Summary:  It's hard out there on the Bay with high winds, low water and intensely sunny days  driving the fish farther away from the shore.  The best action is going to be found at dawn or dusk and into the night, or in deep water channels and estuaries.

STRIPED BASS:  Very tough sell right now from shore unless you plug early or late.  During the daytime the stripers are moving through deep water and hanging around Angel Island and Alcatraz, or just pushing through to the sea.  If the surf ever calms down long enough it should be good fishing from the Great highway on down.  So far, however, it's not all that great with a fury of little moments along the East Bay from Marina Bay to Berkeley.  Blood worms have tempted keepers, a few at a time, in this area.  You can also keep plugging away along the Marin shoreline from Loch Lomond to Elephant Rock.
 

STURGEON: No change. Not much going on.  But they are definitely in the Carquinez and Montezuma Slough.  Going deep and using heavy sinkers are key.  Still some around the usual Delta spots like cache Slough and Sherman Island.
 
 

PERCH: April 1 through July 31 marks the closure of perch fishing within the boundaries of the SF and SP Bays.  Another dreadful week with snotty winds and foamy surf screwing it all up.
 
 

MISCELLANEOUS SPECIES:  Shark fishing is good in the evening almost anywhere you go, though it would help to be near deeper water.  In the daytime, deeper channels will get you bat rays and some leopards.  Jacksmelt are around as the tide goes out.  Halibut are holding fairly deep (or where the sun doesn't fry their eyeballs) and are scarce near the shore unless you brave the wind and hang tough at Berkeley Pier, and even then don't expect a lot. Crissy Field has potential near the yacht harbor for swimbait and hair raiser throwers.  A bag of anchovies could net all these species, but live offerings are best for the flatfish, and sardines or even a salmon head is better for bigger sharks.

FRESHWATER:  Trout plants this week at  Del Valle, Chabot, Contra Loma, and Shadow Cliffs.  Pretty much it for Marin lakes until fall, and the fishing will respond accordingly.  So, last gasps for most of the Marin freshwater haunts.  Locally the trout fishing is steady, with powerbait in the usual chartreuse or rainbow colors as well as marshmallows, cheese, and nightcrawlers.  Warm sunny weather is pushing them into deeper water.  Black bass are a morning or evening prospect on top water lures.  Catfish are spawning and taking just about everything.  Panfish are active before Noon and after 3 and bobber offerings are the way to go.
 

DELTA RUMORS:  Anyone who tells you Delta fishing is good is trying to sell you something.  It's too hot or too windy, take your pick.  Still, there are stripers, catfish, and the occasional sturgeon to pursue.  Black bass, mostly spawned out now, are hitting top water lures early in the morning.  For the rest of the fish, stripers will hit cut baits or diving lures in black, silver, or gold colors, catfish are on the fishy scents, panfish are good by structure or weeds, and sturgeon will take grass shrimp very deep.   If you are up for a drive, the American River is one habitat that has been close to red hot for shad and stripers.  It's a real challenge from shore, but the yield can be astonishing.