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Best score today · 11 AM · Chum salmon
- Now
- 353 AM PDT
- Best window
- 11 AM-1 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- High9.0 ft
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 3 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
90Tide: High slackCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 5 kt SSWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC
34Water temp: 57°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Chum salmon
Species seasonality
42Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: Catch & release
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Marine Area 10 (Seattle-Bremerton Area)
Chum salmon
Catch & release- Daily limit
- No retention
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Not published
- Season
- Sep 1 to Sep 30, 2026
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Changes
- Retention open 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
- Chinook salmon Special rules
- 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 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
Point Herron
- Depth
- 8-80 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · drop-off
- 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 Point Herron
Point Herron is a cape in Puget Sound and Hood Canal, Washington. Depth in the nearest water is 8-80 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads point, 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, lingcod and surfperch. 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
- Mitchell Point63
Cape · 1.4 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 63
- Kelp greenling 62
- Cabezon 60
5 kt SSWL 9:34 AM · 1.0 ftH 4:32 PM · 10.9 ft
- Sinclair Inlet61
Bay · 2.5 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 61
- Kelp greenling 60
- Cabezon 53
2 kt SSWL 9:34 AM · 1.0 ftH 4:32 PM · 10.9 ft
- Port Washington Narrows60
Bay · 1.8 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 60
- Kelp greenling 60
- Cabezon 53
2 kt SSWL 9:34 AM · 1.0 ftH 4:32 PM · 10.9 ft
- Anderson Cove60
Bay · 1.9 mi
Top: Kelp greenlingShoulder season- Kelp greenling 60
- Chinook salmon 59
- Cabezon 58
2 kt SSWL 9:34 AM · 1.0 ftH 4:32 PM · 10.9 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.