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Best score today · 7 AM · Coho salmon
- Now
- 613 AM PDT
- Best window
- 6-10 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding11.1 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, Sep 24 · 7 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
78Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.2 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
92Wind: 4 kt NNEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC
84Water temp: 57°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Coho salmon
Species seasonality
82Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Marine Area 13 (South Puget Sound)
No rule for Kelp greenling 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 yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Kelp greenling is best here
Shoulder season for Kelp greenling · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Ellis Cove
- Depth
- 2-7 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonKelp greenling
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 Ellis Cove
Ellis Cove is a bay in Puget Sound and Hood Canal, Washington. Depth in the nearest water is 2-7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 11 species here; the best right now are kelp greenling, Chinook salmon and cabezon. It is peak season now for Chinook salmon and coho salmon, and shoulder season for kelp greenling, cabezon, surfperch and lingcod. Kelp greenling peak from October through November. Chinook salmon peak from July through September. Cabezon peak from May through August.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Priest Point64
Cape · 0.1 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 64
- Kelp greenling 62
- Cabezon 61
4 kt SWL 10:15 AM · 1.1 ftH 5:13 PM · 13.8 ft
- Howard Point64
Cape · 1.0 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 64
- Kelp greenling 62
- Cabezon 61
4 kt SWL 10:15 AM · 1.1 ftH 5:13 PM · 13.8 ft
- Entrance Channel61
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 61
- Kelp greenling 61
- Coho salmon 57
4 kt SWL 10:15 AM · 1.1 ftH 5:13 PM · 13.8 ft
- Outer Channel61
Channel · 0.9 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 61
- Kelp greenling 56
- Cabezon 54
4 kt SWL 10:15 AM · 1.1 ftH 5:13 PM · 13.8 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.