Summary: Is it the Red Tide?  Many people think so.  It's out on the coast from Pescadero all the way up to Bodega Bay, and there's even some red layering in the Bay right now.   Hard to say what effect it's having on fishing other than clumps of foul weeds and less fish in the mix.  But that in itself is quite enough.

STRIPED BASS: Minus tides and red funky stuff in the water make this a tougher week for stripers.  Yet they are here and if you keep mobile you can hook into them.  It's not a humongeous Fall Run by any stretch but it is a beginning.   Best bets right now are Point Molate through Rodeo--gotta have water, and clouds are a real plus--on these baits: live bullheads, cut anchovies, or grass shrimp (live or at least fresh).  Once you hit Crockett or Glen Cove, the crabs are a good incentive to throw lures.  Rat-L-Traps in the 1/2 to 3/4 ounce range are good; so are hair raisers in white heads and chartreuse curly tails.  In Benicia it's back to bait, with bullheads or grass shrimp.  Point Isabel has yet to break, but the next windless hot evening could see boils of the largemouth type, ready for a well placed plug.  Be ready!  Be light-footed. They are coming in from the sea and spreading about the Bay.
 

STURGEON: Nah.
 

PERCH: Until the red stuff recedes, the best bet for a good perch has to be on the other side, in Sausalito to Fort Baker, and then out the Gate, near points Bonita or Lobos.  Look for sheltered rocky areas and shun the beaches.  Lots of big striped perch haunting the reefs right now.
 
 

MISCELLANEOUS SPECIES: Salmon are in Benicia; so are the crowds.  Or you can try the water treatment area in Rodeo or near the tank in Crockett.  If nothing else, you'll see salmon, jumping or surfacing right by the shore.  Spinners all the way, though the errant Rat-L-Trap going for a striper might catch some salmonoid attention.   Sharks and rays are best sought outside the Gate.  Try Bolinas or Point Reyes where the estuaries are.  Jacksmelt are common all over the Bay right now.   Halibut are still getting caught by Oyster Point--but the real chance of getting them is at Lake Merrit, where a bunch of them are hanging close to shore where the saltwater drifts in through the channels.  Live bait could pick up a nice pale flattie.   Rockfish and lingcod have proven a pretty consistent prospect on the rocky shores south of Pacifica and even along jetty walls at Fort Baker and Kirby Cove.  Swimbaits and iron lures work, and so do baits like pile worms and whole frozen anchovies.