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Best score today · 9 AM · Sablefish
- Now
- 323 PM PDT
- Best window
- 6-11 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing4.6 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 3 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
61Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.3 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 7 kt WNWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
21Water temp: 63°F, hotLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 5.3 ftSeason & habitat · Sablefish
Species seasonality
22Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Marine Area 2-1 (Willapa Bay)
No rule for Sablefish is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with WDFW before you keep a fish.
Species rules here
- Chinook salmon Retention open (6 salmon combined per day)
- Chum salmon Retention open (6 salmon combined per day)
- Coho salmon Retention open (6 salmon combined per day)
- Pink salmon Retention open (6 salmon combined per day)
- Sockeye salmon Retention open (6 salmon combined per day)
Source: WDFW · 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
Leadbetter Point
- Depth
- Up to 7 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonSablefish
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 14 on a 3.4 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 Leadbetter Point
Leadbetter Point is a cape in Columbia River Bar, Oregon. Depth is up to 7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 11 species here; the best right now are Chinook salmon, coho salmon and lingcod. It is peak season now for Chinook salmon and coho salmon, and shoulder season for lingcod, rockfish, Pacific halibut and kelp greenling. Chinook salmon peak from July through September. Coho salmon peak from July through September. Lingcod peak from April through June.
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.
- 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
- Bay Center Channel59
Bay · 3.7 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 59
- Coho salmon 53
- Pacific halibut 51
7 kt WNWL 4:35 PM · 4.1 ftH 10:06 PM · 7.7 ft
- Nahcotta Channel56
Bay · 2.5 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 56
- Pacific halibut 55
- Coho salmon 50
7 kt WNWL 4:13 PM · 4.0 ftH 9:57 PM · 7.4 ft
- Leadbetter Channel55
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 55
- Pacific halibut 54
- Coho salmon 50
7 kt WNWL 4:13 PM · 4.0 ftH 9:57 PM · 7.4 ft
- Ellen Sands54
Bar · 3.9 mi
Top: Pacific halibutShoulder season- Pacific halibut 54
- Chinook salmon 50
- Coho salmon 45
7 kt WNWL 4:13 PM · 4.0 ftH 9:57 PM · 7.4 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 WDFW before you keep a fish.