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Best score today · 12 AM · Striped bass
- Now
- 308 PM PDT
- Best window
- 8-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High4.9 ft
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 8 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
26Tide: High slackCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
64Wind: 13 kt NNWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
55Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 61°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 7.7 ftSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
95Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Central Groundfish Management Area
Striped bass
Retention open- Daily limit
- 2 per day
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Minimum 18 in, total length
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Angling, spearfishing or bow and arrow only. No sinker over 4 pounds, no power-driven gurdy or winch, no snagging. The CDFW San Francisco Bay District page states the same limits for the bay: two fish, 18 inches total length.
From CDFW 2026 California Ocean Sport Fishing Regulations booklet (last updated July 17, 2026), read Sep 13
Other species here
- Albacore tuna Retention open (25 per day)
- Barred sand bass Retention open (4 per day (5 kelp bass, barred sand bass and spotted sand bass combined))
- Cabezon Retention open (10 per day (10 rockfish, cabezon and greenlings combined))
- California halibut Retention open
- Chinook salmon Retention open (2 per day (2 salmon combined))
- Coho salmon Closed (No retention)
- Kelp bass Retention open (5 per day (5 kelp bass, barred sand bass and spotted sand bass combined))
- Kelp greenling Retention open (10 per day (10 rockfish, cabezon and greenlings combined))
- Leopard shark Retention open (3 per day)
- Lingcod Retention open (2 per day)
- Mahi-mahi Retention open (10 per day)
- Pacific bluefin tuna Retention open (2 per day)
- Pacific halibut Retention open (1 per day)
- Rockfish Retention open (10 per day (10 rockfish, cabezon and greenlings combined))
- Sablefish Retention open (10 per day)
- Surfperch Retention open (20 per day)
- White seabass Retention open (3 per day)
- Yellowfin tuna Retention open (10 per day)
- Yellowtail Retention open (10 per day)
Source: CDFW · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Striped bass is best here
Peak season for Striped bass · 5 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
North Point
- Depth
- 25-200 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Point · Outer · ExposedPoint · drop-off
- Season
- Peak seasonStriped bass
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 14 on a 3.4 m grid. Depths are feet below NAVD 88, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing North Point
North Point is a cape in Monterey Bay, California. Depth is 25-200 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads point, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 11 species here; the best right now are surfperch, Chinook salmon and Pacific halibut. It is peak season now for surfperch, rockfish, cabezon and striped bass, and shoulder season for Chinook salmon, Pacific halibut, lingcod and California halibut. Surfperch peak in May and from July through September. Chinook salmon peak from June through August. Pacific halibut peak from May through July.
Tackle & technique
- Striped bass
- Striped bass feed where moving tide pushes bait past structure: inlets, points, jetties, bridge pilings and rips in the surf, usually in 2 to 40 feet of water. Fish dawn, dusk and night hardest, casting plugs, bucktails and soft plastics or drifting live bunker and eels, and chunk bait on the bottom in current. In midsummer the larger fish drop deeper or feed mostly after dark.
- Surfperch
- Surfperch feed in the troughs and holes within about 30 feet of the waterline, just outside the first set of breakers. Cast a two-hook high-low or Carolina rig with size 4 to 2 hooks and a 1 to 6 ounce pyramid sinker and let the surge work it through the trough. Fish the incoming tide on beaches with a steep drop, and switch to jetties, pilings and bays when the surf is too big.
- Chinook salmon
- Chinook hold near bait off points, kelp edges and tide rips, usually suspended 20 to 120 feet down and deeper as the sun gets higher. Troll slowly, under 2 mph, with a flasher and herring, hoochie or spoon on a downrigger, or mooch a plug-cut herring at the depth where the sounder shows bait. Winter blackmouth and feeder kings sit within 10 feet of the bottom in 60 to 200 feet.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Middle Cove60
Bay · 0.0 mi
Top: SurfperchPeak season- Surfperch 60
- Pacific halibut 51
- Rockfish 51
13 kt NNWL 3:08 AM · 0.3 ftH 9:42 AM · 4.2 ft
- Pinnacle Cove60
Bay · 0.1 mi
Top: SurfperchPeak season- Surfperch 60
- Pacific halibut 51
- Rockfish 51
13 kt NNWL 3:08 AM · 0.3 ftH 9:42 AM · 4.2 ft
- South Point55
Cape · 0.2 mi
Top: SurfperchPeak season- Surfperch 55
- Chinook salmon 51
- Pacific halibut 51
13 kt NNWL 3:08 AM · 0.3 ftH 9:42 AM · 4.2 ft
- Pinnacle Point51
Cape · 0.1 mi
Top: Chinook salmonShoulder season- Chinook salmon 51
- Pacific halibut 51
- Rockfish 51
13 kt NNWL 3:08 AM · 0.3 ftH 9:42 AM · 4.2 ft
Scores and forecasts are for planning only and can be wrong. Conditions on the water change fast; check the marine forecast before you go. Regulations change during the season, so confirm limits and closures with CDFW before you keep a fish.