Bodega Bay Fishing Report
Northern California Weekly Fishing Report – Bodega Bay, San Francisco Bay, Tomales Bay & Fort Bragg
Click any tile below for this week’s Bodega Bay fishing report. We try post a fresh report every week we can get on the water—weather permitting—so you always know what’s biting, where, and why. Furthermore, our charter skippers deliver completely honest fishing reports. This includes big-number days, slow grinds, and everything in between. All helping you set realistic expectations before you book a trip.
If you want a quick snapshot of peak seasons for salmon, rockfish, lingcod, halibut, tuna, and crab, then jump over to our What We Catch page for month-by-month highlights.
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Wide Open Halibut | Bodega Bay Fishing Report – Week Of 6/21/26
Insane Halibut bite, Decent Rockfish and lingcod Action. Bodega Bay – 6/17/26 Capt Ryan- Bigeye Capt Billy- Sorta Salty Both Boats Ran north and found decent rockfish and lingcod action. Rockfish bit good in shallow, lingcod were slow, one the bigeye we had 2 lings for the boat, Billy on the salty had 4. Weather was nice at least. Bodega Bay – 6/19/26 Capt Josh- Bigeye Capt Billy- Sorta Salty Pretty much the same story as before, Capt Josh and billy had some OK lingcod and rockfish action. Sounded like 4 or 5 lings per boat and limits of rockfish.…
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Schooling Rockfish go on the munch & Lingcod pick up as well | Bodega Bay Fishing Report – 6/8 – 6/14
Bodega Bay -06/09/26 Capt Josh- F/V Bigeye Ran north in Socked in fog and a tight ocean. The wind had blown for days again and it was definitely tough fishing. We jumped from spot to spot, but never found any substantial biters to make me stop looking. Managed most of our rockfish before the wind ramped up and we tucked tail into Tomales Bay to finish the day. Longtime regular and old friend, Mike Kelly, managed a decent Halibut in the short time we fished in the bay. Bodega Bay -06/12/26 – 06/14/26 Capt Josh- Sorta Salty Capt Billy- F/V…
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Wind finally dies but so does the bite | Bodega Bay Fishing Report – Memorial Day Weekend
We had a ton of wind for weeks and now that it has finally slowed down, so did the fishing. Bodega Bay – 5/22/26 Capt Josh- Sorta Salty Ran a light load on Friday 5/22 with Cody on deck. Ocean Conditions were 5×9, a little tight and mixed up, but fishable. We did have to back down on it with both engines all morning until it slowed down enough to only need one engine. We headed north and all we had all the way up the line was dirty dark water. We finally threw in the towell at glass house…
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Lingcod are Biting | Bodega Bay Fishing Report Week of 4-23-26
Lingcod bite remains solid, rockfish remains not as solid. Overall still some good fishing to be had. Bodega Bay – 4/17/26 Capt Ryan- F/V Bigeye Capt Billy- Sorta Salty Today was the first day of 2026 running both boats and the conditions started off a little rough and improved greatly 11am. Calm seas, cold blue water and a solid lingcod bite kept things epic to get things dialed in. Both the Sorta Salty with Capt Billy at the wheel and the Bigeye with Capt Josh and I had easy limits of quality lingcod to 18lbs and a handful on nice…
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Salmon Season Update 4-12-26
Salmon Season has officially been announced. We are looking at a pretty good season with just shy of 35k fish quota for SF zone. Plus some big things on the rockfish front happening. Salmon From the PFMC We won some battles and lost some for the Bodega Fleet. I was frequently on the phone with different representatives to move the September Point Reyes line to Bodega Head, but unfortunately, it didn’t happen. For now, I will avoid discussing the politics in this report, as it’s complicated and involves issues with the Klamath fish affecting our Bodega boats. You will see…
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Back on the Water | Bodega Bay Fishing Report Week of 4-5-26
We are back on for 2026, and the fishing has started out solid with a good rockfish and lingcod bite. With salmon season to be released in the next few days (finalized on April 12th), we are looking at a very promising 2026. I’ve been busy getting the Bigeye wrapped up after some major overhauls, including a brand new fuel tank and deck, so Capt. Josh ran the Sorta Salty this weekend. We should have the Bigeye back in the water and running trips before next weekend. There’s been some political drama around the salmon season, and I have been…
Past Fishing Report Archive
- June 2026 (2)
- May 2026 (1)
- April 2026 (3)
- December 2025 (1)
- November 2025 (3)
- October 2025 (1)
- August 2025 (2)
- July 2025 (5)
- June 2025 (3)
- May 2025 (1)
- April 2025 (4)
- March 2025 (1)
- December 2024 (1)
- November 2024 (2)
- October 2024 (1)
- September 2024 (2)
- August 2024 (3)
- July 2024 (4)
- June 2024 (4)
- May 2024 (2)
- April 2024 (1)
- March 2024 (1)
- February 2024 (1)
- November 2023 (1)
- October 2023 (3)
- September 2023 (1)
- August 2023 (3)
- July 2023 (3)
- June 2023 (4)
- May 2023 (1)
Bodega Bay Fishing Report Information:
Captain Ryan primarily writes these fishing reports when he gets a chance on Sunday or Monday evenings. Sometimes life gets in the way and it gets delayed. But if we leave the dock, whether the fishing’s good or bad, it will end up on this report eventually. Our Fishing reports will include Tomales Bay, Bodega Bay, Fort Bragg, San Francisco Bay and anywhere else we fish. You can expect fishing reports from Bodega Bay and Tomales Bay regularly. These reports are available for most of the summer, fall, and early winter. We continue until we dry dock the boat around Christmas. Currently the only other honest and first hand experience fishing report is from Willy with the Lawsons Landing Report down at Dillion’s Beach. We will also include fishing reports for our personal trips (when we are lucky enough to get them in) and tips and info from friends or other boats when we can get them. We are working on expanding this section of the website and archiving fishing reports out of Bodega Bay for years to come, for clients to get a better understanding of what seasons are best for what species. Overall this report is labeled as the Bodega Bay Fishing Report, but covers a wide variety of reports and information.