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Best score today · 9 AM · Sablefish
- Now
- 3411 PM PDT
- Best window
- 11 PM-12 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- High8.9 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
Monday, Oct 5 · 9 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
47Tide: FloodingWind & pressure
ECMWF
90Wind: 2 kt ESEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
59Water temp: 62°F, hotLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Sablefish
Species seasonality
10Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Marine Area 2-2 (Grays Harbor)
No rule for Sablefish is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with WDFW before you keep a fish.
Species rules here
- Chinook salmon Catch & release (No retention)
- Chum salmon Special rules
- Coho salmon Special rules
- Pink salmon Special rules
- Sockeye salmon Special rules
Source: WDFW · synced today
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
Aberdeen Reach
- Depth
- Up to 30 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · 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 Aberdeen Reach
Aberdeen Reach is a bay in Grays Harbor Bar, Washington. Depth is up to 30 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 11 species here; the best right now are Chinook salmon, kelp greenling and cabezon. It is peak season now for Chinook salmon and coho salmon, and shoulder season for kelp greenling, cabezon, surfperch and Pacific halibut. Chinook salmon peak from July through September. Kelp greenling peak from October through November. Cabezon 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Cow Point70
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 70
- Cabezon 67
- Kelp greenling 67
4 kt SL 5:26 AM · 0.7 ftH 12:06 PM · 8.7 ft
- Middle Channel64
Bay · 4.3 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 64
- Kelp greenling 63
- Pacific halibut 58
5 kt SL 5:26 AM · 0.7 ftH 12:06 PM · 8.7 ft
- South Channel64
Bay · 5.9 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 64
- Kelp greenling 60
- Pacific halibut 58
5 kt SL 5:18 AM · 0.6 ftH 12:12 PM · 7.8 ft
- Bowerman Basin63
Bay · 5.4 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 63
- Kelp greenling 63
- Cabezon 62
5 kt SL 5:26 AM · 0.7 ftH 12:06 PM · 8.7 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.