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Cape · Washington

Toleak Point

47.83°N · 124.54°W · Cape · Coastal Waters From James Island To Point Grenville Out 10 Nm

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Best score today · 1 AM · Sablefish

70/100Great
Now
372 PM PDT
Best window
2-5 PMEbb tide
Tide now
Ebbing5.4 ft ▼

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 2 PM · now

Time2PNOW
Score37Fair
Tide5.4 ft ▼Ebbing
CurrentEbb0.9 kn · toward NNW
Wind5 kn WNWgusts 13 · steady
Sea stateRough6.4 ft · 10 s
Air temp61°Mild
WeatherMostly cloudy55% cloud
Water57°FObserved

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)

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Sablefish is best here

Shoulder season for Sablefish · 1 more week at shoulder

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

Spot profile

Toleak Point

Depth
Up to 15 ftNearest water
Structure
Point · Outer · ExposedPoint · 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 Toleak Point

Toleak Point is a cape in Coastal Waters From James Island To Point Grenville Out 10 Nm, Washington. Depth in the nearest water is up to 15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, outer water and exposed.

Waterlands scores 12 species here; the best right now are coho salmon, Chinook salmon and rockfish. It is peak season now for coho salmon, Chinook salmon and albacore tuna, and shoulder season for rockfish, lingcod, kelp greenling and cabezon. Coho salmon peak from July through September. Chinook salmon peak from July through September. Rockfish peak from May through August.

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.
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

  • Quateata

    Cape · 5.9 mi

    68
    Top: Coho salmonPeak season
    • Coho salmon 68
    • Chinook salmon 66
    • Rockfish 55

    5 kt WNWL 5:18 PM · 2.5 ftH 11:03 PM · 7.4 ft

  • Strawberry Bay

    Bay · 3.5 mi

    66
    Top: Coho salmonPeak season
    • Coho salmon 66
    • Chinook salmon 62
    • Rockfish 50

    5 kt WNWL 5:18 PM · 2.6 ftH 11:10 PM · 7.7 ft

  • Perkins Reef

    Bar · 4.5 mi

    63
    Top: Coho salmonPeak season
    • Coho salmon 63
    • Chinook salmon 59
    • Rockfish 59

    5 kt WNWL 5:07 PM · 2.7 ftH 11:05 PM · 7.9 ft

  • Jefferson Cove

    Bay · 6.3 mi

    63
    Top: Coho salmonPeak season
    • Coho salmon 63
    • Chinook salmon 59
    • Rockfish 51

    5 kt WNWL 5:07 PM · 2.7 ftH 11:05 PM · 7.9 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.