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Best score today · 12 PM · Coho salmon
- Now
- 683 PM PDT
- Best window
- 5-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding10.1 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
90Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.5 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
87Wind: 2 kt ESEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
60Water temp: 57°F, warmLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 0.1 ftSeason & habitat · Chinook salmon
Species seasonality
84Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Marine Area 10 (Seattle-Bremerton Area)
Chinook salmon(hatchery-marked)
Special rules- Daily limit
- Not published
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Not published
- Season
- Sep 1 to Sep 30, 2026
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Changes
- Catch & release from Oct 1
- Other
- Hatchery Chinook may be kept only in Sinclair Inlet (south of the Manette Bridge, south of a line true west from Battle Point, and west of a line true south from Point White), where the daily limit is 3, Chinook minimum 22 inches, release wild Chinook and chum. Elsewhere release all Chinook. Year-round piers (Seacrest, Pier 86, Waterman, Bremerton Boardwalk and Illahee State Park) have separate rules. 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
- 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)
- 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 Chinook salmon is best here
Peak season for Chinook salmon · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Clam Bay
- Depth
- 2-100 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · drop-off
- Season
- Peak seasonChinook 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 Clam Bay
Clam Bay is a bay in Puget Sound and Hood Canal, Washington. Depth is 2-100 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 11 species here; the best right now are Chinook salmon, coho salmon and kelp greenling. It is peak season now for Chinook salmon and coho salmon, and shoulder season for kelp greenling, lingcod, cabezon and surfperch. Chinook salmon peak from July through September. Coho salmon peak from July through September. Kelp greenling peak from October through November.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Orchard Point71
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 71
- Coho salmon 70
- Kelp greenling 67
2 kt ESEH 4:12 PM · 10.7 ftL 10:13 PM · 5.6 ft
- Beans Point71
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 71
- Coho salmon 70
- Kelp greenling 67
2 kt ESEH 4:12 PM · 10.7 ftL 10:13 PM · 5.6 ft
- Bainbridge Reef68
Bar · 1.3 mi
Top: CabezonShoulder season- Cabezon 68
- Kelp greenling 68
- Chinook salmon 63
2 kt ESEH 4:12 PM · 10.7 ftL 10:13 PM · 5.6 ft
- Rich Passage67
Bay · 0.9 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 67
- Coho salmon 67
- Kelp greenling 66
2 kt ESEH 4:12 PM · 10.7 ftL 10:13 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.