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Coho salmonRetention openBay · Washington
Triangle Cove
48.20°N · 122.47°W · Bay · Northern Inland Waters Including The San Juan Islands
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Best score today · 5 PM · Chinook salmon
- Now
- 683 PM PDT
- Best window
- 3-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding5.5 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 · 3 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
75Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt WSWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
69Water temp: 55°F, primeLight: Bright sunSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.3 ftSeason & habitat · Coho salmon
Species seasonality
84Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Marine Area 8-2 (Ports Susan and Gardner)
Coho salmon(hatchery-marked)
Retention open- Daily limit
- 2 salmon combined per day
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Not published
- Season
- Aug 1 to Sep 25, 2026
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Changes
- Closed from Sep 26
- Other
- The Tulalip Terminal Area has separate rules. Some bays, piers and creek mouths have separate rules or closures. Check the pamphlet. Barbless hooks required in Marine Areas 5 through 13. Season and limits as listed in WDFW's 2026-27 List of Agreed Fisheries. WDFW's adopted rule (WAC 220-313-060, WSR 26-13-052) sets the same rules for these dates.
From WDFW 2026-27 List of Agreed Fisheries (final), read Sep 13
Other species here
- Chinook salmon Catch & release (No retention)
- Chum salmon Catch & release (No retention)
- Lingcod Check regulations
- Pacific halibut Retention open (1 per day)
- Pink salmon Retention open (2 salmon combined per day)
- Rockfish Closed (No retention)
- Sockeye salmon Retention open (2 salmon combined per day)
Source: WDFW · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Coho salmon is best here
Peak season for Coho salmon · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Triangle Cove
- Depth
- 2-4 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Protected
- Season
- Peak seasonCoho salmon
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 Triangle Cove
Triangle Cove is a bay in Northern Inland Waters Including The San Juan Islands, Washington. Depth in the nearest water is 2-4 ft. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 11 species here; the best right now are coho salmon, kelp greenling and cabezon. It is peak season now for coho salmon and Chinook salmon, and shoulder season for kelp greenling, cabezon, lingcod and surfperch. Coho salmon peak from July through September. Kelp greenling peak from October through November. Cabezon peak from May through August.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Utsalady Point72
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Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 72
- Coho salmon 70
- Kelp greenling 69
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- Livingston Bay71
Bay · 2.4 mi
Top: Coho salmonPeak season- Coho salmon 71
- Chinook salmon 68
- Kelp greenling 68
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- Utsalady Bay71
Bay · 4.1 mi
Top: Coho salmonPeak season- Coho salmon 71
- Chinook salmon 68
- Kelp greenling 68
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- Port Susan67
Bay · 4.5 mi
Top: Kelp greenlingShoulder season- Kelp greenling 67
- Chinook salmon 65
- Coho salmon 64
4 kt WSWH 4:09 PM · 10.4 ftL 10:07 PM · 5.6 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.