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Fort Point

37.81°N · 122.48°W

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Best score for the day · 9 AM
70/100
FAIR

Now 20 · 12 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
7 AM-1 PM
Tide flooding
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Conditions
Time
12 AM
Now
Score
20
Tough
Tide
4.7 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
11 kn
WNW · steady
Sea state
Rough
3.3 ft
Air temp
60°
Mild
Weather
Clear
0% cloud
Hour 12 AM. Score 20 Tough. Tide 4.7ft Rising ▲. Current +0.3kn Flood. Wind 11kn WNW G19. Sea 3.3ft Rough. Air 59.5°.
Why this score
Current
0.7 kn
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Lingcod
Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 22"
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Apr 1–Dec 31: Open all depths. §28.27. Minimum size 22 inches total length (22 × 2.54 = 55.9 cm). Filleting aboard vessel: minimum 14 inches in length with entire skin attached. Shore-based anglers and divers exempt from season/depth restrictions.
Season
Apr 1 to Dec 31
Other species here
Striped Bass Retention openChinook Salmon ClosedCalifornia Sheephead ClosedBat Ray ClosedCoho Salmon ClosedRockfish (Aggregate) ClosedLeopard Shark Retention open
Always check with CDFW ↗

Source: CDFW · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Lingcod is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Lingcod
~15 more weeks in shoulder
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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonRelease only
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
80-200 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

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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