Fort Point
37.81°N · 122.48°W
Fort Point Fishing Forecast
Updated today
Chinook fishing at Fort Point looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 11 AM, with the tide ebbing.
ReelCaster scores every hour at Fort 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 71 · 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 Fort Point
Fort Point sits at the mouth of San Francisco Bay, an outer-exposed rocky drop-off where the bottom falls away through depths of 80 to 200 feet. Chinook salmon move through from April to September, drawing anglers who work the water column by trolling whole anchovy, spoons, hoochies, and flashers, or by mooching anchovy and sardine along the edges. Lingcod hold tight to the rock and peak from February to March and again from August to October, taken by jigging metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs down on the structure, with live sanddabs and squid as an alternative. Striped bass follow the currents from June to October, hitting deep-diving plugs and swimbaits on the troll or metal jigs and soft plastics worked near the bottom. The mix of hard structure, strong tidal flow, and steep depth also holds rockfish, sheephead, bat ray, and leopard shark across the season.
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