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BoatGroundfish Management Area San FranciscoChinook Salmon · Open

Fort Point Rock

37.80°N · 122.48°W

BoatGroundfish Management Area San FranciscoChinook Salmon · Open

Fort Point Rock Fishing Forecast

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Chinook fishing at Fort Point Rock 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 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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Every spot is scored for today, out of 100. Green is worth the trip, amber is fair, red is slow.

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14-Day Forecast

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Conditions
Time
11 AM
Now
Score
72
Fair
Tide
3.6 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
5 kn
WSW · steady
Sea state
Easy
2 ft @ 13 s SW
Air temp
61°
Mild
Weather
Partly cloudy
40% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 72 Fair. Tide 3.6ft Rising ▲. Current +0.4kn Flood. Wind 5kn WSW G9. Sea 2 ft @ 13 s SW Easy. Air 60.6°.

Why this score

Light
Golden hour
Prime
Current
0.5 kn light
Tough

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Chinook Salmon
Retention open
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
Other species here
Blue Rockfish Retention openLingcod Retention openWhite Seabass Retention openLeopard Shark Retention openCalifornia Halibut Retention openBlack Rockfish Retention open
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Source: CDFW · Groundfish Management Area San Francisco · synced today

Seasonality

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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
30-130 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

About Fort Point Rock

Fort Point Rock is an outer-exposed rocky drop-off off San Francisco, where the bottom falls through 30 to 130 feet along structure that concentrates both pelagic and groundfish. Chinook Salmon move through from April to September, with Blue Rockfish and California Halibut sharing that same spring-to-summer window, while Lingcod hold across a broader stretch peaking in February through March, again in August through October, and once more in December. Black Rockfish fill in from May to August, and the rock also holds California Sheephead, White Seabass, Coho Salmon, and Leopard Shark. Anglers troll whole anchovy, spoons, and hoochies for Chinook over the deeper edges, then work the rock itself with metal jigs and swimbaits for Lingcod and rockfish. California Halibut come to drift fishing with live anchovies and live shiner perch across the base of the drop-off.

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