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Best score today · 7 PM · Sablefish
- Now
- 3010 AM AKDT
- Best window
- 6-9 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding8.0 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
Thursday, Oct 1 · 12 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.7 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
89Wind: 10 kt ENEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
32Water temp: 53°F, hotLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Sablefish
Species seasonality
55Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In 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 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
Iphigenia Bay
- Depth
- 650-700 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Bay · Outer · ExposedBay · drop-off
- 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 Iphigenia Bay
Iphigenia Bay is a bay in Sumner Strait, Alaska. Depth is 650-700 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads bay, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 9 species here; the best right now are Chinook salmon, chum salmon and coho salmon. It is peak season now for coho salmon and lingcod, and shoulder season for Pacific cod, Pacific halibut, rockfish and sablefish. Chinook salmon peak from May through June. Chum salmon peak from July 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Cone Bay61
Bay · 8.6 mi
Top: LingcodPeak season- Lingcod 61
- Pacific halibut 58
- Coho salmon 56
8 kt SSEH 10:43 AM · 8.1 ftL 4:04 PM · 4.8 ft
- Warren Cove55
Bay · 7.1 mi
Top: Coho salmonPeak season- Coho salmon 55
- Lingcod 54
- Pacific halibut 53
8 kt SSEH 10:41 AM · 8.7 ftL 3:56 PM · 4.7 ft
- False Cove55
Bay · 8.6 mi
Top: Coho salmonPeak season- Coho salmon 55
- Lingcod 54
- Pacific halibut 53
8 kt SSEH 10:41 AM · 8.7 ftL 3:56 PM · 4.7 ft
- Alice Rocks30
Bar · 4.1 mi
Top: Chinook salmonOff season- Chinook salmon 30
- Chum salmon 30
- Coho salmon 30
13 kt SSEH 10:47 AM · 8.0 ftL 4:01 PM · 4.8 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.