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Best score today · 5 PM · Kelp greenling
- Now
- 591 AM PDT
- Best window
- 11 AM-9 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding9.2 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 1 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
62Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
81Wind: 1 kt WSWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC
48Water temp: 57°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Coho salmon
Species seasonality
84Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Marine Area 13 (South Puget Sound)
Coho salmon(hatchery-marked)
Retention open- Daily limit
- 2 salmon combined per day
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Not published
- Season
- Jul 1 to Sep 30, 2026
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Changes
- Check regulations from May 1
- Other
- Two-pole endorsement allowed. The Minter Creek mouth is closed and lower Budd Inlet has a closure zone through Oct. 31. 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 Retention open (2 salmon combined per day)
- Chum salmon Catch & release (No retention)
- Lingcod Check regulations
- Pacific halibut Closed (No retention)
- 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 yesterday
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
Boston Harbor
- Depth
- 3-70 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · drop-off
- 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 Boston Harbor
Boston Harbor is a bay in Puget Sound and Hood Canal, Washington. Depth is 3-70 ft, with a drop-off. 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
- Dofflemyer Point61
Cape · 0.2 mi
Top: Coho salmonPeak season- Coho salmon 61
- Chinook salmon 59
- Kelp greenling 57
1 kt WSWH 2:41 AM · 10.7 ftL 9:28 AM · 1.3 ft
- Jeal Point61
Cape · 0.2 mi
Top: Coho salmonPeak season- Coho salmon 61
- Chinook salmon 59
- Kelp greenling 57
1 kt WSWH 2:41 AM · 10.7 ftL 9:28 AM · 1.3 ft
- Dover Point61
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: Coho salmonPeak season- Coho salmon 61
- Chinook salmon 59
- Kelp greenling 57
1 kt WSWH 2:41 AM · 10.7 ftL 9:28 AM · 1.3 ft
- Zangle Cove59
Bay · 0.6 mi
Top: Coho salmonPeak season- Coho salmon 59
- Chinook salmon 56
- Kelp greenling 56
1 kt WSWH 2:41 AM · 10.7 ftL 9:28 AM · 1.3 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.