Summary:  Last week provided a good case for optimism in that things can only get better this week.

STRIPED BASS:  Terrible low murky water this past week has been a bane, but there are some bright spots.  Point Isabel is okay at the start of the incoming tide if you throw out a blood worm.  The stripers are not huge but they are keepable, in the 18-20" range.  Some success later in the day (despite the winds) over on the Marin side around Loch Lomond.  And there is  always a chance of a big loner in the surf with surface lures, from Ocean Beach down through the Great Highway.  They have yet to materialize in Pacifica.  Some boats have picked them up north to Muir beach but it's nothing to get too excited about.  The fish are scattered.
 

STURGEON: Try the shoreline between Eckley Pier and Port Costa.  Some diamondbacks are taking shrimp baits in this region.  Rumors of a good sturgeon bite at Montezuma Slough have not panned out.
 
 

PERCH: April 1 through July 31 marks the closure of perch fishing within the boundaries of the SF and SP Bays.  Same old same old. Pretty much what's out there are walleyed perch, and plenty of them, right behind the foam.  Anchovy pieces and pile worms will do the trick.  Striped perch are around, mostly where sand hits rock.  The surf is pretty hard these days and the wind is no relief.
 
 

MISCELLANEOUS SPECIES:  Sharks are active at Oyster Point.  Some good leopards and seven gills are there, munching on squid offerings.  If you want bat rays, Marina Bay is the place to be when there is water.  Any bait will get you a mud marlin right now.  Halibut are tough from the shore and piers due to the low water but that will change--maybe--as the tides even out a bit.
 

FRESHWATER:  Trout plants this week at  San Pablo, Del Valle, Chabot, and Temescal.   Since San Pablo is getting a lot of planted trout and will continue to do so through next month, that would be the place to go.  Trout are taking the usual Powerbait, Crave, and Predator mixtures, as well as nightcrawlers and cheese.  In short, just about anything has potential so long as you get it fairly deep.  Black bass and panfish are okay; catfish are more likely.  Fog helps keep the temperatures down and mornings are the best time.
 

DELTA RUMORS:  No change whatsoever, except that marina people and baitshop proprietors have all but thrown in the towel.  Now they are talking about the salmon season in the middle of next month.  Pathetic.  Yet there are still some spawned out stripers in the area, and a few sturgeon.  Brave the wind and the heat and count on nothing. Baits of the fishy kind are the way to go. Catfish and panfish are not sure bets, but they may be the only reason to visit the region right now, and that's only if you can find an area somewhat free from all the power boats and the yahoos who pilot them.  Night is better but not by much.  It's summer.