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SablefishRetention openCape · Washington
Slip Point
48.27°N · 124.25°W · Cape · West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca
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Best score today · 8 AM · Sablefish
- Now
- 569 AM PDT
- Best window
- 9 AM-5 PMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding2.6 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 · 9 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
93Tide: FloodingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt WPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
66Water temp: 58°F, hotLight: DawnSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.9 ftSeason & habitat · Sablefish
Species seasonality
47Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Marine Area 5 (Sekiu and Pillar Point)
No rule for Sablefish is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with WDFW before you keep a fish.
Species rules here
- Chinook salmon Catch & release (No retention)
- 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 Check regulations
- Sockeye salmon Catch & release (No retention)
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
Slip Point
- Depth
- 15-110 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Point · Outer · ExposedPoint · drop-off
- Season
- Shoulder seasonSablefish
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 Slip Point
Slip Point is a cape in West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca, Washington. Depth is 15-110 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads point, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 11 species here; the best right now are cabezon, kelp greenling and lingcod. It is peak season now for Chinook salmon and coho salmon, and shoulder season for cabezon, kelp greenling, lingcod and rockfish. Cabezon peak from May through August. Kelp greenling peak from October through November. 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Middle Point69
Cape · 1.4 mi
Top: CabezonShoulder season- Cabezon 69
- Kelp greenling 69
- Rockfish 67
5 kt WH 12:43 PM · 5.9 ftL 6:08 PM · 3.3 ft
- Sekiu Point69
Cape · 2.1 mi
Top: CabezonShoulder season- Cabezon 69
- Kelp greenling 69
- Lingcod 68
5 kt WH 12:43 PM · 5.9 ftL 6:08 PM · 3.3 ft
- Eagle Point69
Cape · 4.2 mi
Top: CabezonShoulder season- Cabezon 69
- Kelp greenling 69
- Lingcod 68
5 kt WH 12:43 PM · 5.9 ftL 6:08 PM · 3.3 ft
- Clallam Bay68
Bay · 1.0 mi
Top: Kelp greenlingShoulder season- Kelp greenling 68
- Lingcod 68
- Rockfish 68
5 kt WH 12:43 PM · 5.9 ftL 6:08 PM · 3.3 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.