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Best score today · 9 AM · Lingcod
- Now
- 402 PM PDT
- Best window
- 5-11 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing4.0 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 · 2 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
64Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.4 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 8 kt WNWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
17Water temp: 61°F, warmLight: Bright sunSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 6.2 ftSeason & habitat · Lingcod
Species seasonality
48Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Marine Area 2 (Westport-Ocean Shores)
Lingcod
Retention open- Daily limit
- 2 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
- Other
- Part of the 9 bottomfish daily limit. Lingcod may not be kept seaward of the deepwater closure line (47°31.70' N, 124°45.00' W south to 46°38.17' N, 124°30.00' W) except on halibut days, June 1 to 15, and Sept. 1 to 30.
From WDFW South Coast halibut and bottomfish seasons page, read Sep 13
Other species here
- Cabezon Retention open (1 per day (9 bottomfish combined))
- 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)
- 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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Lingcod is best here
Shoulder season for Lingcod · 27 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Grenville Bay
- Depth
- 2-10 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonLingcod
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 Pacific halibut. It is peak season now for coho salmon and Chinook salmon, and shoulder season for Pacific halibut, rockfish, lingcod and surfperch. Coho salmon peak from July through September. Chinook salmon peak from July through September. Pacific halibut peak from May through July.
Tackle & technique
- Lingcod
- Lingcod ambush prey from rock outcrops, reef edges and kelp where current runs, most often in 30 to 300 feet, and males move shallow to guard nests in winter. Drift over the reef bouncing a lead-head swimbait or metal jig on the bottom, or fish herring or squid on a heavy leader, since their teeth cut light line. From jetties and rocky shore, work bait or jigs along the rocks on the incoming tide.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Sonora Reef54
Bar · 2.4 mi
Top: Albacore tunaPeak season- Albacore tuna 54
- Coho salmon 51
- Rockfish 51
8 kt WNWL 3:29 PM · 3.6 ftH 9:20 PM · 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.