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Best score today · 7 PM · Sablefish
- Now
- 234 AM AKDT
- Best window
- 6-9 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Low1.8 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
Saturday, Oct 3 · 6 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
63Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
87Wind: 7 kt SEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
39Water temp: 54°F, hotLight: DawnSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Sablefish
Species seasonality
12Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of range
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
Augustine Bay
- Depth
- About 25 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Protected
- 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 Augustine Bay
Augustine Bay is a bay in Sumner Strait, Alaska. Depth in the nearest water is about 25 ft. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 9 species here; the best right now are chum salmon, coho salmon and lingcod. It is peak season now for coho salmon and lingcod, and shoulder season for Pacific cod, Pacific halibut, rockfish and sablefish. Chum salmon peak from July through August. 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.
- Chum salmon
- Chum stage off stream mouths and hatchery beaches in late fall in Puget Sound and Hood Canal and in midsummer in Southeast Alaska. Fish from the beach or a skiff in 5 to 30 feet with a green or cerise jig under a float, a large fly or a spoon. They fight hard, so step up to 12 to 20 pound line.
- 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
- Waterfall Bay46
Bay · 2.3 mi
Top: Pacific halibutShoulder season- Pacific halibut 46
- Pacific cod 42
- Coho salmon 41
5 kt SL 4:13 AM · 1.8 ftH 11:04 AM · 7.5 ft
- Sakie Bay46
Bay · 6.9 mi
Top: Pacific halibutShoulder season- Pacific halibut 46
- Coho salmon 43
- Pacific cod 42
5 kt SL 4:13 AM · 1.8 ftH 11:04 AM · 7.5 ft
- Gold Harbor43
Bay · 5.1 mi
Top: Coho salmonPeak season- Coho salmon 43
- Pacific halibut 42
- Pacific cod 38
5 kt SL 4:09 AM · 1.8 ftH 11:04 AM · 9.7 ft
- Fisherman Cove30
Bay · 4.5 mi
Top: Chum salmonOff season- Chum salmon 30
- Coho salmon 30
- Lingcod 30
5 kt SL 4:13 AM · 1.8 ftH 11:04 AM · 7.5 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.