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Best score today · 9 AM · Coho salmon
- Now
- 682 PM PDT
- Best window
- 4-8 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding9.8 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 · 2 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
87Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.5 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC
21Water temp: 57°F, warmLight: Bright sunSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Chinook salmon
Species seasonality
96Season: PeakHabitat: Prime 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
Point White
- Depth
- 7-80 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · ProtectedPoint · 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 Point White
Point White is a cape in Puget Sound and Hood Canal, Washington. Depth in the nearest water is 7-80 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, coho salmon and cabezon. It is peak season now for Chinook salmon and coho salmon, and shoulder season for cabezon, kelp greenling, lingcod and surfperch. Chinook salmon peak from July through September. Coho salmon peak from July through September. Cabezon peak from May through August.
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.
- 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
- Beans Point70
Cape · 2.4 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 70
- Coho salmon 68
- Cabezon 67
5 kt NNEH 3:09 PM · 10.2 ftL 9:19 PM · 6.9 ft
- Orchard Point70
Cape · 2.4 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 70
- Coho salmon 68
- Cabezon 67
5 kt NNEH 3:09 PM · 10.2 ftL 9:19 PM · 6.9 ft
- Rich Passage66
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: Kelp greenlingShoulder season- Kelp greenling 66
- Chinook salmon 65
- Coho salmon 64
5 kt NNEH 3:09 PM · 10.2 ftL 9:19 PM · 6.9 ft
- Clam Bay66
Bay · 1.7 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 66
- Kelp greenling 66
- Coho salmon 65
5 kt NNEH 3:09 PM · 10.2 ftL 9:19 PM · 6.9 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.