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March 6, 2026 Update
SALMON: News about a salmon season for 2026 is currently being discussed in fishery management meetings taking place. Check back on/after March 9 for more info.
AROUND THE HARBOR: Perch along the coastline, and even though it's pretty early, sounds like a striper is being landed here and there along the coastline. Folks continue to enjoy catching rock crab and an occasional dungeness crab off the fishing pier inside the harbor as well as on the jetty. Pots, hoop nets or snares are all permitted at this point. If you're interested in monkeyface eel, there's loads of them available hidden in the jetty rocks for poke-pole anglers. Dungeness crab is available for purchase from commercial boats in the harbor; last I heard the price is around $10 a pound.
QUEEN OF HEARTS TRIPS: The Queen of Hearts will begin rockfishing in unrestricted depths beginning March 1. We are now taking reservations for the first few days in March with more dates to be posted within the next week. Salmon trips will be added as soon as an announcement is made.
SHOP SCHEDULE: During March, we are open Wednesdays through Sundays from at least 8am to 4pm. Schedule for April will depend on the info we receive about the salmon season.
Welcome to Half Moon Bay Sportfishing and Tackle, located on the coast about 20 miles south of San Francisco, the only stop you have to make for the fishing adventure of a lifetime! We have the supplies you need for a fantastic day on the water onboard the charterboats that book through our shop as well as all the basic gear, bait, and tackle you need for a great trip on your own boat or from the shore. You can also purchase day and annual fishing licenses as well as commercial fishing and hunting licenses at our shop. Our staff has unsurpased knowledge of gear and techniques for salmon, rockfishing, surf fishing, Dungeness crab and other various species of ocean dwellers that live in our part of the ocean.
Got Bait?
We've always had a complete array of the best bait that's available for sale in our shop that is constantly rotated to be as fresh as possible. But now we've gone one step further...Half Moon Bay Sportfishing is one of the first bait and tackle shops in California to own its own frozen bait vending machine available outside our front door 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Even when the shop is closed or we're crazy busy getting our charterboat customers out first thing in the morning, you can purchase your frozen bait from the machine using either cash or credit cards and get on out to the water quickly and easily.
Charterboat Trips
Half Moon Bay Sportfishing and Tackle is proud to be the booking agent for the vessel Queen of Hearts, which has taken more people fishing out of Half Moon Bay than any other boat, hands down, since 1990. The Queen of Hearts is Coast Guard licensed and inspected, insured, well maintained, and has an impeccable safety record. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, beginning in March 2020 when the stay at home orders were established, we discontinued booking any other vessels other than the Queen of Hearts through our shop.
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