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November 12th, 2008 — Coyote Point, Fishing, Oyster Point, San Francisco Bay
I went fishing on both Saturday and Sunday this past weekend. In both cases I was fishing between Oyster Point and the San Mateo Bridge.
On Saturday I used freeze dried bait from Big 5 without success.
On Sunday I used frozen and live bait and caught several soupfin sharks.
I had a great time on the water.
One of the regulars at Coyote Point said he caught 6 strippers 1 fairly large. I need to figure out what he is doing!!!
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November 9th, 2008 — Coyote Point, Fishing, Leopard Shark, Oyster Point, San Francisco Bay
Last Friday (the only day that wasn't perfect weather for 6 days in either direction) I was interviewing a candidate for a job with my company. The candidate was from the east coast so I thought it would be fun to take them out for a cruise and some fishing on the Bay with one of my business partners...
The Bay was borderline white cap all day. It even rained a little. None the less we persevered.
We started out of Coyote Point. With our first destination being McCovey Cove on the way passing Candlestick... (The candidate liked sports). Here are some pictures in the cove (sorry for the blackout but this is an anonymous blog)...
We then headed to the Berkley Marina for some live anchovies. $30 a 1/2 scoop. They were all dead by our first stop at the end of the old fishing pier. Frozen anchovies from now on as my boat does not have a live well. Live shiners if available.
Anyway we spent a little time in Berkley, but the weather was not pleasant so we headed for Oyster Point.
We caught a nice size Leopard Shark. Here are some pictures.
All in all a fun morning.
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November 9th, 2008 — Boat Ramp, Book Review, Coyote Point, Fishing, Half Moon Bay, Oyster Point, San Francisco Bay
I recently purchased and read the book San Francisco Bay Areas Fishing Guide
by Ray Rychnovsky.
It is an excellent primer and refresher on fishing in the San Francisco Bay Area. It covers everything open ocean, ocean reef, near shore, beach, the entire San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, the entrance to the delta, and many area freshwater lakes.
There are details on which time of year for which fish and techniques for catching each type of fish.
Also incredibly useful are details on various boat launches through out the area.
The book was published written in 1999 and is therefore a little bit out of date. For example, Sun Valley Bait and Tackle in San Mateo no longer exists. (Bummer!)
All and all this is a must read for any Bay area fisherman. You will learn if you didn't already know and remember if you already forgot.
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March 13th, 2008 — Alameda, Coyote Point, Delta, Duxbury, Farallon Islands, Fishing, Half Moon Bay, Oyster Point, Point Reyes, Richardson Bay, Rocky Point, Sacramento, Salmon, San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, Sausalito, Tiburon
From the Contra Costa Times (http://www.contracostatimes.com/search/ci_8557645):
Unprecedented collapse in fish population forces cancellation among West Coast states
Early season salmon fishing off the coasts of California and most of Oregon was shut down Wednesday by federal regulators responding to an unprecedented collapse of salmon populations along the West Coast.
The actions affect commercial and recreational fishing seasons either underway or scheduled to open in the coming weeks. When they meet again next month, regulators are likely to close the bigger fishing seasons that come later in the year.
Specifically, a small recreational fishing season off Fort Bragg that opened in mid-February will close April 1. Other recreational fishing seasons from San Francisco to the Mexican border that were scheduled to open April 5 have been closed.
Commercial fishing that was scheduled to open off Fort Bragg on April 7 was also closed.
In Oregon, the start of recreational and commercial seasons that were set to open March 15 were delayed to April 15, but it appears likely that those seasons will be closed when the Pacific Fishery Management Council meets again in early April.
The actions were in response to major declines in salmon populations that were especially pronounced in California's Sacramento River fall run of chinook salmon, which produced more than 80 percent of the salmon caught off the California coast.
Last year's return of spawning adults was less than 90,000, the second lowest figure on record. Worse, the number of returning two-year-olds -- a key predictor of the 2008 return -- was a record low, meaning this year is likely to be much worse.
On Tuesday, scientists informed the council that even without any salmon fishing at all, the return of Sacramento River fall run was expected to be fewer than 60,000, or less than half of the minimum target set by regulations.
"There's not going to be any fisheries this year that have any impacts on the Central Valley run," said Duncan MacLean, a commercial salmon fisherman from Half Moon Bay and the industry's California representative to the council.
"I'm totally disgusted," he added. "I am sick and tired of putting myself and my family through this."
Agency scientists for the most part have blamed a shift in ocean conditions along the West Coast for the problems. But others, including the head of the fishery management council, contend that shift cannot account for the severity of the problem with Sacramento River salmon.
MacLean and many other anglers blame the problem instead on water management in the Delta and throughout the Central Valley.
"This is like going to debtors prison for your father's sins," MacLean said. "This is working it's way up the food chain. It started with the Delta smelt (which appears to be close to extinction), and it's working it's way up."
Mike Taugher covers natural resources. Reach him at 925-943-8257 or mtaugher@bayareanewsgroup.com.
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November 16th, 2007 — Coyote Point, Day Cruise, Oyster Point, San Francisco Bay
I took the boat out for an evening cruise last night with a friend. We launched at Coyote Point cruised to Oyster Point and then came back.
It was a little windy as the fog was rolling in, so on the way to Oyster Point we had to take it slow. The way back was nicer.
No sign of the oil spill in that part of the Bay.
The security guards at Coyote Point gave me a hard time about being in the park after 5pm. She said the entire park closes. I was under the impression that Marina was 24hr operation. I have never had any trouble in the past... In fact, the regular morning fishing crew encourage me to show up before 8pm as that is when that start charging the gate entrance fee.
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September 29th, 2007 — Day Cruise, Giants, Oyster Point, San Francisco Bay
Rarely do the stars align as they did last Wednesday. Barry Bonds was playing his last game as a Giant, the weather was warm cloudless and clam in October, and there was no afternoon wind on the San Francisco Bay. Needless to say I took my boat to McCovey Cove for the game and did a bit of cruising on the way.
Here are some pictures from the North West side of the Bay Bridge...
Here are some pictures from the South East side of the Bay Bridge (these are 2 of my all time favorite)...
Here are some pictures taken while the boat was in motion (fast) heading towards ATT Park...
Getting close now. Picking up passengers in Marina by ATT Park.
In McCovey Cove during the game...
On the way out of the Marina (Moon of Marina) after the game...
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September 23rd, 2007 — Fishing, Oyster Point, San Francisco Bay
This morning I went fishing off Oyster Point. Again they were out of live bait, so I went with frozen anchovies. I was only able to spend a couple of hours...
It was a glorious morning. Dead calm. Incoming tide.
Was using a standard 1/0 halibut rig. I started on my 20lb test spinning rigs and caught several soupfin sharks (dogfish). Then I switched to my 10lb test reels and caught several more. Much more fun on the lighter tackle.
I did manage to catch the smallest dogfish ever... The anchovy was bigger. (Sorry no picture too embarrassed at the time to take one.)
Oyster Point Boat Launch ($10 to launch boat):
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September 17th, 2007 — Fishing, Oyster Point, San Francisco Bay
This morning I went fishing in the bay for the first time. I was targeting California Halibut off Oyster Point in the San Francisco Bay. I choose Oyster Point because I had heard that it had excellent Halibut and it is the home of Oyster Point Bait and Tackle, which has the only live bait on the San Francisco peninsula. Unfortunately, on this particular Sunday they were out of shiners (apparently wrong time of year so they are harder to catch).
Oyster Point Boat Launch ($10 to launch boat):
View of Oyster Point from the water:
So instead of live bait, I used frozen anchovies. I used a standard 1/0 halibut rig that can be bought at any sporting goods store. It is a snelled hook that can slide on the line with a treble hook at the terminal end. There is a 3way swivel for the hooks, weight, and to tie to the line. I used 1/2 oz weight (I tried 1 oz as well but that was a little too heavy). I was using 20lb test Berkley Big Game Clear on a large spinning reel.
While I didn't catch any halibut I did catch 2 soupfin sharks and a bat ray.
The one that got away... The line started zinging off the reel. Zip Zip Zip... I grab the rod, something big was on the end... Not trusting that I had the drag set correctly, I tightened the drag. POP. The line snapped. Compared to anything else we hooked, this was BIG. Oh well, there will always be next time... Moral of the story, always test your drag before your line is wet.
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September 16th, 2007 — Boat Ramp, Fuel Dock, Hotel, Marina, Oyster Point, San Francisco Bay
Oyster Point is a 600 berth marina, fuel dock, boat launch, inn, and bait shop in South San Francisco on the west side of the bay.
The bait shop and general store has a wide varity of food, drinks, frozen bait and live bait in season.
It is $10 to launch your boat.
Here are some pictures of the boat ramp...
Oyster Point Bait & Tackle
985 Marina Blvd
S San Francisco, CA 94080
(650) 589-3474
Personally I like Coyote Point better, but Oyster Point has live bait and is further north.
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