California Dawn Sportfishing - Berkeley, CA

California Dawn Sportfishing
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Berkeley, CA 94710

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Fish Counts for August 3rd, 2026
Boat	Trip Type	Anglers	Fish Count
California Dawn II	Full Day	18	18 King Salmon (up to 23 pounds)
New California Dawn	Full Day	19	190 Rockfish, 4 Lingcod
California Dawn Sportfishing Dock Totals
2 Boats	2 Trips	37 Anglers	190 Rockfish, 18 King Salmon, 4 Lingcod
As of 2:30 PM August 3rd, 2026

2026	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug
2025	Jan \| Feb \| Mar \| Apr \| May \| Jun \| Jul \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov \| Dec

Annual Landing Totals
	Albacore	Broadnose Sevengill Shark	Cabezon	California Halibut	Chinook Salmon	Dungeness Crab	Leopard Shark	Lingcod	Pacific Bonito	Redtail Surfperch	Rockfish	Sanddab	Soupfin Shark	Striped Bass	Vermilion Rockfish
2026	-	-	77	644	526	-	-	539	4	114	4136	-	-	2916	-
2025	19	-	56	2534	420	20603	5	4763	2	-	44537	5301	5	3499	142

Annual Landing Totals
Species	2026	2025
Albacore	-	19
Broadnose Sevengill Shark	-	-
Cabezon	77	56
California Halibut	644	2534
Chinook Salmon	526	420
Dungeness Crab	-	20603
Leopard Shark	-	5
Lingcod	539	4763
Pacific Bonito	4	2
Redtail Surfperch	114	-
Rockfish	4136	44537
Sanddab	-	5301
Soupfin Shark	-	5
Striped Bass	2916	3499
Vermilion Rockfish	-	142

California Dawn Sportfishing Fleet

Hot salmon bite today

by JAMES SMITH

We had 2 trips out today. CD2 was on a hot salmon bite and New CD was out fishing rockfish along the coast. We finished up the day with 18 salmon to 23 pounds with a lot of missed opportunities as

(More...) (Monday, August 3, 2026)

More of the same “large grade “ of fish

by JAMES SMITH

Day 2 of the second opener we seen more of the same “large grade “ of fish. Everyone was a battle. We finished up around a fish per rod or a little better with the salmon weighing in up to

(More...) (Sunday, August 2, 2026)

Had some epic fishing on today’s salmon opener

by JAMES SMITH

We had some epic fishing on today’s salmon opener. The grade of fish was large to jumbo with lots of fish in the high teens and 20s” We finished up with 27 salmon to 25 pounds for our group of anglers

(More...) (Saturday, August 1, 2026)

California Dawn Sportfishing Fish Reports
Date	Report Author Audio
8-3-2026	Hot salmon bite today We had 2 trips out today. CD2 was on a hot salmon bite and New CD was out fishing rockfish... more » James Smith California Dawn II
8-2-2026	More of the same “large grade “ of fish Day 2 of the second opener we seen more of the same “large grade “ of fish. Everyone was a... more » James Smith California Dawn II
8-1-2026	Had some epic fishing on today’s salmon opener We had some epic fishing on today’s salmon opener. The grade of fish was large to jumbo with lots of... more » James Smith California Dawn II
7-31-2026	Solid rockfish action along the coast today Solid rockfish action along the coast today. Both boats scored, easy limits and handful of lings and cabazone Tomorrow is the... more » James Smith California Dawn II
7-30-2026	Back out on the water today on the southern rockfish grounds We were back out on the water today on the southern rockfish grounds and found full limits of rockfish, a... more » James Smith California Dawn II
7-27-2026	Anglers Paradise and Marine along with Optimum Baits sponsored trip Today we had a Anglers Paradise and Marine along with Optimum Baits sponsored trip. Guys were throwing the plastics and small... more » James Smith California Dawn II
7-26-2026	Some fun potluck today We found wide open rockfish and a mix of ling cod and some beautiful Ocean striped bass. We will be back... more » James Smith California Dawn II
7-25-2026	2 trips out today fishing along the coast We had 2 trips out today fishing along the coast. The rockfish bit well and we added some lings, halibut... more » James Smith California Dawn II
7-23-2026	Both boats out today fishing potluck We had both boats out today fishing potluck on the coast today finding excellent rock cod fishing along with some... more » James Smith California Dawn II
7-22-2026	2 trips out today California Dawn Sportfishing Favorites · nprdsSoote99620gu64t63u4h0ha0a90342hag41l1ffu3i4i1a0fa99fm02 · We had 2 trips out today. The last day of the first salmon opener was... more » James Smith California Dawn II