NWS zone PKZ053 · Alaska
Yakutat Bay fishing forecast
Alaska · Pacific coast
Score now
- Named spots
- 55
- Species scored
- 4
- Tide stations
- 1
Overview
Yakutat Bay is NWS marine zone PKZ053 on the Alaska Pacific coast, in the Alaska species region. The Waterlands engine treats it as inland water (bays, sounds, straits). It holds 55 named features from the USGS Geographic Names Information System and has 1 NOAA tide station nearby.
4 species are scored here in this forecast.
At 12:00 PM it scores 35 (fair), led by Chinook salmon. The best window for the rest of today is 12 PM-12 AM (ebb tide), peaking at 35 for Chinook salmon. Over the next 14 days the best hour is Wed, Nov 4 at 12 AM, scoring 35.
Best times to fish
Waterlands engine forecast computed 12:04 PM AKST.
Best window today
12 PM-12 AM · Ebb tide
Top species: Chinook salmon
Best hour of each day, next 14 days
Wed, Nov 4
35
12 AM
Chinook salmon
Best day
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
Sat, Nov 14
35
12 AM
Chinook salmon
Sun, Nov 15
35
12 AM
Chinook salmon
Mon, Nov 16
35
12 AM
Chinook salmon
Tue, Nov 17
35
12 AM
Pacific cod
Species · 4
Listed for the Alaska region. Scores are this hour; season is where the species is in its year.
Off season, about 16 more weeks · Best day Wed, Nov 4 at 12 AM (35)
Off season, about 25 more weeks · Best day Wed, Nov 4 at 12 AM (35)
Off season, about 25 more weeks · Best day Wed, Nov 4 at 1 AM (35)
Off season, about 24 more weeks · Best day Wed, Nov 4 at 12 AM (35)
Named spots · 55
Ranked by score this hour. Each spot has its own hourly forecast, tide, current and regulations.
- Abra de Ferrer MaldonadoGut · 30 to 148 ft · ProtectedTop now: Chinook salmon35Fair
- Ahduck BayBayTop now: Chinook salmon35Fair
- Arrecifes PointCape · 49 to 96 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Chinook salmon35Fair
- Bancas PointCape · 301 to 679 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Chinook salmon35Fair
- Blizhni PointCape · 19 to 32 ft · ProtectedTop now: Chinook salmon35Fair
- Broken Oar CoveBayTop now: Chinook salmon35Fair
- Canoe PassChannelTop now: Chinook salmon35Fair
- Chicago HarborBayTop now: Chinook salmon35Fair
- Disenchantment BayBay · 748 to 757 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Chinook salmon35Fair
- Eleanor CoveBay · 3 ft · ProtectedTop now: Chinook salmon35Fair
- Ensenada de BarrancasBayTop now: Chinook salmon35Fair
- Gilbert SpitBar · 10 to 41 ft · Semi-exposedTop now: Chinook salmon35Fair
43 more spots, A to Z
- Blacksand Spit30
- Cape Fairweather30
- Claybluff Point30
- Graveyard Cove35
- Guyot Bay (historical)30
- Humpback Cove35
- Icy Bay35
- Icy Cape (historical)30
- Johnstone Passage35
- Kichyatt Point35
- Marble Point35
- Monti Bay35
- Moraine Reef30
- New Reef35
- New Reefs35
- Northeast Point35
- Nunatak Fiord35
- Ocean Cape30
- Point Latouche35
- Point Manby30
- Point Munoz35
- Point Riou Spit30
- Point Turner35
- Prince Shoal35
- Puerto de las Lanchas35
- Puget Cove35
- Punta de Pineda35
- Pyramid Point35
- Redfield Cove35
- Riou Bay30
- Russell Fiord35
- Sea Otter Bay35
- Seal Bay35
- Shelter Cove35
- Shipyard Cove35
- Taan Fiord35
- Tick Shoal35
- Tsaa Fiord35
- Tsimpshian Point30
- Tzuse Shoal35
- Village Shoal35
- Yakutat Bay35
- Yakutat Roads35
Nearest tide stations
Regulations
Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Synced with ADF&G Nov 4, 2026.
No reviewed rules for the species listed here are on file yet. Check with ADF&G before you keep a fish.
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- 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
- Stephens Passage108
- Sumner Strait378
- Unalaska Bay85
- Unimak Pass203
- Valdez Arm12
- Valdez Narrows3
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- West of Barren Islands Including Kamishak Bay33