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Best score today · 3 PM · Sablefish

69/100Great

Now: 2412 PM PDT
Best window: 2-5 PMEbb tide
Tide now: High7.0 ft

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Best days to fish

Best: Sat · 77

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Conditions · 12 PM · now

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Score24Poor

Tide7.0 ftHigh

CurrentSlack0.0 kn

Wind4 kn WNWgusts 12 · steady

Sea stateRough6.4 ft · 10 s

Air temp59°Mild

WeatherPartly cloudy20% cloud

Water57°FObserved

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Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Marine Area 3 (La Push)

IN EFFECT NOW

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)

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Source: WDFW · synced today

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When Sablefish is best here

Shoulder season for Sablefish · 1 more week at shoulder

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Spot profile

Strawberry Bay

Depth: 1-40 ftSlope
Structure: Bay · Outer · ExposedBay · slope
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 Strawberry Bay

Strawberry Bay is a bay in Coastal Waters From James Island To Point Grenville Out 10 Nm, Washington. Depth is 1-40 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, outer water and exposed.

Waterlands scores 12 species here; the best right now are Chinook salmon, kelp greenling and surfperch. It is peak season now for Chinook salmon, coho salmon and albacore tuna, and shoulder season for kelp greenling, surfperch, cabezon and Pacific halibut. Chinook salmon peak from July through September. Kelp greenling peak from October through November. Surfperch 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.
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.
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.

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