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SablefishRetention openBar · Washington
Perkins Reef
47.77°N · 124.50°W · Bar · Coastal Waters From James Island To Point Grenville Out 10 Nm
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Best score today · 7 AM · Sablefish
- Now
- 235 AM PDT
- Best window
- 7-10 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Low0.6 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 · 5 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
37Tide: Low slackCurrent: 0.4 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 3 kt NWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
2Water temp: 57°F, hotLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 5.6 ftSeason & habitat · Sablefish
Species seasonality
23Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Marine Area 3 (La Push)
Sablefish
Retention open- Daily limit
- 9 bottomfish combined per day
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Not published
- Season
- Mar 14 to Oct 17, 2026
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Changes
- Closed from Oct 18
- Other
- The C-shaped yelloweye rockfish conservation area off the north coast is closed to halibut and bottomfish fishing. Counts toward the 9 bottomfish daily limit. WDFW's page lists no separate limit for this species; check the pamphlet.
From WDFW North Coast halibut and bottomfish seasons page, read Sep 13
Other species here
- Cabezon Retention open (1 per day (9 bottomfish combined))
- Chinook salmon Retention open (2 salmon combined per day)
- Chum salmon Catch & release (No retention)
- Coho salmon Retention open (2 salmon combined per day)
- Kelp greenling Retention open (9 bottomfish combined per day)
- Lingcod Retention open (2 per day (9 bottomfish combined))
- Pacific cod Retention open (9 bottomfish combined per day)
- Pacific halibut Retention open (1 per day)
- Pink salmon Retention open (2 salmon combined per day)
- Rockfish Retention open (7 per day (9 bottomfish combined))
- Sockeye salmon Retention open (2 salmon combined per day)
- Surfperch Retention open (12 per day)
Source: WDFW · synced yesterday
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
Perkins Reef
- Depth
- 60-70 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Reef · Outer · ExposedReef · 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 Perkins Reef
Perkins Reef is a bar in Coastal Waters From James Island To Point Grenville Out 10 Nm, Washington. Depth is 60-70 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads reef, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 12 species here; the best right now are coho salmon, Pacific halibut and Chinook salmon. It is peak season now for coho salmon, Chinook salmon and albacore tuna, and shoulder season for Pacific halibut, rockfish, cabezon and kelp greenling. Coho salmon peak from July through September. Pacific halibut peak from May through July. Chinook salmon peak from July 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.
- 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.
- Pacific halibut
- Halibut sit on sand and gravel bottoms near drop-offs, bars and pinnacles, most often in 90 to 500 feet in Alaska and on the shelf off Washington, Oregon and far northern California. Anchor up-current of a likely edge and fish herring, squid, octopus or a salmon head on a circle hook with 24 to 32 ounces of weight, or bounce a large jig on the bottom. The best bite usually comes in the hour around slack tide.
Nearby spots
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- Coho salmon 51
- Rockfish 47
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- Toleak Point53
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- Chinook salmon 50
- Kelp greenling 45
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- Jefferson Cove52
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- Chinook salmon 47
- Kelp greenling 44
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- Strawberry Bay51
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Top: Coho salmonPeak season- Coho salmon 51
- Chinook salmon 47
- Kelp greenling 44
3 kt NWH 11:38 AM · 7.1 ftL 5:18 PM · 2.6 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.