NWS zone PKZ031 · Alaska
Stephens Passage fishing forecast
Alaska · Pacific coast
Score now
- Named spots
- 108
- Species scored
- 7
- Tide stations
- 1
Overview
Stephens Passage is NWS marine zone PKZ031 on the Alaska Pacific coast, in the Alaska species region. The Waterlands engine treats it as inland water (bays, sounds, straits). It holds 108 named features from the USGS Geographic Names Information System and has 1 NOAA tide station nearby.
7 species are scored here in this forecast.
At 6:00 PM it scores 53 (good), led by Lingcod. The best window for the rest of today is 6 PM-12 AM (ebb tide), peaking at 57 for Lingcod. Over the next 14 days the best hour is Sat, Oct 31 at 8 AM, scoring 61.
Best times to fish
Waterlands engine forecast computed 6:04 PM AKDT.
Best window today
6 PM-12 AM · Ebb tide
Top species: Lingcod
Best hour of each day, next 14 days
Sat, Oct 31
61
8 AM
Lingcod
Best day
Sun, Nov 1
35
12 AM
Lingcod
Mon, Nov 2
35
12 AM
Chinook salmon
Tue, Nov 3
35
12 AM
Chinook salmon
Wed, Nov 4
35
12 AM
Chinook salmon
Thu, Nov 5
35
12 AM
Chinook salmon
Fri, Nov 6
35
12 AM
Chinook salmon
Sat, Nov 7
35
12 AM
Chinook salmon
Sun, Nov 8
35
12 AM
Chinook salmon
Mon, Nov 9
35
12 AM
Chinook salmon
Tue, Nov 10
35
12 AM
Chinook salmon
Wed, Nov 11
35
12 AM
Chinook salmon
Thu, Nov 12
35
12 AM
Chinook salmon
Fri, Nov 13
35
12 AM
Chinook salmon
Species · 7
Listed for the Alaska region. Scores are this hour; season is where the species is in its year.
Off season, about 25 more weeks · Best day Sat, Oct 31 at 8 AM (61)
Off season, about 17 more weeks · Best day Sat, Oct 31 at 12 AM (35)
Off season, about 25 more weeks · Best day Sat, Oct 31 at 12 AM (35)
Off season, about 24 more weeks · Best day Sat, Oct 31 at 12 AM (35)
Named spots · 108
Ranked by score this hour. Each spot has its own hourly forecast, tide, current and regulations.
- Cherokee FlatsBar · 101 to 161 ft · ProtectedTop now: Lingcod57Good
- Green CoveBay · 8 to 90 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Lingcod57Good
- Point SalisburyCape · 61 to 376 ft · ExposedTop now: Lingcod57Good
- Southeast EndCape · 69 to 266 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Lingcod57Good
- Twin PointCape · 53 to 487 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Lingcod56Good
- Suicide CoveBay · 104 to 227 ft · ProtectedTop now: Lingcod55Good
- Point HildaCape · 112 to 206 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Lingcod54Good
- Point AnmerCape · 31 to 74 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Lingcod53Good
- Slocum InletBay · 164 to 383 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Lingcod53Good
- Taku HarborBay · 10 to 22 ft · ProtectedTop now: Lingcod53Good
- Sentinel PointCapeTop now: Lingcod52Good
- Sharp PointCapeTop now: Lingcod52Good
96 more spots, A to Z
- Admiralty Cove47
- Amalga Harbor35
- Anchor Cove51
- Auke Bay43
- Auke Nu Cove35
- Barlow Cove44
- Barlow Point47
- Battleship Reef51
- Beacon Rock35
- Bill Point35
- Bird Rock35
- Circle Point51
- Cleveland Passage35
- Cohen Reef35
- Dornin Rock51
- Doty Cove48
- Eagle Reef35
- Endicott Arm49
- Entrance Point47
- Fanshaw Bay35
- Faust Rock51
- Favorite Channel42
- Favorite Reef35
- Flat Point48
- Fool Inlet50
- Fords Terror42
- Fritz Cove49
- Gambier Bay35
- Gastineau Channel46
- George Rock51
- Gibby Rock51
- Gilbert Bay46
- Halibut Cove49
- Hand Trollers Cove49
- Hobart Bay38
- Holkham Bay35
- Horse Shoal49
- Indian Point51
- Last Chance Harbor42
- Lena Cove35
- Limestone Inlet49
- Mallard Cove48
- McDonald Rock43
- Mendenhall Bar42
- Midway Point35
- Mole Harbor35
- North Arm Port Houghton49
- North Pass49
- Oliver Inlet51
- Outer Point49
- Pearl Harbor35
- Piling Point51
- Pleasant Bay35
- Point Astley35
- Point Coke35
- Point Gambier43
- Point Hugh41
- Point Lena35
- Point Louisa35
- Point Stephens35
- Point Walpole35
- Point Young47
- Port Houghton42
- Port Snettisham46
- Rasp Ledge35
- Saginaw Channel47
- Sanford Cove51
- Scow Cove50
- Seymour Canal35
- Shelter Cove49
- Smugglers Cove51
- Snug Cove35
- Sore Finger Cove35
- Spaulding Point35
- Speel Arm52
- Spuhn Point49
- Staunch Point45
- Steamboat Bay35
- Stephens Passage35
- Stephens Passage35
- Sunny Cove48
- Sunny Point46
- Sunset Cove46
- Symonds Point51
- Taku Inlet46
- Tee Harbor35
- The Gorge51
- The Narrows42
- Thistle Ledge35
- Tracy Arm44
- West Spit35
- Williams Cove35
- Windfall Harbor47
- Windham Bay36
- Winning Cove35
- Young Bay47
Nearest tide stations
Regulations
Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Synced with ADF&G Oct 31, 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
- Passage Canal8
- 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
- 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
