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Best score today · 8 PM · Surfperch

76/100Great

Now: 687 AM PDT
Best window: 7-10 PMFlood tide
Tide now: Flooding1.7 ft ▲

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Best: Tue · 79

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Time7ANOW

Score68Great

Tide1.7 ft ▲Flooding

CurrentSlack0.2 kn

Wind1 kn Wgusts 4 · steady

Sea stateLight chop1.6 ft · 8 s

Air temp54°Cool

WeatherOvercast100% cloud

Water65°FObserved

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Current regulations

What you can keep here today

San Francisco Groundfish Management Area

IN EFFECT NOW

Surfperch

Retention open

Daily limit: 20 per day
Possession: Not published
Size: Minimum 10.5 in, total length. Redtail surfperch only. No minimum size for other surfperch.
Season: No closed season on file
Annual quota: Not published
Other: In San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay, surfperch are closed April 1 through July 31 and the limit is 5 (shiner perch excepted). 20 surfperch in combination, not more than 10 of any one species. Shiner perch have a separate limit of 20.

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 (2 per day)
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)
Striped bass Retention open (2 per day)
White seabass Retention open (3 per day)
Yellowfin tuna Retention open (10 per day)
Yellowtail Retention open (10 per day)

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Spot profile

Keil Cove

Depth: 2-100 ftDrop-off
Structure: Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · drop-off
Season: Peak seasonSurfperch

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 Keil Cove

Keil Cove is a bay in San Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay, the West Delta and the San Francisco Bay north of the Bay Bridge, California. Depth is 2-100 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 11 species here; the best right now are rockfish, California halibut and surfperch. It is peak season now for rockfish, surfperch, striped bass and cabezon, and shoulder season for California halibut, lingcod, leopard shark and kelp greenling. Rockfish peak from May through September. California halibut peak from May through August. Surfperch peak in May and from July through September.

Tackle & technique

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.
Rockfish: Rockfish live on rocky reefs, pinnacles and kelp from the shoreline out past 300 feet, with black and blue rockfish schooling mid-water over shallow reefs and copper, quillback, yelloweye and vermilion sitting tight to deeper bottom. Drift over the structure with a shrimp fly above a lead-head grub or metal jig, or a squid strip, and reel up a few cranks after touching bottom to cut snags. Use a descending device to release any fish brought up from deep water.
California halibut: California halibut are ambush feeders that lie on sand or mud bottom, mostly in water shallower than 100 feet and often inside bays, harbors and estuaries. Drift or slow-troll a live anchovy or sardine on a sliding sinker rig, or bounce a swimbait along the bottom over flats, channel edges and sandy areas near structure. Keep the bait within a foot or two of the bottom and give a fish time to turn the bait before setting the hook.

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