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SablefishShoulder seasonSea · Alaska
Bering Strait
64.87°N · 167.30°W · Sea · North Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM
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Best score today · 9 AM · Sablefish
- Now
- 302 AM AKDT
- Best window
- 8 AM-12 AMMoving water
Data from: ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 2 AM · now
Tide & current
Open-Meteo Marine
100Current: 0.4 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
67Wind: 13 kt SWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
44Water temp: 46°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 3.0 ftSeason & habitat · Sablefish
Species seasonality
24Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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 yesterday
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
Bering Strait
- Depth
- About 90 ft
- Structure
- Open water · Outer · Exposed
- Season
- Shoulder seasonSablefish
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 14 on a 11132000 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 Bering Strait
Bering Strait is a sea in North Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM, Alaska. Depth is about 90 ft. Its profile reads open water, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 9 species here; the best right now are lingcod, Pacific cod and coho salmon. It is peak season now for lingcod and coho salmon, and shoulder season for Pacific cod, Pacific halibut, rockfish and sablefish. Lingcod peak from July through September. Pacific cod peak from June through August. Coho salmon peak from August 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.
- Lingcod
- Lingcod ambush prey from rock outcrops, reef edges and kelp where current runs, most often in 30 to 300 feet, and males move shallow to guard nests in winter. Drift over the reef bouncing a lead-head swimbait or metal jig on the bottom, or fish herring or squid on a heavy leader, since their teeth cut light line. From jetties and rocky shore, work bait or jigs along the rocks on the incoming tide.
- Pacific cod
- Pacific cod school over mud, sand and gravel bottoms and shelf edges, moving shallower than 300 feet in summer and deeper to spawn in winter. Drop a heavy metal jig or a lead-head with a herring or squid strip to the bottom in 100 to 300 feet and work it a few feet up. They often come up on the same drifts as halibut, and a school can mean fast fishing once you find it.
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.