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BoatGroundfish Management Area SF BayChinook Salmon · Open

Point Blunt

37.85°N · 122.42°W

BoatGroundfish Management Area SF BayChinook Salmon · Open

Point Blunt Fishing Forecast

Updated today

Chinook fishing at Point Blunt looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 11 AM, with the tide ebbing.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Point Blunt 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.

Species

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Best score for the day · 8 AM
84/100
GOOD

Now 71 · 11 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
8 AM-11 AM
Tide ebbing
CDFW · Groundfish Management Area SF Bay · Chinook Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day · min 20"

14-Day Forecast

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Conditions
Time
11 AM
Now
Score
71
Fair
Tide
3.6 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
7 kn
WSW · steady
Sea state
Flat
1 ft
Air temp
59°
Mild
Weather
Partly cloudy
28% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 71 Fair. Tide 3.6ft Rising ▲. Current +0.4kn Flood. Wind 7kn WSW G10. Sea 1 ft Flat. Air 58.8°.

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"
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
Other species here
California Halibut Retention openBlue Rockfish Retention openCopper Rockfish Retention openLingcod Retention openLeopard Shark Retention openBlack Rockfish Retention open
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Source: CDFW · Groundfish Management Area SF Bay · synced today

Seasonality

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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
80-200 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

About Point Blunt

Point Blunt is an outer-exposed rocky drop-off off San Francisco, where the bottom falls away through depths of 80 to 200 feet. Chinook Salmon run here from April through September, drawing anglers who troll whole anchovy, spoons, and flashers or work the water with mooching setups. California Halibut hold along the structure from April through August and respond to drift fishing with live anchovies and shiner perch. The rock bottom supports strong rockfish and Lingcod action, with Lingcod peaking February through March and again from August through October, best targeted by jigging metal jigs and swimbaits or dropping live sanddabs. Black and Blue Rockfish stack up over the same terrain through the spring and summer, taking shrimp fly rigs, metal jigs, and squid.

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