Bodega Bay Fishing Report

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. Additionally, you can find real-time updates from San Francisco Bay, Tomales Bay, and Fort Bragg. We 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.

  • Bodega Bay Fishing Report Week of 7-28-24

    Bodega Bay Fishing Report 7-18-24 From Capt Josh. Had a last minute cancellation, but ran out trip anyways. We managed limits of lingcod for 3 clients up to 29lbs on the scale. Gregg Williams got his first lingcod ever, and it was an absolute beast being the largest so far this year for the Sorta

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  • Bodega Bay Fishing Report Week of 7-15-24

    Bodega Bay Fishing Report 7-10-24 From Capt Josh. Fished as far north as timber cove and worked my way south Most fish came from 60 to 80 feet of water. They bit great on the smaller madame lures and shrimp flies. 76 mid grade rockfish, plus a couple nice verms, and 5 mid grade lingcod

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    Bodega Bay Fishing Report Week of 7-8-24

    Bodega Bay Fishing Report 7-3-24 On Wednesday we had sunny skies with balmy air temps in the upper 60s to low 70s and somewhat calm seas out of Bodega Bay. Most of us got to comfortably wear shorts and T shirts, which is a rare occasion. The fishing started out slow, but after checking many

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  • Tomales Bay and Bodega Bay Fishing Report Week of 6-30-24

    Bodega Bay Fishing Report 6-28-24 Winds remained strong right offshore all week, but we managed to get out there on Friday and look for some rockfish and lingcod. Swell was a bit lumpy, but the wind remained calm and the fog stayed offshore which made for a decently pleasant day besides the rocking and rolling

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  • Tomales Bay and Bodega Bay Fishing Report Week of 6-23-24

    Bodega Bay Fishing Report 6-20-24 Strong north winds all week cooled down onshore water temps down to the mid 40s which made fishing a little slower today. In the morning we found a very slow rockfish bite. After checking many shallow spots we ventured to a slightly deeper area in about 110 feet of water

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    Tomales Bay and Bodega Bay Fishing Report 6-14-24

    Tomales Bay Fishing Report 6-11-24 From Capt. Josh. We had great weather on Tuesday for our halibut trip. We had Anthony and his 2 sons out and ended up with 3 nice halibut. All fish came on trolled herring. Plenty of bait has pushed into the bay, so we will starting making our own in

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Past Fishing Report Archive

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.