North Bay Fishing Charters

North Bay Fishing Charters North Bay Fishing Charters is a licensed fishing charter operating out of Bodega and Tomales bay

It's been an epic week in Bodega Bay. We haven't posted much over the past week, but not due to a lack of fish. A lot of...
08/18/2026

It's been an epic week in Bodega Bay. We haven't posted much over the past week, but not due to a lack of fish. A lot of salmon pushed into our local area, and it's been steady limits or very close to limits every day for both boats, with almost entirely all the fish being at or over 15 lbs. Some days happen faster than others, but today was a fast one with limits by 11 AM for Captain Mike. Captain Josh leaves for Mexico, so we are slowing down operations to just the Bigeye for a couple of days per week, but it does appear some wind will be coming in, giving all of the crew a much-needed break after over two weeks of consecutive fishing for both boats. Once we complete the last of our salmon season, we will be focusing on tuna for the remainder of the fall, and it's sure looking epic. We do have some room left for october bluefin and its going to be busy.

-Capt Ryan

Capt Mike Long and deckhand Cody struck gold yesterday when the salmon got stubborn. After a slow start on salmon they o...
07/21/2026

Capt Mike Long and deckhand Cody struck gold yesterday when the salmon got stubborn. After a slow start on salmon they opted to fish for lingcod and caught a super rare Xanthochomic golden ling. A little research shows roughly less than one in 500,000 lingcod processes this mutation and fewer make it to adulthood. If anyone has ever seen one of these drop a photo in the comments as these are super rare. Ive only ever witnessed one diving many years ago.

-Capt Ryan

Another week of salmon fishing with some wide-open days and some a little slower. Earlier in the week, Captain Billy and...
07/20/2026

Another week of salmon fishing with some wide-open days and some a little slower. Earlier in the week, Captain Billy and Captain Mike Long had some hit-or-miss days, averaging a fish per person most days. With the wind blowing, we took a couple of days off, then fished hard this weekend. On Saturday, we had early limits of big fish up to 25 lbs. Then on Sunday, the bite slowed, and we worked hard and searched all the way up the Sonoma coast and only had 4 salmon up to 20 lbs to show. Overall, the fishing remains hit or miss, with some amazing days and some slower days.

-Capt Ryan

The 4th of july weekend consisted of absolutely insane, wide-open salmon fishing for us in Bodega Bay. On Friday, we dec...
07/06/2026

The 4th of july weekend consisted of absolutely insane, wide-open salmon fishing for us in Bodega Bay. On Friday, we decided to go on a scout mission and look in deeper waters away from the main fleet south of the harbor. After burning some fuel and hours searching, we eventually found a pocket of dozens of whales and birds in deeper waters. We managed to pick up 6 fish and lose several others, the life was there but the fish were finicky and not biting well, We returned to the area on Saturday with both boats, and Captain Josh put the hurt on them right away, per his post plugging the boat early. We took a little longer but still had limits of good quality fish up to 30 lbs by noon. On Sunday, we returned, and unfortunately, word had gotten out, and there was a lot of boat traffic in the area. Captain Billy and I found the bite was a little slower for us eith the traffic, so I went on the search a little ways away from the fleet and managed to find a hot spot eith some action all alone, and we managed to limit both boats out very quickly in less than an hour. We caught the same mid to large-grade fish as the day before, all before 10 AM. Overall, an epic weekend. We are booked through August but still have some September dates open and tuna dates have been added to the calender. We will be offering afternoon trips for weekends like these so stay posted.

-Capt Ryan

Had my old friend, Jefe, in town for a minute. Ran a trip with him yesterday and it was like we didn’t skip a beat. We b...
07/05/2026

Had my old friend, Jefe, in town for a minute. Ran a trip with him yesterday and it was like we didn’t skip a beat. We boxed 9 schoolies before anyone realized what was happening. Pumped another 7 into the hurt locker and headed back to the barn. Shot the photo backwards so they all look the same size. The front one is our smallest Salmon, our biggest was around 22 lbs. season is off to a great start!!!! P-Line Bodega Tackle XTRATUF hotspotapex

Yesterday was our first day of the season, and with limiting weather conditions, we ran a light load of 4 folks to shake...
06/29/2026

Yesterday was our first day of the season, and with limiting weather conditions, we ran a light load of 4 folks to shake off the rust close to home in the small area away from the weather. We had a lot of chances with over a dozen hookups not making it to the boat, mostly due to weather constraints, but still managed a fish per person from 22" to a whopping 39". There are a lot of big fish out there and unfortunately most of them spit the hook. We are looking forward to a promising year. We are completely booked full through all of July and most of August for both boats. We will be running some afternoon trips when the weather improves, so stay posted. We are looking forward to a great year of salmon.

-Capt Ryan

Had a great day fishing solo with the campion family!!! Picked up 4 nice halibut in the morning up to 36 lbs on the the ...
06/27/2026

Had a great day fishing solo with the campion family!!! Picked up 4 nice halibut in the morning up to 36 lbs on the the scale. Then ran north for five lingcod and half limits of Rockies! The biggest halibut was caught by their 7 yr old son!! ~Cpt. Josh Bodega Tackle

Wide-open halibut action out of Bodega Bay yesterday. We ended up with limits for three father-son combos of jumbo, clea...
06/22/2026

Wide-open halibut action out of Bodega Bay yesterday. We ended up with limits for three father-son combos of jumbo, clean ocean halibut. We had three halibut over 40", eight between 35" and 40", and our smallest outlier coming in at 30". So far, my personal best day of halibut fishing by a long shot, and some of the best halibut action I've seen in the area. Overall, an epic day and more action to continue this week.

- Capt Ryan

Solid mixed back trip for both boats out of bodega yesterday. In the morning both boats gathered up some live bait to f...
06/22/2026

Solid mixed back trip for both boats out of bodega yesterday. In the morning both boats gathered up some live bait to fish for the day on. Capt Billy hit the timing right and picked up two monster halibut with the larger one coming in over 44" then ran out and grabbed 4 lings and limits of rockfish. On the bigeye we made quick work on limits of rockfish and half limits of lings to 20lbs. We then ran south and picked up 2 nice flatties to finish off the day. Things are about getting epic here in bodega.

-Capt Ryan

Here’s a few photos from last weeks trips!… early in the week the lingcod had lock jaw. By Sunday everything was chompin...
06/16/2026

Here’s a few photos from last weeks trips!… early in the week the lingcod had lock jaw. By Sunday everything was chomping!! School Rockies smashing P-Line flies and the toothy ones starting to produce some exciting fishing!! Give us a call or booked online! P-Line Madame Lure XTRATUF Yerba Madre Bodega Tackle

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1500 Bay Flat Road
Bodega Bay, CA
94923

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 7pm
Tuesday 7am - 7pm
Wednesday 7am - 7pm
Thursday 7am - 7pm
Friday 7am - 7pm
Saturday 7am - 7pm
Sunday 7am - 7pm

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+14154088019

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