STRIPED BASS:  Here, there, everywhere, and often nowhere at all.   Striper frustration reaches classic levels when you know they are in the bays but somehow hard to catch.  Water clarity makes lures a tough prospect, but bait fishing is no walk in the park due to voracious crabs.  Live bullheads are probably the best choice for the shoreliner this next week.  Stripers have been caught one at a time in these spots: the seashore at the end of Sloat  on big floating lures and hard iron, the Marin shore from San Quentin to China Camp on Hair Raisers and grass shrimp as well as live bullheads, Pinole east of the pier on live bait, Rodeo on grass shrimp, and both Martinez and Benicia on grass shrimp and live bait.   But don't rely on this alone--get out and explore for yourself.  Find the elusive schools.  You just might be the one with all the action.

STURGEON:  Grass shrimp has been the bait for diamondbacks caught in Rodeo, Eckley Pier, Port Costa, and Montezuma Slough this week.  Boaters are starting  to see more sturgeon meandering about the famous Triangle in San Pablo Bay.
 

PERCH:  Don't expect limits in the Bay.  If you are a diehard pogie chaser, try the rocks near both towers of the GG Bridge, or venture out in the surf--assuming it calms down anytime soon--and there are plenty of striped perch available.  Pile worms all the way.
 
 

MISCELLANEOUS SPECIES:  Salmon continue to push through the system and jumpers are spotted from Point Pinole all the way to the Suisun Bay,  but few are getting caught locally except for the usual Benicia 1st Street hangout, and not many there due to the crummy water.  Rodeo had a very short-lived run a few days ago by the water treatment plant, and that's pretty much all she wrote.  Maybe the good incoming tides this week will help.   Halibut fishing has taken the seasonal dip and there are a few stragglers at the Alameda Rock Wall, Marina bay, and down at Oyster Point.  A better shot would be from the rocks at Point Bonita, jigging swimbaits into the depths.  It's worked this time last year and the year before.  Smoothhound sharks and bat rays are in medium sizes in the evening or night at Berkeley Pier, and throughout the South bay on the Alameda County side.  Not much, but it beats the fall season on TV.  Kingfish are still filling buckets at the end of Harbor Way in Richmond, which is also a good place to find live bullheads.  Look for jacksmelt on the low tide all the way form Oakland through Richmond.