Summary: Neap tides this past week have slowed everything down.

STRIPED BASS: Not much going on in the bays right now, save for small shakers that will peck away your precious bait.  Better prospects until the tides pick up will be Montezuma Slough or the deep waters of Carquinez Strait.  Shrimp and shad baits are the way to go.

STURGEON: Poor water movement has resulted in predictable lousiness for just about any sturgeon strategy.  Except for night angling, where it is possible to catch diamondbacks in the shallow zones near the banks in the south.  From the SF Airport down to Dumbarton, herring filets and shrimp have been better offerings than anywhere else.  The China Camp area in Marin is a dead zone right now. The stronger minus tide cycle is on the way, and it might be a good idea to fish just before twilight in the next few days in San Pablo and San Francisco bays, and midday along the Carquinez corridor.  Get up early, pack your lunch and bring a thermos, and be mobile.

PERCH:  Good time to fish for perch if you can find the right depth.  Try to go where the area is not overly dependent on the tides, namely the rocky banks from Emeryville to Berkeley, and then San Quentin Point or Fort Baker.  Mostly black, white, and pile perch in the East Bay, with a shot at striped or rubberlip perch by the Towers.  Pile worms are the key bait.  Outside the Gate the surf is okay when it isn't too sloppy and, especially up Bodega Bay way, some nice calicos and redtails are available.  Barred Perch are in and out with the tide in the Bay, so not much going on with them until the next big push.
 

MISCELLANEOUS SPECIES: Kingfish are all over the place and will steal any bait.  Bullheads are copious in the flats of San Pablo Bay, so now might be a good time to stock up on bait for the Spring Run.  Bullheads stored in a baggie filled with water and then frozen will be just fine when the bass return.  You name it, bullheads will bite it, but right now cut anchovy strips will out fish pile worms.