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Best score today · 7 AM · Chum salmon
- Now
- 352 AM PDT
- Best window
- 6-9 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Flooding9.0 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 · 2 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.3 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 5 kt SSWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC
34Water temp: 57°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Chum salmon
Species seasonality
52Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Prime structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: Catch & release
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Marine Area 11 (Tacoma-Vashon Island)
Chum salmon
Catch & release- Daily limit
- No retention
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Not published
- Season
- Aug 15 to Sep 30, 2026
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Changes
- Retention open from Oct 1
- Other
- Year-round piers (Des Moines, Les Davis, Point Defiance Boathouse Dock and Redondo) have separate rules. Barbless hooks required in Marine Areas 5 through 13.
From WDFW emergency rule: Marine Area 11 salmon fishery update (Aug. 12, 2026), read Sep 13
Other species here
- Chinook 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 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
Quartermaster Harbor
- Depth
- 6-45 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · slope
- 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 Quartermaster Harbor
Quartermaster Harbor is a bay in Puget Sound and Hood Canal, Washington. Depth is 6-45 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 11 species here; the best right now are kelp greenling, cabezon and Chinook salmon. 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. Cabezon peak from May through August. Chinook salmon peak from July through September.
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.
- 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.
- 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
- Neill Point68
Cape · 3.0 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 68
- Coho salmon 64
- Kelp greenling 64
5 kt SSWH 2:57 AM · 9.2 ftL 9:23 AM · 1.1 ft
- Piner Point67
Cape · 2.0 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 67
- Coho salmon 64
- Kelp greenling 64
5 kt SSWH 2:57 AM · 9.2 ftL 9:23 AM · 1.1 ft
- Tramp Harbor64
Bay · 3.3 mi
Top: Kelp greenlingShoulder season- Kelp greenling 64
- Cabezon 62
- Chinook salmon 60
5 kt SSWH 2:54 AM · 9.3 ftL 9:21 AM · 1.1 ft
- Point Heyer64
Cape · 4.0 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 64
- Kelp greenling 62
- Cabezon 61
5 kt SSWH 2:54 AM · 9.3 ftL 9:21 AM · 1.1 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.