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Some strange happenings lately: - A few dozen large (8-12lb) bonita have been caught by party boats and private boaters trolling for salmon between channel buoys and Duxbury - A sand bass was caught and released in the central bay - A (large) juvenile giant sea bass was caught and released in...

Opaleye have been regularly caught in Monterey bay in recent years so not shocked they have made it to Marin I saw a Facebook post a few months ago that seemed to show a spiny lobster caught in a hoop net in the bay - this apparently makes 2!

I’m told that it’s quite rare to have two 50s caught inside the bay in the same year, let alone in the same month... and especially when that month is April!

I wasn’t there but multiple friends (and Bodega tackle) have verified. Boater (fellow Coastside Member) got another 50 off hunters point a week or two ago - pic attached. I am thinking about fishing Paradise Pier Friday or Saturday this week if anyone else is going to be out.

Nice work! Hearing from boaters that they are already starting to get nice fish trolling in OP / hunters / candlestick area

Stripers in Sonoma creek by the bridge and scattered over San Pablo bay. Sturgeon starting to be caught at Mcnears and in boats near Dumbarton. Large grade perch (black and rubberlip) at elephant rock. No sign of herring yet in the north bay. I have mainly been in the boat catching stripers...

Fished Rat Rock at the top of the outgoing tide today for one missed bite and I am now at Mcnears pier. There is one group here with a keeper sturgeon so far. Tides should be good in the afternoons this week (big). Recent rains + muddy water too...

I’ve done best in the channel at night. Have been blanked during the day only to have leopards every 10 mins at night. Incoming tide is best

Great looking fish. Pacifica can be a fickle beast, congrats on getting rewarded for hard work!

Classic. Only thing missing from this post was a request for Ken to bring back the old archives.

This is just a theory but I believe the bay has been noticeably warmer and saltier this year (dry winter plus warm spring) which has led to massive vegetation growth in shallow areas with less tidal movement. Not sure if the halibut avoid these areas due to lower dissolved oxygen or if the fish...

Lots of folks on Fishbrain now which does default to pin drop on a map for catch location. I have found it very helpful but none of these are great information substitutes for a well-written forum report.

Fished the incoming at Paradise on Sat and finally met Redfish (along with several other long time PFIC members) in person. Unfortunately not much to report. Happy to say that there was finally some catchable bait around (shiners and topsmelt) and I was able to keep fresh ones on continuously...

Have been lucky enough to mostly fish from a boat lately but the bad winds of the last week crescendoed over the last few days and I had to stay on land. Despite the wind, I fished Paradise with a local friend (wearing masks + 6 feet apart) on Saturday. Finally obtained about 20 live topsmelt...

Paradise has also been off for boaters - the algae is actually a fine seaweed carpeting the bottom out to 40 FOW - totally gunks up trolling rigs and even drifted live bait. Has been a good halibut season for boat guys but only in a handful of spots - Alcatraz, SW Angel Island, Oyster, Berkeley...

Very impressive Always wondered if hali bit at night. Occasionally caught big fluke on buck tails or SP minnows Striper fishing at night on the east coast, can’t see why halibut would be much different

Interesting - I have started wiping my hands with procure (sturgeon angler trick i heard about) before baiting up as I am always covered in sunscreen and started to get paranoid that it was impacting my catch rates.

thanks for the report Similar scene at paradise Sun (Initially didn’t want to post a report because honestly the whole thing seems like it will get shut down soon)... dozens of out of towners, all dropped off or parked illegally along the street. Ranger asked if people had masks and many did...

Local officials have shut down parking in Marin at most of the shore access spots, but I live in Tiburon now and I was lucky enough to have my lady drop me off at Elephant Rock tonight for a few hours of solo fishing. I have had little to no success trapping/netting/sabiki-ing live bait lately...

West Marine in Sausalito is open (they have hardware store exemption as an essential business). When I went two days ago, they were only allowing one customer in the store at a time and had tape on the floor denoting required distance from the clerk... In any case, they have every tackle item...