Summary: Fast water, gorgeous weather, lots of fish.  Why are you reading this when you could be fishing?

STRIPED BASS: They are back along the Marin coast from San Quentin up through China Camp, and then at the mouths of Sonoma Creek and the Petaluma River.  Pile worms, cut anchovies, and gras shrimp will do.  Live bullheads are a little slower but will bring in the larger fish.  Still a ways before the Spring Run but signs are good already.  Montezuma Slough, from the deep waters up though the salt gate, is also a good place on shad baits. 

STURGEON: The return of the big tides has been a boon for shoreliners.  China Camp and McNear's are good locations to proffer shrimp baits and even pile worms.  Oyster Point and below has big fish taking herring baits.  The herring spawn bloomed nicely this past week and there are eggs to be harvested at low tide, along with straggler fish collected around pilings and rocks.  Montezuma Slough also has sturgeon on shrimp baits.  All these places get crowded in short order, so if the solitary path is you choice, then it would not be strange to hit Point Pinole or Port Costa now.

PERCH:  East Bay has nice black and pile perch on the incoming, white perch on the outgoing, and barred perch swimming in and out with the tides.  Pile worms and grass shrimp are the best choices.  SF has a wide variety of perch from most of the piers and rocky walls. Striped, black and pile perch are at both Gate towers.  The surf has been a bit sloppy for fishing, but if you can get out there midway on the outgoing, or at the start of the incoming, you can find some large fish.  Look for spots where sand and rocks meet.
 

MISCELLANEOUS SPECIES: Sand dabs are still plentiful at Fort Baker and will take squid strips. So are jacksmelt, though more will be found from the ledge at Point Cavallo using the standard float rig.  Kingfish are best found on the bottom of the tide in San Pablo Bay. Bullheads are ubiquitous.  Doesn't matter where you go or what bait you use, you will find them.  There was a small flurry of activity regarding halibut below Candlestick, and veterans know that you can start throwing swim baits for them now along the sand at Crissy Field.