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Best score today · 9 AM · Chinook salmon
- Now
- 6212 AM PDT
- Best window
- 8 AM-12 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing7.7 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 · 12 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
77Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 6 kt SPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
42Water temp: 57°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 3.7 ftSeason & habitat · Chinook salmon
Species seasonality
82Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: Catch & release
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Marine Area 2-2 (Grays Harbor)
Chinook salmon(hatchery-marked)
Catch & release- Daily limit
- No retention
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Not published
- Season
- Sep 16 to Sep 30, 2026
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Changes
- Check regulations from Feb 1
- Other
- West of the Buoy 13 line: Marine Area 2 rules through Sept. 30, daily limit 2, release Chinook and wild coho. 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. Minimum size 12 inches inside the harbor. 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
- Chum salmon Special rules
- Coho salmon Special rules
- Pink salmon Special rules
- Sockeye salmon Special rules
Source: WDFW · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Chinook salmon is best here
Peak season for Chinook salmon · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Grays Harbor
- Depth
- Up to 1 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonChinook 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 Grays Harbor
Grays Harbor is a bay in Grays Harbor Bar, Washington. Depth is up to 1 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 11 species here; the best right now are kelp greenling, Chinook salmon and cabezon. It is peak season now for Chinook salmon and coho salmon, and shoulder season for kelp greenling, cabezon, rockfish and lingcod. Kelp greenling peak from October through November. Chinook salmon peak from July through September. Cabezon peak from May through August.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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
- Grass Creek Channel63
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 63
- Coho salmon 63
- Kelp greenling 61
6 kt SL 5:09 AM · 0.6 ftH 11:58 AM · 7.8 ft
- North Channel63
Bay · 3.0 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 63
- Coho salmon 61
- Kelp greenling 61
6 kt SL 5:18 AM · 0.6 ftH 12:12 PM · 7.8 ft
- Chenois Creek Channel61
Bay · 2.7 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 61
- Coho salmon 61
- Kelp greenling 58
6 kt SL 5:09 AM · 0.6 ftH 11:58 AM · 7.8 ft
- Sand Island Shoal55
Bar · 1.1 mi
Top: Coho salmonPeak season- Coho salmon 55
- Chinook salmon 54
- Pacific halibut 54
6 kt SL 5:09 AM · 0.6 ftH 11:58 AM · 7.8 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.