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Best score today · 7 AM · Chinook salmon
- Now
- 5810 AM PDT
- Best window
- 3-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding1.2 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 · 10 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
41Tide: FloodingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 4 kt SSEPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
78Water temp: 57°F, warmLight: OvercastSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 0.1 ftSeason & habitat · Chinook salmon
Species seasonality
68Season: PeakHabitat: Poor fitDepth: 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
Decatur Reef
- Depth
- 60-350 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Reef · Inner · Semi-exposedReef · 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 Decatur Reef
Decatur Reef is a bar in Puget Sound and Hood Canal, Washington. Depth is 60-350 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads reef, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 11 species here; the best right now are cabezon, kelp greenling and lingcod. It is peak season now for coho salmon and Chinook salmon, and shoulder season for cabezon, kelp greenling, lingcod and sablefish. Cabezon peak from May through August. Kelp greenling peak from October through November. Lingcod peak from April through June.
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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Restoration Point68
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Coho salmonPeak season- Coho salmon 68
- Chinook salmon 67
- Kelp greenling 63
4 kt SSEH 4:32 PM · 10.8 ftL 10:33 PM · 4.7 ft
- Blakely Harbor67
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: Coho salmonPeak season- Coho salmon 67
- Kelp greenling 67
- Cabezon 65
4 kt SSEH 4:32 PM · 10.8 ftL 10:33 PM · 4.7 ft
- Blakely Rock64
Bar · 1.0 mi
Top: CabezonShoulder season- Cabezon 64
- Kelp greenling 64
- Lingcod 63
4 kt SSEH 4:32 PM · 10.8 ftL 10:33 PM · 4.7 ft
- Tyee Shoal60
Bar · 2.2 mi
Top: Coho salmonPeak season- Coho salmon 60
- Chinook salmon 58
- Kelp greenling 57
4 kt SSEH 4:32 PM · 10.7 ftL 10:34 PM · 4.9 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.