Black Head Rock
37.79°N · 122.51°W
Black Head Rock Fishing Forecast
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Chinook fishing at Black Head Rock looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 11 AM, with the tide ebbing.
ReelCaster scores every hour at Black Head Rock 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 72 · 11 AM PDT
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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 Black Head Rock
Black Head Rock is an outer-exposed rocky drop-off off San Francisco, where the bottom falls away through depths of 260 to 660 feet. Chinook Salmon move through from April to September and hold as the primary pelagic target, worked by trolling whole anchovy, spoons, hoochies and flashers, or by mooching sardine and anchovy on banana weights. The rocky structure supports a strong groundfish population, with Blue Rockfish and Black Rockfish peaking through the warmer months and Lingcod running strongest from February to March, again in August through October, and into December. Rockfish respond to shrimp fly rigs, metal jigs and swimbaits over the drop-off, while Lingcod come to jigged metal and leadhead jigs or live sanddabs and squid worked near the rock. Cabezon hold tight to the bottom here from spring into early winter, taken on squid, shrimp, cut bait and live sanddabs.
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