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Best score today · 7 AM · Chum salmon
- Now
- 736 AM PST
- Best window
- 6-10 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding7.7 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
Thursday, Nov 12 · 3 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.2 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
32Wind: 16 kt SSWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
97Water temp: 53°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Chum salmon
Species seasonality
97Season: PeakHabitat: Prime structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Marine Area 2-2 (Grays Harbor)
Chum salmon
Special rules- Daily limit
- Not published
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Not published
- Season
- Oct 1 to Nov 30, 2026
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Changes
- Check regulations from Feb 1
- Other
- East Grays Harbor: daily limit 2, release Chinook. Westport and Ocean Shores boat basins: daily limit 6 with up to 4 adults, release Chinook. Humptulips North Bay is closed. No rules are published for waters west of the Buoy 13 line after Sept. 30. Minimum size 12 inches. Rules as listed in WDFW's 2026-27 List of Agreed Fisheries, which match WDFW's adopted rule (WAC 220-313-070). Waters west of the Buoy 13 line follow Marine Area 2 rules.
From WDFW 2026-27 List of Agreed Fisheries (final), read Sep 13
Other species here
- Chinook salmon Catch & release (No retention)
- Coho salmon Special rules
- Pink salmon Special rules
- Sockeye salmon Special rules
Source: WDFW · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Chum salmon is best here
Peak season for Chum salmon · 4 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Bowerman Basin
- Depth
- 1-4 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Protected
- Season
- Peak 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 Bowerman Basin
Bowerman Basin is a bay in Grays Harbor Bar, Washington. Depth in the nearest water is 1-4 ft. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 8 species here; the best right now are kelp greenling, chum salmon and cabezon. It is peak season now for kelp greenling and chum salmon, and shoulder season for cabezon, lingcod and rockfish. Kelp greenling peak from October through November. Chum salmon peak in November. Cabezon peak from May through August.
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.
- 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.
- 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
- Middle Channel79
Bay · 1.8 mi
Top: Kelp greenlingPeak season- Kelp greenling 79
- Chum salmon 73
- Lingcod 67
7 kt EH 7:28 AM · 8.6 ftL 12:54 PM · 3.9 ft
- Cow Point79
Cape · 5.0 mi
Top: Kelp greenlingPeak season- Kelp greenling 79
- Cabezon 69
- Chum salmon 69
7 kt ENEH 7:28 AM · 8.6 ftL 12:54 PM · 3.9 ft
- South Channel72
Bay · 3.1 mi
Top: Kelp greenlingPeak season- Kelp greenling 72
- Lingcod 62
- Cabezon 57
7 kt EH 7:35 AM · 8.1 ftL 12:49 PM · 4.0 ft
- North Channel71
Bay · 2.5 mi
Top: Kelp greenlingPeak season- Kelp greenling 71
- Lingcod 61
- Cabezon 56
7 kt EH 7:35 AM · 8.1 ftL 12:49 PM · 4.0 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.