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RockfishClosedBar · Washington
Clements Reef
48.78°N · 122.89°W · Bar · Northern Inland Waters Including The San Juan Islands
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Best score today · 7 AM · Rockfish
- Now
- 204 PM PDT
- Best window
- 4-10 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding7.6 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 4 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
91Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.4 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 8 kt SPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
Open-Meteo Marine
64Water temp: 62°F, warmLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.1 ftSeason & habitat · Rockfish
Species seasonality
72Closed season · capped at 20Season: ShoulderHabitat: Prime structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: Closed
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Marine Area 7 (San Juan Islands)
Rockfish
Closed- Daily limit
- No retention
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Not published
- Season
- No end date on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Fishing for, keeping or possessing rockfish is prohibited. Barbless hooks required in Marine Areas 5 through 13.
From WDFW recreational bottomfish and halibut fisheries page, read Sep 13
Other species here
- Chinook salmon Catch & release (No retention)
- Chum salmon Catch & release (No retention)
- Coho salmon Retention open (2 salmon combined per day)
- Lingcod Check regulations
- Pacific halibut Retention open (1 per day)
- Pink salmon Retention open (2 salmon combined per day)
- Sockeye salmon Catch & release (No retention)
Source: WDFW · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Rockfish is best here
Shoulder season for Rockfish · 31 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Clements Reef
- Depth
- 40-300 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Reef · Inner · Semi-exposedReef · drop-off
- Season
- Shoulder seasonRockfish
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 14 on a 3.4 m grid. Depths are feet below NAVD 88, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing Clements Reef
Clements Reef is a bar in Northern Inland Waters Including The San Juan Islands, Washington. Depth is 40-300 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads reef, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 11 species here; the best right now are cabezon, kelp greenling and lingcod. It is peak season now for Chinook salmon and coho salmon, and shoulder season for cabezon, kelp greenling, lingcod and Pacific halibut. Cabezon peak from May through August. Kelp greenling peak from October through November. Lingcod peak from April through June.
Tackle & technique
- Rockfish
- Rockfish live on rocky reefs, pinnacles and kelp from the shoreline out past 300 feet, with black and blue rockfish schooling mid-water over shallow reefs and copper, quillback, yelloweye and vermilion sitting tight to deeper bottom. Drift over the structure with a shrimp fly above a lead-head grub or metal jig, or a squid strip, and reel up a few cranks after touching bottom to cut snags. Use a descending device to release any fish brought up from deep water.
- 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.
- 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
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- Coho salmon 67
- Surfperch 63
8 kt SH 5:10 PM · 8.1 ftL 11:03 PM · 4.5 ft
- Shallow Bay69
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Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 69
- Coho salmon 66
- Lingcod 63
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- Ewing Cove67
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Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 67
- Coho salmon 64
- Lingcod 63
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- Echo Bay67
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 67
- Coho salmon 64
- Lingcod 63
8 kt SH 5:10 PM · 8.1 ftL 11:03 PM · 4.5 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.