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CabezonShoulder season

Bay · Washington

Grenville Bay

47.30°N · 124.26°W · Bay · Grays Harbor Bar

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Best score today · 8 AM · Cabezon

63/100Good
Now
394 AM PDT
Best window
7 AM-12 PMFlood tide
Tide now
Ebbing0.8 ft ▼

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 4 AM · now

Time4ANOW
Score39Fair
Tide0.8 ft ▼Ebbing
Current0.2 knmodeled · toward NNE
Wind7 kn ESEgusts 13 · easing
Sea stateRough5.6 ft · 10 s
Air temp55°Cool
WeatherOvercast77% chance of rain
Water60°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Marine Area 2 (Westport-Ocean Shores)

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Cabezon

Retention open
Daily limit
1 per day (9 bottomfish combined)
Possession
Not published
Size
No minimum size.
Season
Mar 14 to Oct 17, 2026
Annual quota
Not published
Changes
Closed from Oct 18

From WDFW South Coast halibut and bottomfish seasons page, read Sep 13

Other species here

  • Chinook salmon Catch & release (No retention)
  • Chum salmon Retention open (2 salmon combined per day)
  • 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))
  • Sablefish Retention open (9 bottomfish combined per day)
  • Sockeye salmon Retention open (2 salmon combined per day)
  • Surfperch Retention open (12 per day)

Source: WDFW · synced yesterday

Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed

When Cabezon is best here

Shoulder season for Cabezon · 31 more weeks at shoulder

Cabezon season by week of the year. Shoulder season for Cabezon · 31 more weeks at shoulder.
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Cabezon in Washington

Spot profile

Grenville Bay

Depth
2-10 ftFlat bottom
Structure
Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
Season
Shoulder seasonCabezon

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 Grenville Bay

Grenville Bay is a bay in Grays Harbor Bar, Washington. Depth is 2-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.

Waterlands scores 11 species here; the best right now are coho salmon, Pacific halibut and Chinook salmon. It is peak season now for coho salmon and Chinook salmon, and shoulder season for Pacific halibut, rockfish, lingcod and cabezon. Coho salmon peak from July through September. Pacific halibut peak from May through July. Chinook salmon peak from July through September.

Tackle & technique

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.
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.
Pacific halibut
Halibut sit on sand and gravel bottoms near drop-offs, bars and pinnacles, most often in 90 to 500 feet in Alaska and on the shelf off Washington, Oregon and far northern California. Anchor up-current of a likely edge and fish herring, squid, octopus or a salmon head on a circle hook with 24 to 32 ounces of weight, or bounce a large jig on the bottom. The best bite usually comes in the hour around slack tide.

Nearby spots

Other spots within an easy run

  • Sonora Reef

    Bar · 2.4 mi

    53
    Top: Albacore tunaPeak season
    • Albacore tuna 53
    • Pacific halibut 53
    • Coho salmon 51

    7 kt ESEL 4:49 AM · 0.5 ftH 11:30 AM · 6.8 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.