and sardine. Coho Salmon also pass through the area, adding to the seasonal mix over this compact piece of hard bottom.
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