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Best score today · 8 AM · Sablefish

65/100Great

Now: 3412 PM PDT
Best window: 7 PM-12 AMFlood tide
Tide now: High6.1 ft

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14-day forecast

Best days to fish

Best: Sat · 79

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Conditions · 12 PM · now

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Time12PNOW

Score34Fair

Tide6.1 ftHigh

CurrentFlood0.6 kn · toward ESE

Wind6 kn Wgusts 8 · steady

Sea stateRough6.2 ft · 10 s

Air temp55°Mild

WeatherPartly cloudy27% cloud

Water58°FObserved

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Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Marine Area 4 (Neah Bay)

IN EFFECT NOW

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)

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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

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Spot profile

Slant Rock

Depth: 9-100 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 Slant Rock

Slant Rock is a bar in West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca, Washington. Depth is 9-100 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads ledge, outer water and exposed.

Waterlands scores 11 species here; the best right now are cabezon, kelp greenling and Pacific halibut. It is peak season now for Chinook salmon and coho salmon, and shoulder season for cabezon, kelp greenling, Pacific halibut and rockfish. Cabezon peak from May through August. Kelp greenling peak from October through November. Pacific halibut peak from May through July.

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.
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.
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.

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