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San Francisco Bay Fishing Report: Rockfish, Crab, and Stripers Biting Strong
Artificial Lure here with your Friday fishing report for November 7th, 2025, bringing you the latest from in and around San Francisco Bay.
Today’s off to a brisk fall start—sunrise came at 6:41 AM, and sunset will hit at 5:04 PM. Tides are running big: Tides4Fishing notes that the tidal coefficient is peaking high at 102 early, dropping to 98 by midday, meaning there’s plenty of water moving and those currents will be strong. If you’re after halibut or stripers, time your casts around the moving water, especially the outgoing tide late morning; you’ll find fish cruising those edges looking for an easy meal.
Weather’s classic SF Bay autumn—chilly mornings warming with some sun and a cool onshore breeze, but no serious wind, and the water’s mellow without much chop. That’s making for seriously productive fishing this week.
Reports coming in from Nor Cal Fish Reports and Fish Emeryville say the boats are hauling in limits of rockfish and Dungeness crab—yep, crab season’s live and the combo trips are cash money right now. Boats out of Emeryville are stacking the decks with fat rockfish, and a good grade of lingcod and jumbo crab are coming over the rails too—don’t forget your crab pots if you’re out near the Gate or the Marin coast! Nor Cal Fish Reports calls it “another epic day”, with many boats reporting 23 limits of quality rockfish and up to 18 lingcod per trip.
The bay itself is staying hot for schoolie stripers, with Fly Fishing Specialties reporting solid action all fall. Trolling with hair-raisers or casting 4- to 6-inch swimbaits in white, chartreuse, or shad colors will pick up fish. On the bait side, live anchovies or pile worms are turning heads, especially drifting through the South Bay flats in 12-20 feet of water.
On party boats, Fisherman’s Landing and Fish Emeryville data show the staples: rockfish remain reliable, with easy limits coming aboard, and a mix of lingcod, cabezon, a few halibut, and sheephead. Recent trips are seeing 160-196 rockfish, 18-plus lingcod, and daily limits of crab per angler. For the inshore crowd, perch and calico action is still steady off the piers with pile worms or Gulp! Sandworms.
Best lures for the week? Drop a 2- to 4-ounce diamond jig or metal spoon near the bottom for lingcod and bigger rockfish—nothing fancy, just a straight retrieve with a few pops off the rocks. For stripers, cast soft swimbaits or white bucktail jigs along current seams and structure lines by the Richmond shoreline or near Oyster Point. If you’re up for finesse, try a tube or a jerk bait for the bass—clear water and strong currents are ideal for it, just like they’d use on the Delta.
A couple hotspots to circle for the weekend: The Marin coastline out near Duxbury and Rocky Point is loading up with quality rockfish and lings. Inside the Bay, the Berkeley Flats and the Alameda Rockwall are holding schoolie stripers and scattered halibut. And don’t overlook Crissy Field—early morning there can deliver big stripers on both bait and artificials.
Bait is all about what’s native right now: pile worms, frozen squid for the bottom fish, and live anchovy if you can score ‘em at the bait receivers for stripers or halibut. For crab, whole chicken and fish frames are still the top draw for the pots.
That’s the story this Friday—big tides, big fish, and big crab. Thanks for tuning in to your local San Francisco Bay fishing report. Don’t forget to subscribe! This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
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