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Chum salmonCatch & releaseBar · Washington
Sonora Reef
47.31°N · 124.31°W · Bar · Coastal Waters From James Island To Point Grenville Out 10 Nm
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Best score today · 7 AM · Chum salmon
- Now
- 3011 AM PDT
- Best window
- 6-10 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding6.7 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 · 11 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 4 kt NNWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
22Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 61°F, hotLight: Bright sunSolunar: Major periodSeas: 6.2 ftSeason & habitat · Chum salmon
Species seasonality
49Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: Catch & release
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Chum salmon is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with WDFW before you keep a fish.
Source: WDFW · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Chum salmon is best here
Out of season for Chum salmon · shoulder season starts in 2 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Sonora Reef
- Depth
- 30-45 ftSlope
- Structure
- Reef · Outer · ExposedReef · slope
- Season
- Off seasonChum salmon
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 Sonora Reef
Sonora Reef is a bar in Coastal Waters From James Island To Point Grenville Out 10 Nm, Washington. Depth is 30-45 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads reef, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 12 species here; the best right now are cabezon, Chinook salmon and Pacific halibut. It is peak season now for Chinook salmon, albacore tuna and coho salmon, and shoulder season for cabezon, Pacific halibut, kelp greenling and surfperch. Cabezon peak from May through August. Chinook salmon peak from July through September. Pacific halibut peak from May through July.
Tackle & technique
- Chum salmon
- Chum stage off stream mouths and hatchery beaches in late fall in Puget Sound and Hood Canal and in midsummer in Southeast Alaska. Fish from the beach or a skiff in 5 to 30 feet with a green or cerise jig under a float, a large fly or a spoon. They fight hard, so step up to 12 to 20 pound line.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Grenville Bay59
Bay · 2.4 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 59
- Cabezon 55
- Kelp greenling 55
4 kt NNWL 5:06 PM · 2.4 ftH 11:05 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.