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Best score today · 5 PM · Sablefish
- Now
- 4511 PM PDT
- Best window
- 11 PM-12 AMFlood current
- Tide now
- Flooding5.6 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
Wednesday, Sep 30 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.7 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
85Wind: 4 kt SSEPressure: Rising fastWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
66Water temp: 55°F, hotLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.3 ftSeason & habitat · Sablefish
Species seasonality
39Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet)
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 Catch & release (No retention)
- Chum salmon Catch & release (No retention)
- Coho salmon Retention open (2 salmon combined per day)
- Lingcod Check regulations
- Pacific halibut Retention open (1 per day)
- Pink salmon Retention open (2 salmon combined per day)
- Rockfish Closed (No retention)
- Sockeye salmon Retention open (2 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
Colvos Rocks
- Depth
- 10-80 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Ledge · Inner · Semi-exposedLedge · drop-off
- Season
- Shoulder seasonSablefish
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 14 on a 3.4 m grid. Depths are feet below NAVD 88, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing Colvos Rocks
Colvos Rocks is a bar in Admiralty Inlet, Washington. Depth is 10-80 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads ledge, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 11 species here; the best right now are kelp greenling, cabezon and lingcod. It is peak season now for coho salmon and Chinook salmon, and shoulder season for kelp greenling, cabezon, lingcod and Pacific halibut. Kelp greenling peak from October through November. Cabezon peak from May through August. 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.
- Kelp greenling
- Kelp greenling are solitary bottom fish of rocky shores, jetties and kelp beds, usually in water shallower than 60 feet. Use a small number 4 to 6 hook with sand shrimp or marine worms, or a small lead-head grub, dropped to the bottom and reeled up slightly. Larger fish show in October and November when they spawn close to shore, and mornings tend to fish best.
- Cabezon
- Cabezon sit in rock crevices, kelp beds and jetty boulders from the intertidal zone to about 100 feet and feed mostly on crabs and small fish. Fish a fish-finder rig with sand shrimp, squid or crab right on the bottom in the rocks, or drag a lead-head grub slowly through the kelp. Expect snags, and do not eat the roe, which is toxic.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Basalt Point65
Cape · 0.8 mi
Top: Coho salmonPeak season- Coho salmon 65
- Chinook salmon 63
- Kelp greenling 61
1 kt NNWH 2:39 AM · 7.6 ftL 9:04 AM · 1.0 ft
- Olele Point65
Cape · 1.7 mi
Top: Coho salmonPeak season- Coho salmon 65
- Chinook salmon 63
- Kelp greenling 61
1 kt NNWH 2:39 AM · 7.6 ftL 9:04 AM · 1.0 ft
- Snake Rock62
Bar · 0.5 mi
Top: Kelp greenlingShoulder season- Kelp greenling 62
- Cabezon 60
- Lingcod 60
1 kt NNWH 2:39 AM · 7.6 ftL 9:04 AM · 1.0 ft
- Klas Rock62
Bar · 0.9 mi
Top: Kelp greenlingShoulder season- Kelp greenling 62
- Cabezon 60
- Lingcod 60
1 kt NNWH 2:39 AM · 7.6 ftL 9:04 AM · 1.0 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.