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Best score today · 10 AM · Cabezon
- Now
- 546 PM PST
- Best window
- 6 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Low7.7 ft
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Thursday, Nov 12 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.8 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
89Wind: 5 kt SPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC
83Water temp: 55°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Cabezon
Species seasonality
65Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Marine Area 13 (South Puget Sound)
No rule for Cabezon is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with WDFW before you keep a fish.
Species rules here
- Chinook salmon Retention open (2 salmon combined per day)
- Chum salmon Catch & release (No retention)
- 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 today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Cabezon is best here
Shoulder season for Cabezon · 25 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
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- This week
Spot profile
Cape Cod
- Depth
- Up to 35 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · drop-off
- Season
- Shoulder seasonCabezon
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 Cape Cod
Cape Cod is a cape in Puget Sound and Hood Canal, Washington. Depth is up to 35 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads point, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 8 species here; the best right now are kelp greenling, chum salmon and cabezon. It is peak season now for kelp greenling and chum salmon, and shoulder season for cabezon, lingcod and rockfish. Kelp greenling peak from October through November. Chum salmon peak in November. Cabezon peak from May through August.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Cannery Point65
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Kelp greenlingPeak season- Kelp greenling 65
- Chum salmon 59
- Cabezon 54
1 kt SEH 9:52 PM · 10.9 ftL 5:08 AM · 0.2 ft
- Arcadia Point64
Cape · 0.5 mi
Top: Kelp greenlingPeak season- Kelp greenling 64
- Chum salmon 59
- Cabezon 54
1 kt SEH 9:52 PM · 10.9 ftL 5:08 AM · 0.2 ft
- Tuckapahwox Point64
Cape · 1.1 mi
Top: Kelp greenlingPeak season- Kelp greenling 64
- Chum salmon 59
- Cabezon 54
1 kt SEH 9:52 PM · 10.9 ftL 5:08 AM · 0.2 ft
- Palela Bay64
Bay · 1.4 mi
Top: Kelp greenlingPeak season- Kelp greenling 64
- Chum salmon 62
- Cabezon 52
1 kt SEH 9:52 PM · 10.9 ftL 5:08 AM · 0.2 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.