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Kelp greenlingShoulder season

Bay · Washington

Mutiny Bay

47.99°N · 122.56°W · Bay · Admiralty Inlet

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Best score today · 7 AM · Kelp greenling

78/100Great
Now
632 AM PDT
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11 AM-4 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Flooding8.6 ft ▲

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Conditions · 2 AM · now

Time2ANOW
Score63Good
Tide8.6 ft ▲Flooding
CurrentFlood0.3 kn · toward SE
Wind1 kn SWgusts 2 · building
Sea stateCalm0.1 ft · 3 s
Air temp54°Cool
WeatherPartly cloudy30% cloud
Water55°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet)

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No rule for Kelp greenling 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 yesterday

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Kelp greenling is best here

Shoulder season for Kelp greenling · 1 more week at shoulder

Kelp greenling season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Kelp greenling · 1 more week at shoulder.
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Kelp greenling in Washington

Spot profile

Mutiny Bay

Depth
80-100 ftSlope
Structure
Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · slope
Season
Shoulder seasonKelp greenling

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 Mutiny Bay

Mutiny Bay is a bay in Admiralty Inlet, Washington. Depth is 80-100 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 11 species here; the best right now are kelp greenling, Chinook salmon and cabezon. It is peak season now for Chinook salmon and coho salmon, and shoulder season for kelp greenling, cabezon, Pacific halibut and lingcod. Kelp greenling peak from October through November. Chinook salmon peak from July through September. Cabezon peak from May through August.

Tackle & technique

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.
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.
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

  • Useless Bay

    Bay · 3.3 mi

    65
    Top: Chinook salmonPeak season
    • Chinook salmon 65
    • Kelp greenling 62
    • Coho salmon 61

    1 kt SWH 2:54 AM · 8.9 ftL 9:14 AM · 1.1 ft

  • Admiralty Inlet

    Bay · 3.1 mi

    64
    Top: Chinook salmonPeak season
    • Chinook salmon 64
    • Pacific halibut 57
    • Kelp greenling 56

    1 kt SWL 9:12 AM · 1.0 ftH 4:19 PM · 8.7 ft

  • Deer Lagoon

    Bay · 3.5 mi

    64
    Top: Kelp greenlingShoulder season
    • Kelp greenling 64
    • Chinook salmon 62
    • Cabezon 61

    1 kt SWH 2:54 AM · 8.9 ftL 9:14 AM · 1.1 ft

  • Honeymoon Bay

    Bay · 4.2 mi

    63
    Top: Kelp greenlingShoulder season
    • Kelp greenling 63
    • Chinook salmon 61
    • Coho salmon 57

    1 kt SWH 2:54 AM · 8.9 ftL 9:14 AM · 1.1 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.