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. 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.

  • Fort Bragg Yellowtail

    Fort Bragg Tuna Fishing Report Week of 9-2-24

    Fort Bragg Albacore Tuna Report 8-30-24 We headed southwest toward arena canyon in the morning and found the break at about 40 miles away from the harbor. We searched all around and started hitting singles on smaller fish by 7:30am. At 9am I got a call from a buddy boat that the fish were biting north so we headed to 18 X 35 and started picking away at singles and doubles of good grade fish, we happened to hit a double on yellowtail and got one 8lber to the boat which was pretty exciting since I’ve never caught a yellowtail…

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  • Bodega Bay Tuna

    Fort Bragg Tuna Fishing Report Week of 8-25-24

    Fort Bragg Albacore Tuna Report 8-23-24 We headed southwest into a flat calm ocean and found the temp break approximately 12 miles offshore and kept running a few miles to look for cleaner water. We put in and hit a double within half an hour of setting gear at 14.5 X 12.5, which is about 25 miles from the harbor. Then slowly started picking away at that area with a lot of singles and found a increasing south wind chop. By 10am we had 7 fish and the south wind was quickly building, based off the forecast for the wind…

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  • F/V BIGEYE

    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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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.