North Point
37.81°N · 122.41°W
North Point Fishing Forecast
Updated today
Chinook fishing at North Point looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 11 AM, with the tide ebbing.
ReelCaster scores every hour at North 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 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 North Point
North Point is an outer-exposed rocky drop-off off San Francisco, where the bottom falls away through depths of 260 to 660 feet. Chinook Salmon run here from April through September, with Blue Rockfish and California Halibut peaking across the same spring-to-late-summer stretch, while Lingcod hold through the cooler months of February, March, and December alongside a strong fall showing from August into October. The steep rock structure suits jigging with metal jigs and swimbaits for Lingcod and Black Rockfish, the latter most active May through August. Anglers work the deeper water with trolling spreads of whole anchovy and flashers for Chinook, and drift live anchovies or shiner perch over the slope for halibut through spring and summer. Blue Rockfish take shrimp fly rigs and squid strips along the same broken rock edges.
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