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SablefishRetention openBar · Washington
Chibahdehl Rocks
48.39°N · 124.68°W · Bar · West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca
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Best score today · 8 AM · Sablefish
- Now
- 305 PM PDT
- Best window
- 7 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.9 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 · 5 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
49Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.8 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
95Wind: 9 kt WNWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
19Seas over the limit · capped at 30Water temp: 59°F, hotLight: Late afternoonSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 6.8 ftSeason & habitat · Sablefish
Species seasonality
47Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Marine Area 4 (Neah Bay)
Sablefish
Retention open- Daily limit
- 9 bottomfish combined per day
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Not published
- Season
- Mar 14 to Oct 17, 2026
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Changes
- Special rules from Oct 18
- Other
- East of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line, bottomfish fishing is prohibited seaward of the Bottomfish Closure line. The C-shaped yelloweye rockfish conservation area off the north coast is closed to halibut and bottomfish fishing. Counts toward the 9 bottomfish daily limit. WDFW's page lists no separate limit for this species; check the pamphlet.
From WDFW North Coast halibut and bottomfish seasons page, read Sep 13
Other species here
- Cabezon Retention open (1 per day (9 bottomfish combined))
- Chinook salmon Closed (No retention)
- Chum salmon Closed (No retention)
- Coho salmon Closed (No retention)
- Kelp greenling Retention open (9 bottomfish combined per day)
- Lingcod Retention open (2 per day (9 bottomfish combined))
- Pacific cod Retention open (9 bottomfish combined per day)
- Pacific halibut Retention open (1 per day)
- Pink salmon Closed (No retention)
- Rockfish Retention open (7 per day (9 bottomfish combined))
- Sockeye salmon Closed (No retention)
- Surfperch Retention open (12 per day)
Source: WDFW · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Sablefish is best here
Shoulder season for Sablefish · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Chibahdehl Rocks
- Depth
- 15-130 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Ledge · Outer · ExposedLedge · drop-off
- Season
- Shoulder seasonSablefish
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 14 on a 3.4 m grid. Depths are feet below the DEM vertical datum, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing Chibahdehl Rocks
Chibahdehl Rocks is a bar in West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca, Washington. Depth is 15-130 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads ledge, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 11 species here; the best right now are Pacific halibut, rockfish and lingcod. It is peak season now for Chinook salmon and coho salmon, and shoulder season for Pacific halibut, rockfish, lingcod and surfperch. Pacific halibut peak from May through July. Rockfish peak from May through August. Lingcod peak from April through June.
Tackle & technique
- Sablefish
- Sablefish live on soft bottoms along the continental slope, and sport anglers find adults in 700 to 2,000 feet. Fish a multi-hook deep-drop rig with glow squid skirts and squid or herring on circle hooks, using several pounds of weight and an electric reel. It takes a long run offshore and a calm day to keep the line near vertical, so most trips happen in summer.
- Pacific halibut
- Halibut sit on sand and gravel bottoms near drop-offs, bars and pinnacles, most often in 90 to 500 feet in Alaska and on the shelf off Washington, Oregon and far northern California. Anchor up-current of a likely edge and fish herring, squid, octopus or a salmon head on a circle hook with 24 to 32 ounces of weight, or bounce a large jig on the bottom. The best bite usually comes in the hour around slack tide.
- Rockfish
- Rockfish live on rocky reefs, pinnacles and kelp from the shoreline out past 300 feet, with black and blue rockfish schooling mid-water over shallow reefs and copper, quillback, yelloweye and vermilion sitting tight to deeper bottom. Drift over the structure with a shrimp fly above a lead-head grub or metal jig, or a squid strip, and reel up a few cranks after touching bottom to cut snags. Use a descending device to release any fish brought up from deep water.
Nearby spots
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- Rockfish 51
- Lingcod 50
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- Mushroom Rock51
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- Rockfish 51
- Lingcod 50
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- Kydikabbit Point49
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Top: RockfishShoulder season- Rockfish 49
- Lingcod 47
- Pacific halibut 43
9 kt WNWL 5:46 PM · 2.8 ftH 11:27 PM · 6.8 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.