Catches
Recorded 41 catches here. Most commonly caught: Chinook salmon, Striped bass, Lingcod. Peak season: June–August.
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San Francisco Bay (California) — a spot well known among anglers. About 637.4 km² in area, up to 10 m deep. Close by — San Francisco, San Mateo and South San Francisco. A coastal water: the bite here is modelled for the sea, not for a river or a lake. A smart bite calendar — moon phase, atmospheric pressure, and weather combined into an hourly fish-activity forecast for the coming days.
Clear: 61–82 °F
Choose a fish to see its hourly forecast, catches and BiteGuide.
Friday, September 4
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite.
Best time — 06:00–07:00 (dawn bite) and 19:00–21:00 (dusk bite).
Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom.
The water's turning murky — go with bright, noisy lures: trolling spoon or spinner.
It's a hot day — a hat, sunglasses, and plenty of water are a must. Winds will be strong — wind protection helps, and be careful if you're in a boat.
Worth going — it's a productive day.
The computed water temperature is around 77 °F — warmer than the 43–59 °F comfort range for Coho salmon: in the heat it drops deeper and feeds less often.
Coho salmon works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is rising 0.12 inHg over the day — the bite usually settles down after a rise.
One more input — the moon's feeding windows: within their hours the score sits higher than across the rest of the day. The window times are in the “Solunar feeding periods” card below.
September is peak season for Coho salmon here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
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| -2.2 ft | -1.9 ft | -1.2 ft | -0.3 ft | 0.6 ft | 1.3 ft | 1.7 ft | 1.8 ft | 1.5 ft | 1.2 ft | 1.0 ft | 0.9 ft | 1.0 ft | 1.4 ft | 2.0 ft | 2.7 ft | 3.3 ft | 3.8 ft | 3.8 ft | 3.2 ft | 2.2 ft | 0.8 ft | -0.5 ft | -1.5 ft |
Open-Meteo tide model, grid point 0.8 mi away
Open-Meteo Marine model, grid cell 0.8 mi from the waterbody. Values are daily means.
Clear · feels like +71°
The day is 2 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
The windows are set by the moon's transit and rise, and the forecast above already accounts for them: within these hours the bite score sits higher than across the rest of the day, while the day's overall level still comes from the catch-calibrated model.
What are solunar periods?Recorded 41 catches here. Most commonly caught: Chinook salmon, Striped bass, Lingcod. Peak season: June–August.
BiteGuideFrom anglers’ reports
This is a summary of anglers' reports, not a proven cause of the bite: conditions lining up does not mean they drove it.
vertical axis — number of catches
| Value | Catches | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Chinook salmon | 22 | 54% |
| Striped bass | 11 | 27% |
| Lingcod | 3 | 7% |
| Rainbow trout | 2 | 5% |
| Rockfish | 2 | 5% |
| Largemouth bass | 1 | 2% |
| Pacific halibut | 1 | 2% |
Measured river conditions are available for San Francisco Bay: current gauge height, streamflow, and water temperature when reported by the source.
USGS gauge SAN FRANCISCO BAY A PIER 17 A SAN FRANCISCO CA, 2 mi away · measured 2026-09-04 11:45 · data source · provisional data, subject to revision
