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Coho salmonRetention openBar · 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 · Coho salmon
- Now
- 5311 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
43Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 4 kt NNWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
40Water temp: 61°F, warmLight: Bright sunSolunar: Major periodSeas: 6.2 ftSeason & habitat · Coho salmon
Species seasonality
85Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Coho 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 Coho salmon is best here
Peak season for Coho salmon · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Sonora Reef
- Depth
- 30-45 ftSlope
- Structure
- Reef · Outer · ExposedReef · slope
- Season
- Peak seasonCoho 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 Chinook salmon, cabezon 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. Chinook salmon peak from July through September. Cabezon peak from May through August. Pacific halibut peak from May through July.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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
- 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.