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Best score today · 7 AM · Chum salmon
- Now
- 354 AM PDT
- Best window
- 6-9 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing11.4 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 4 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
90Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 4 kt SSWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
7Light: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Chum salmon
Species seasonality
52Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Prime structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: Catch & release
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Marine Area 13 (South Puget Sound)
Chum salmon
Catch & release- Daily limit
- No retention
- 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)
- Coho salmon Retention open (2 salmon combined per day)
- 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 Chum salmon is best here
Out of season for Chum salmon · shoulder season starts in 2 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Burns Cove
- Depth
- 1-5 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Off seasonChum 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 Burns Cove
Burns Cove is a bay in Puget Sound and Hood Canal, Washington. Depth is 1-5 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 11 species here; the best right now are Chinook salmon, kelp greenling and cabezon. It is peak season now for Chinook salmon and coho salmon, and shoulder season for kelp greenling, cabezon, surfperch and lingcod. Chinook salmon peak from July through September. Kelp greenling peak from October through November. Cabezon peak from May through August.
Tackle & technique
- Chum salmon
- Chum stage off stream mouths and hatchery beaches in late fall in Puget Sound and Hood Canal and in midsummer in Southeast Alaska. Fish from the beach or a skiff in 5 to 30 feet with a green or cerise jig under a float, a large fly or a spoon. They fight hard, so step up to 12 to 20 pound line.
- 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.
- 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
- Burns Point64
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 64
- Kelp greenling 61
- Cabezon 59
4 kt SSWL 10:14 AM · 1.2 ftH 5:07 PM · 14.0 ft
- Deepwater Point64
Cape · 1.1 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 64
- Kelp greenling 62
- Cabezon 61
4 kt SSWL 10:17 AM · 1.1 ftH 5:18 PM · 13.8 ft
- Hurley cove61
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: Kelp greenlingShoulder season- Kelp greenling 61
- Chinook salmon 60
- Cabezon 59
4 kt SSWL 10:17 AM · 1.1 ftH 5:18 PM · 13.8 ft
- Oyster Bay60
Bay · 1.1 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 60
- Kelp greenling 60
- Cabezon 52
4 kt SSWL 10:14 AM · 1.2 ftH 5:07 PM · 14.0 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.