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SablefishShoulder seasonChannel · Alaska
Chagulak Pass
52.54°N · 171.19°W · Channel · Nikolski to Seguam Bering Side out to 15 NM
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Best score today · 12 AM · Sablefish
- Now
- 3011 AM HADT
- Best window
- 12-1 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.8 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 11 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.9 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
0Wind over the limit · capped at 30Wind: 23 kt SEPressure: Falling very fastWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
21Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 49°F, hotLight: OvercastSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 6.6 ftSeason & habitat · Sablefish
Species seasonality
55Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Sablefish is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with ADF&G before you keep a fish.
Source: ADF&G · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Sablefish is best here
Shoulder season for Sablefish · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Chagulak Pass
- Depth
- 250-400 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Pass · Outer · ExposedPass · drop-off
- Season
- Shoulder seasonSablefish
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 14 on a 742 m grid. Depths are feet below the DEM vertical datum, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing Chagulak Pass
Chagulak Pass is a channel in Nikolski to Seguam Bering Side out to 15 NM , Alaska. Depth is 250-400 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads pass, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 9 species here; the best right now are Chinook salmon, coho salmon and lingcod. It is peak season now for lingcod, and shoulder season for coho salmon, Pacific cod, rockfish and Pacific halibut. Chinook salmon peak from May through June. Coho salmon peak from August through September. Lingcod peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- Sablefish
- Sablefish live on soft bottoms along the continental slope, and sport anglers find adults in 700 to 2,000 feet. Fish a multi-hook deep-drop rig with glow squid skirts and squid or herring on circle hooks, using several pounds of weight and an electric reel. It takes a long run offshore and a calm day to keep the line near vertical, so most trips happen in summer.
- Chinook salmon
- Chinook hold near bait off points, kelp edges and tide rips, usually suspended 20 to 120 feet down and deeper as the sun gets higher. Troll slowly, under 2 mph, with a flasher and herring, hoochie or spoon on a downrigger, or mooch a plug-cut herring at the depth where the sounder shows bait. Winter blackmouth and feeder kings sit within 10 feet of the bottom in 60 to 200 feet.
- Coho salmon
- Coho feed in the top 30 to 50 feet along tide rips, kelp edges and bait schools, and often hit within a few feet of the surface. Troll faster than for Chinook, 2 to 4 mph, with a small flasher and hoochie, bucktail fly or herring, or cast spinners and flies from beaches near stream mouths as fish stage in late summer. The hour around a tide change is often the best window.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Traders Cove35
Bay · 7.1 mi
Top: Coho salmonShoulder season- Coho salmon 35
- Lingcod 35
- Rockfish 35
23 kt SEH 2:01 PM · 2.4 ftL 6:17 PM · 2.2 ft
Scores and forecasts are for planning only and can be wrong. Conditions on the water change fast; check the marine forecast before you go. Regulations change during the season, so confirm limits and closures with ADF&G before you keep a fish.