NWS zone PKZ723 · Alaska
Passage Canal fishing forecast
Alaska · Pacific coast
Score now
- Named spots
- 8
- Species scored
- 9
- Tide stations
- 0
Overview
Passage Canal is NWS marine zone PKZ723 on the Alaska Pacific coast, in the Alaska species region. The Waterlands engine treats it as inland water (bays, sounds, straits). It holds 8 named features from the USGS Geographic Names Information System.
9 species are scored here in this forecast; Lingcod and Coho salmon are at peak season now.
At 8:00 AM it scores 66 (great), led by Pacific halibut. The best window for the rest of today is 1-6 PM (flood tide), peaking at 71 for Lingcod. Over the next 14 days the best hour is Tue, Sep 22 at 10 AM, scoring 76.
Best times to fish
Waterlands engine forecast computed 6:49 AM AKDT.
Best window today
1-6 PM · Flood tide
Top species: Lingcod
Best hour of each day, next 14 days
Fri, Sep 18
71
3 PM
Lingcod
Sat, Sep 19
71
7 AM
Lingcod
Sun, Sep 20
71
7 AM
Lingcod
Mon, Sep 21
74
8 AM
Lingcod
Tue, Sep 22
76
10 AM
Lingcod
Best day
Wed, Sep 23
75
8 AM
Lingcod
Thu, Sep 24
72
5 PM
Lingcod
Fri, Sep 25
74
6 PM
Lingcod
Sat, Sep 26
75
9 AM
Lingcod
Sun, Sep 27
72
7 AM
Lingcod
Mon, Sep 28
67
10 AM
Lingcod
Tue, Sep 29
68
5 PM
Lingcod
Wed, Sep 30
67
8 AM
Lingcod
Thu, Oct 1
70
6 PM
Lingcod
Species · 9
Listed for the Alaska region. Scores are this hour; season is where the species is in its year.
Shoulder season, about 1 more week · Best day Sat, Sep 19 at 8 AM (68)
Peak season, about 1 more week · Best day Tue, Sep 22 at 10 AM (76)
Shoulder season, about 1 more week · Best day Fri, Sep 18 at 7 AM (65)
Peak season, changing this week · Best day Mon, Sep 21 at 9 AM (72)
Shoulder season, about 1 more week · Best day Tue, Sep 22 at 10 AM (65)
Shoulder season, about 1 more week · Best day Tue, Sep 22 at 10 AM (63)
Off season, about 23 more weeks · Best day Fri, Sep 18 at 12 AM (35)
Off season, about 1 more week · Best day Fri, Sep 18 at 12 AM (35)
Off season, about 1 more week · Best day Fri, Sep 18 at 12 AM (35)
Named spots · 8
Ranked by score this hour. Each spot has its own hourly forecast, tide, current and regulations.
- Bur PointCape · 182 to 676 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Pacific halibut66Great
- Gradual PointCape · 367 to 695 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Pacific halibut66Great
- Poe BayBay · 377 to 848 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Pacific halibut66Great
- Shotgun CoveBay · 199 to 742 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Pacific halibut66Great
- Squirrel CoveBay · 288 to 444 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Pacific halibut66Great
- Passage CanalBay · 724 to 1028 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Pacific halibut63Good
- Trinity PointCape · 196 to 557 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Coho salmon62Good
- Emerald BayBay · 214 to 363 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Lingcod60Good
Nearest tide stations
Regulations
Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Synced with ADF&G Sep 18, 2026.
No reviewed rules for the species listed here are on file yet. Check with ADF&G before you keep a fish.
Other Alaska bay systems
- Adak to Kiska Bering Side214
- Adak to Kiska Pacific Side162
- Barren Islands East114
- Bristol Bay from Cape Chichagof to Cape Pierce out to 15 NM50
- Bristol Bay from Port Heiden to Cape Chichagof out to 15 NM7
- Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin out to 15 NM21
- Cape Espenberg to Motherwood Point out to 10 NM6
- Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island out to 15 NM29
- Cape Krusenstern to Cape Thompson out to 15 NM4
- Cape Stephens to Moses Point out to 15 NM15
- Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort out to 15 NM5
- Castle Cape to Cape Tolstoi out to 15 NM112
- Central and Eastern Prince William Sound130
- Chiniak Bay28
- Clarence Strait423
- Cook Inlet Kalgin Island to Point Bede18
- Cook Inlet North Kalgin Island40
- Cross Sound153
- Dall Point to Kwikpak Pass out to 15 NM21
- Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point out to 15 NM40
- Frederick Sound81
- Glacier Bay44
- Icy Cape to Cape Suckling out to 15 NM2
- Icy Strait37
- Kachemak Bay36
- Kiska to Attu Bering Side39
- Kiska to Attu Pacific Side53
- Kwikpak Pass to Cape Stephens out to 15 NM14
- Marmot Bay84
- Moses Point to Sledge Island out to 15 NM10
- Motherwood Point to Cape Krusenstern out to 10 NM14
- Nikolski to Seguam Bering Side out to 15 NM 10
- Nikolski to Seguam Pacfic Side out to 15 NM7
- North and West of Nunivak Island42
- North Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM27
- Northern Chatham Strait151
- Northern Lynn Canal34
- Northwest Prince William Sound100
- Point Franklin to Cape Halkett out to 15 NM40
- Port Heiden to Nelson Lagoon out to 15 NM29
- Port of Valdez5
- Pribilof Islands Nearshore Waters28
- Resurrection Bay
- Saint Matthew Island Waters4
- Shelikof Strait184
- Sledge Island to Wales out to 15 NM9
- South Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM25
- Southern Chatham Strait186
- Southern Lynn Canal23
- Southwest Prince William Sound215
- Stephens Passage108
- Sumner Strait378
- Unalaska Bay85
- Unimak Pass203
- Valdez Arm12
- Valdez Narrows3
- Wales to Cape Espenberg out to 15 NM2
- West of Barren Islands Including Kamishak Bay33
- Yakutat Bay55
