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Best score today · 7 AM · Sablefish
- Now
- 2310 PM PDT
- Best window
- 10 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High7.1 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 · 10 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
31Tide: High slackCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt EPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
12Water temp: 63°F, hotLight: NightSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 5.5 ftSeason & habitat · Sablefish
Species seasonality
22Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Marine Area 2 (Westport-Ocean Shores)
Sablefish
Retention open- Daily limit
- 9 bottomfish combined per day
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Not published
- Season
- Mar 14 to Oct 17, 2026
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Changes
- Closed from Oct 18
- Other
- Counts toward the 9 bottomfish daily limit. WDFW's page lists no separate limit for this species; check the pamphlet.
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)
- 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))
- 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 Sablefish is best here
Shoulder season for Sablefish · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Grenville Bay
- Depth
- 2-10 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonSablefish
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 Chinook salmon, Pacific halibut and surfperch. It is peak season now for Chinook salmon and coho salmon, and shoulder season for Pacific halibut, surfperch, kelp greenling and cabezon. Chinook salmon peak from July through September. Pacific halibut peak from May through July. Surfperch peak from April through June.
Tackle & technique
- Sablefish
- Sablefish live on soft bottoms along the continental slope, and sport anglers find adults in 700 to 2,000 feet. Fish a multi-hook deep-drop rig with glow squid skirts and squid or herring on circle hooks, using several pounds of weight and an electric reel. It takes a long run offshore and a calm day to keep the line near vertical, so most trips happen in summer.
- 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.
- 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 Reef58
Bar · 2.4 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 58
- Pacific halibut 56
- Albacore tuna 54
4 kt EL 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.