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Chinook salmonCatch & release

Bay · Washington

Grenville Bay

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

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Best score today · 7 AM · Chinook salmon

65/100Great
Now
647 AM PDT
Best window
7-11 AMFlood tide
Tide now
Flooding2.0 ft ▲

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24-hour conditions · rolling from now

Conditions · 7 AM · now

Time7ANOW
Score64Good
Tide2.0 ft ▲Flooding
Current0.2 knmodeled · toward ESE
Wind4 kn Ngusts 8 · steady
Sea stateRough6.0 ft · 10 s
Air temp54°Cool
WeatherOvercast72% chance of rain
Water60°FObserved

Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Marine Area 2 (Westport-Ocean Shores)

IN EFFECT NOW

Chinook salmon(hatchery-marked)

Catch & release
Daily limit
No retention
Possession
Not published
Size
Not published
Season
Aug 22 to Sep 30, 2026
Annual quota
Not published
Changes
Check regulations from Oct 1
Other
Possession of Chinook on board a vessel is prohibited.

From WDFW emergency rule: Marine Area 2 salmon season update (Aug. 17, 2026), read Sep 13

Other species here

  • Cabezon Retention open (1 per day (9 bottomfish combined))
  • 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 Chinook salmon is best here

Peak season for Chinook salmon · 1 more week at peak

Chinook salmon season by week of the year. Peak season for Chinook salmon · 1 more week at peak.
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Chinook salmon in Washington

Spot profile

Grenville Bay

Depth
2-10 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 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, Chinook salmon and kelp greenling. It is peak season now for coho salmon and Chinook salmon, and shoulder season for kelp greenling, cabezon, rockfish and lingcod. Coho salmon peak from July through September. Chinook salmon peak from July through September. Kelp greenling peak from October through November.

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.
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.
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

  • Sonora Reef

    Bar · 2.4 mi

    65
    Top: Coho salmonPeak season
    • Coho salmon 65
    • Chinook salmon 64
    • Rockfish 64

    4 kt NH 11:30 AM · 6.8 ftL 5:06 PM · 2.4 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.