California Dawn Sportfishing - Berkeley, CA

California Dawn Sportfishing
K Dock
Berkeley, CA 94710

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Fish Counts for August 17th, 2026
Boat	Trip Type	Anglers	Fish Count
California Dawn II	Full Day	33	330 Rockfish
New California Dawn	Full Day	26	260 Rockfish, 200 Sandab, 200 Sanddab, 56 Lingcod
California Dawn Sportfishing Dock Totals
2 Boats	2 Trips	59 Anglers	590 Rockfish, 200 Sandab, 200 Sanddab, 56 Lingcod
As of 2:30 PM August 17th, 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

Phenix Rods sponsored deep water trip to the islands today

by JAMES SMITH

We had a Phenix Rods sponsored deep water trip to the islands today. Weather was flat and the lings were chewing to start out the day. We took full limits for all on board and moved off to the rockfish

(More...) (Monday, August 17, 2026)

Solid fishing today!

by JAMES SMITH

Solid fishing today! We had two trips out. California Down two worked the Marine Coast today for a fish Rod on salmon. A total of 21 were landed up to 25 pounds. The New California Dawn was fishing at the Farallon

(More...) (Sunday, August 16, 2026)

Both boats were fishing offshore today at the Farallon islands

by JAMES SMITH

We had another banger of a day at the islands. Both boats were fishing offshore today at the Farallon islands. The weather was flat calm and the rockfish and lings were on the bite. Tomorrow we are offering open the rockfish to

(More...) (Saturday, August 15, 2026)

California Dawn Sportfishing Fish Reports
Date	Report Author Audio
8-17-2026	Phenix Rods sponsored deep water trip to the islands today We had a Phenix Rods sponsored deep water trip to the islands today. Weather was flat and the lings were... more » James Smith California Dawn II
8-16-2026	Solid fishing today! Solid fishing today! We had two trips out. California Down two worked the Marine Coast today for a fish Rod... more » James Smith California Dawn II
8-15-2026	Both boats were fishing offshore today at the Farallon islands We had another banger of a day at the islands. Both boats were fishing offshore today at the Farallon islands. The... more » James Smith California Dawn II
8-14-2026	Fishing was hot in both places Few had 2 boats out today. One fishing the islands and the other out at the salmon grounds. Fishing was... more » James Smith California Dawn II
8-13-2026	More red hot fishing today! More red hot fishing today! The Kings were on the bite. We had some tremendous fishing and should’ve ended up... more » James Smith California Dawn II
8-12-2026	Awesome day of salmon fishing We had an awesome day of salmon fishing. The weather was gorgeous and even had some visitors from the south.... more » James Smith California Dawn II
8-10-2026	2 trips out today We had 2 trips out today . The salmon bite was spotty today, some guys had up to over a fish... more » James Smith California Dawn II
8-9-2026	Cal Dawn Sunday Report Made the decision to go north this morning which didn’t work out. Double backed and found 17 salmon to 25... more » James Smith California Dawn II
8-8-2026	2 trips out today We had 2 trips out today. The California Dawn 2 was fishing the Farallon islands with “lights out” action. The boat... more » James Smith California Dawn II
8-7-2026	Good fishing at the islands and on the salmon grounds Take your pick, it was good fishing at the islands and on the salmon grounds. We had around a fish and... more » James Smith California Dawn II