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The Experience, Emeryville: Fish Emeryville

The Experience:

Fishing Report: Halibut + Striped Bass!

Bay Area fishermen must be happy these days bringing home their prize catches! Here are some recent fish counts from Fish Emeryville in the Emeryville Marina.

Tuesday was a great day for Halibut fishing , here are the scores for 6/14

TigerFish→ 27 Halibut (up to 14 pounds), 9 anglers
Sundance→ 9 Halibut ( up to 14 pounds) for 6 anglers
New Huck Finn→ 36 Halibut, 2 Striped Bass for 12 anglers
Wet Spot→ 4 Halibut, 1 Striped Bass for 4 anglers

Scores for Monday 6/13:

C Gull II→ 18 Halibut, 1 Striped Bass, for 15 anglers
New Huck Finn→ 47 Halibut, 2 Striped Bass for 22 anglers

Fish Emeryville specializes in providing fishing adventures in San Francisco Bay and out the Golden Gate. They have a fleet of nine fishing boats, all fully equipped for an enjoyable and successful outing, including advanced fish finding and navigation equipment. All boats and Captains meet U.S. Coast Guard standards and are certified for your safety. All boats have comfortable inside seating with tables and clean restrooms.

Fish Emeryville’s Captains put anglers on King Salmon, California Halibut, Striped Bass, Rockfish, Lingcod, and Dungeness Crab (seasonal), utilizing the most effective methods for locating and catching fish, which ensures a safe and rewarding adventure.

Fish Emeryville Sportfishing Center carries a full complement of saltwater tackle, including many items designed by their Captains specifically for the local fisheries. They offer custom tackle kits tailored to your trip to maximize your catch. The Bait Shop has snacks, drinks, clothing, raingear, boots etc. as well as quality rent rods/reels designed for local fishing.

Each boat provides fish cleaning services on board and shore-side commercial ice is available upon your return.

Emeryville Marina is conveniently located in the heart of San Francisco Bay with easy access from the freeway and a large parking lot. Book your trips 24/7 online. Contact Fish Emeryville at [email protected] or at 510-652-3403 During the season they update their fishing hotline daily at 510-652-FISH (3474).

June 23 to October 31–Ocean Salmon trolling!

Photo Sunset/Fish Emeryville; Photo Angler/ Jon Yokomizo

Where:

3310 Powell St

Emeryville

https://www.fishemeryville.com/

Meet the Wolf Eel

Emeryville Sportfishing’s fishing reports are a reflection of catches happening in San Francisco Bay and outside the Golden Gate in the Pacific. On Sunday, June 5, 2016, three boats went out from Emeryville with 50 anglers. The catch? 310 Rockfish, 58 lingcod, 14 Striped Bass, 13 California Halibut, 5 Chinook (King) Salmon and 1 Wolf Eel, which is not an eel at all, but part of the family of Wolffishes (Anarhichadidae)! The Wolf Eel really has a face only a mother would love. Take a look for yourself.

Note that only 5 Chinook Salmon were caught by a boat that went out all day on the Bay. California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and federal fishery scientists made an announcement a few weeks ago suggesting the forecasts for Salmon harvesting for 2016 in California is significantly lower than in recent years. 299,600 adult Sacramento River fall Chinook salmon in the ocean this year along with 142,200 adults from the Klamath River fall Chinook run.

These forecasts, in addition to information on endangered Sacramento River winter Chinook salmon, will be used over the next few months by fishery managers to set sport and commercial fishing season dates, commercial quotas and size and bag limits.

Chinook salmon that will be harvested in ocean fisheries in 2016 hatched two to four years ago, and may have been impacted by poor river conditions driven by California’s ongoing drought. Once in the ocean, the fish experienced El Niño conditions, which are not favorable for salmon or its prey.

The weather is warmer now for those 5:30am expeditions out to sea, so gather your group and make a reservation. Emeryville Sportfishing is located in the Emeryville Marina at 3310 Powell Street in Emeryville, CA off Highway 80. For printable driving directions from your location to Emeryville Sportfishing follow this link. You can reserve a boat now at 510-654-6040.