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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Bodega Bay Fishing Report Week of 8-20-24
Bodega Bay Fishing Report 8-17-24 From Capt Josh. SATURDAY: Ran north with a group off 5. Flat ocean, but socked in hard. At one point it felt like it rained for a couple hours. Fishing was incredibly slow, due to water temp dropping 4 degrees. Ended with 13 shy of limits. Bodega Bay Fishing Report 8-18-24 From Capt Josh. SUNDAY: Still socked in, but not quite as wet. The fishing also improved with limits of Rockies plus a few for the crew. We bounced up the line all morning finding schools that would only bite on your initial drop, then…
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Bodega Bay Fishing Report Week of 8-11-24
Bodega Bay Fishing Report 8-2-24 From Capt Josh. Headed north on a flat calm ocean… ended with 40+ Rockies, 9 lingcod and 3 cabezon! Fish came in 60 to 80 feet of water south of the pole. ~CPT. Josh Bodega Bay Fishing Report 8-4-24 From Capt. Josh Had a great day on the water with Tracy’s family and friends. We managed 63 rockfish (4 vermillion) and 6 lingcod. Most fish caught at sunken, some caught south of the pole. Bodega Bay Fishing Report 7-25-24 From Capt Josh Had a great day fishing with Ziniga family!! Limits of quality Rockies for…
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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 Salty! By the time we left, it was blowing a solid 20 knots. Bodega Bay Fishing Report 7-24-24 From Capt. Josh Had flat weather with a full boat open charter. We ended with limits of lingcod, plus 3 for the crew! The rockfish bite was…
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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 (which are the best eating size for lingcod, in my opinion). Bodega Bay Fishing Report 7-13-24 We headed north with a strong south wind to our back. The fishing grounds have very choppy weather but luckily we had a steady bite of rockfish, we quickly…
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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 spots, we found a group of good blues and olives willing to play. Many fish were caught on the light tackle within the top 20 feet of the water column, making for chaotic action until we had all the fish the group wanted. We released…
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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 around. We found a terribly slow bite in the morning. After checking many spots we found a group of biters in real shallow at about 11am, and picked up a fast limit of quality blues. We also picked up 4 lingcod for 4 clients, all…
Past Fishing Report Archive
- April 2026 (2)
- 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.