Point Knox Shoal
37.85°N · 122.45°W
Point Knox Shoal Fishing Forecast
Updated today
Chinook fishing at Point Knox Shoal looks good today.
The best time to go is 8 AM to 11 AM, with the tide ebbing.
ReelCaster scores every hour at Point Knox Shoal 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 Point Knox Shoal
Point Knox Shoal is an outer-exposed sand flat off San Francisco, running 10 to 35 feet deep near the waters of the central bay. The flat produces California Halibut from April through August and Chinook Salmon from April through September, alongside Leopard Shark, Bat Ray, Pacific Sanddab, English Sole, and squid. Drift fishing across the sand with live anchovies, live shiner perch, or midshipman covers ground and puts bait in front of halibut holding on the bottom. Anglers working the shoal for Chinook lean on trolling with whole anchovy, trolling spoons, hoochies, and flashers, with mooching whole anchovy or sardine as a slower alternative. The exposed setting and shifting depths make working the tide across the flat the practical approach here.
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