Summary: Meteorologists have got around to saying what we anglers already knew: it was an unusually cold April.  And it did affect the fishing considerably.  But not even prolonged chilly weather can stave off the instincts of our finned compatriots.  In spite of it all, halibut  and stripers are finally showing up in good numbers in the Bay.   Go get them!
 
 

STRIPED BASS:  Stripers have taken an interest in all that live bait put out by halibut-hopefuls on Berkeley Pier, so it should not be surprising that there have been some dandy catches in recent days.   You can also find striped bass, when the tide is right, all around the shoreline on wormy baits and cut fishy baits.  Lures are slow, but the hair raiser in white curly tail is picking some up.  On the surf, yay, they are stacking up again at the old Fleishacker Hole at the end of Salt Blvd. Bait and poppers will be the way to go.
 

STURGEON:  Not much being reported on here due to the frenzy of other species coupled with the not-so-great windy conditions on the Strait and other Sturgeon spots for this time of year.  Still some action, however, at Alameda's Bay Farm Island as well as Port Costa, and up in the Napa River, wherever you can find a shore spot, it's pretty good.   Shrimp baits or pile worms.
 

PERCH: The theater is dark in the bays until August.  
 

MISCELLANEOUS SPECIES:  Oyster Point and Berkeley Pier are the two main places for a good chance at getting a halibut on live bait.  Shiners are somewhat hard to find so it is a matter of getting a scoop of live anchovies and floating them under a sliding bobber rig.  About 10 halibut per day have averaged on the Berkeley Pier.   Some luck is happening on hair raisers towards the evening.   Bat rays are around, but there are quite a few babies in the mix, so go easy.  Not a lot of big ones as yet.  Sharks are mostly in South Bay.  Jacksmelt are about but not in large amounts.