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Today's best fishing in Anacortes: 7 AM to 10 AM

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Today's best fishing in Anacortes: 7 AM to 10 AM

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What's biting now near Anacortes: Coho

Coho fishing at Clements Reef Hump looks good today.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Clements Reef Hump from 0 to 100, reading the tide, current, wind and weather for Coho. The higher the score, the better your odds. Green means go.

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Every spot is scored for today, out of 100. Green is worth the trip, amber is fair, red is slow.

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The next 14 days in Anacortes

Data from: ECMWF + GFS + BlueCaster

  • Two weeks ahead

    Most forecasts stop at the weekend. This one runs a full 14 days, so you can pick the day before you book the time off.

  • One number, out of 100

    The best score anything in Anacortes reaches that day. Green is good, amber is fair, red is slow, and you can read it from across the room.

  • 6,720 scores behind it

    20 spots, every hour of every day, out to 14. This row is the best of them.

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Hour by hour today at Clements Reef Hump

All times PDT

  • One real spot

    A city has no tide or wind of its own, so this is Clements Reef Hump, the most fished mark in Anacortes, scored for Coho Salmon.

  • Six readings, one clock

    Tide, current, wind, sea, air and sky, all lined up on the same hour, so you can see what is actually driving the score.

  • Currents, not just tides

    Modelled flow for the water off Anacortes, so you can see slack coming before you leave the dock.

Conditions
Time
4 PM
Now
Score
79
Good
Tide
7.4 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
1 kn
ENE · steady
Sea state
Flat
0 ft
Air temp
58°
Mild
Weather
Clear
0% cloud
Hour 4 PM. Score 79 Good. Tide 7.4ft Falling ▼. Current -0.4kn Ebb. Wind 1kn ENE G2. Sea 0 ft Flat. Air 58.1°.

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5.0
I’ve been using ReelCaster for about a month and I love it! Having all the conditions listed together is really handy and makes deciding when to go a no brainer instead of checking multiple apps and sites to get wind, current, sea conditions and tides. I highly recommend ReelCaster!
Nick S.Tacoma WA
5.0
ReelCaster has completely changed how I plan my fishing trips. It brings together tides, currents, wind, swell, and water temperature in one place, then pinpoints the best times and locations to fish. It saves me time and gives me real confidence I’m on the water when conditions are ideal.
Bob N.Victoria BC
5.0
ReelCaster was very helpful in helping me figure out where and when to fish! I was lucky enough to catch a 7 lb Coho right off the beach. The info that the app provided was really helpful and it saved me the trouble of looking at multiple sources to figure out tides, weather, and regulations.
KevinMarrowstone Island WA

The spots people actually fish in Anacortes

14 more on the map

  • A year of catch reports

    The order here is how much each mark actually gets fished, not today's guess. The busiest water in Anacortes comes first.

  • Today's number too

    Beside each name is the best score that spot reaches today, so you can weigh a proven mark against a good forecast.

  • Every mark has a page

    Its own chart, its own species and its own rules, worked out the same way as everything above.

Every spot we score in Anacortes

Bathymetry: NONNA-10 + NRCan

  • Real charted seabed

    Depth soundings, not a stock map. The banks, reefs and drop-offs are where you can see them.

  • 20 marks, all scored

    Every spot we cover around Anacortes, each one carrying its own number for today.

  • Point at any of them

    The name, how busy a mark it is, and the tide, sea and seabed at its best hour.

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What you can keep in Anacortes today

  • Coho SalmonKeep2 a dayOpen at all 18 spots we cover
  • HalibutKeep1 a dayOpen at all 19 spots we cover
  • Chinook SalmonReleaseCatch and release at all 20 spots we cover
  • LingcodClosedShut at all 20 spots we cover
  • Black RockfishClosedShut at all 12 spots we cover
  • Dungeness CrabClosedShut at all 6 spots we cover

Rules differ between marine areas and change in season. Check WDFW for the marine area you are fishing before you keep anything.

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When to fish Anacortes

Each row is shaded against that species' own best month here, so a dark cell means a good month for that fish rather than a comparison between them.

Relative abundance by month for each species around Anacortes
SpeciesJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Chinook Salmon
Coho Salmon
Halibut
Lingcod
Black Rockfish
Dungeness Crab

Chinook Salmon: January poor, February poor, March fair, April good, May good, June peak, July peak, August peak, September poor, October none, November poor, December poor. Coho Salmon: January none, February none, March none, April none, May poor, June good, July peak, August peak, September peak, October good, November none, December none. Halibut: January poor, February poor, March good, April peak, May peak, June peak, July excellent, August fair, September poor, October poor, November poor, December poor. Lingcod: January fair, February good, March excellent, April good, May fair, June fair, July fair, August fair, September fair, October fair, November fair, December fair. Black Rockfish: January fair, February fair, March fair, April fair, May good, June excellent, July excellent, August good, September good, October fair, November fair, December fair. Dungeness Crab: January fair, February fair, March fair, April poor, May fair, June good, July excellent, August peak, September excellent, October good, November fair, December fair.

  • Chinook Salmon. Anacortes-area waters (San Juans/Rosario Strait/Skagit approaches) see peak Chinook abundance mid-July through early August as summer-run fish stage before entering the Fraser, Skagit, and Puget Sound rivers. A modest secondary lift in spring (Apr–May) reflects Fraser and Columbia-origin migrants passing through, while resident (blackmouth) sub-legal and feeder Chinook maintain a baseline presence through winter months.
  • Coho Salmon. Coho are absent through winter and spring in Anacortes waters (San Juan Islands/Rosario Strait), with feeder/resident coho building slowly from June as juveniles grow. Peak abundance hits late August through September (weeks 34–36) as maturing coho stage and migrate through toward Puget Sound and Fraser/Skagit rivers, then taper sharply into October as fish enter freshwater to spawn.
  • Halibut. Pacific halibut migrate into the deeper waters and banks accessible from Anacortes (eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca approaches) in spring, peaking roughly April–May as fish move onto shallower feeding grounds after winter spawning in deeper offshore waters. Abundance tapers through summer and fall as fish disperse and retreat to deeper wintering areas, with a low but nonzero baseline in winter since some fish remain in the region.
  • Lingcod. Lingcod are resident year-round in the rocky reefs and channels around Anacortes, so abundance never drops to zero. Late winter through early spring (Feb–Apr) shows the strongest concentration as mature fish move to nest-guarding sites on shallow structure, and a secondary bump in late summer/early fall reflects post-spawn feeding aggregations before the fish disperse deeper in winter.
  • Black Rockfish. Black rockfish are non-migratory resident reef fish around Anacortes' rocky structure and remain present year-round, so the curve stays near baseline. A modest summer peak (July–August) reflects warmer, more stable nearshore water concentrating fish shallower and increasing feeding activity, with a slight taper into fall as temperatures drop.
  • Dungeness Crab. Dungeness crab are resident in Anacortes/San Juan waters year-round, so abundance never drops to zero. Legal-size hard-shell abundance dips in late spring/early summer during the molt (soft-shell period), then peaks in late summer through fall (Aug–Oct) as crab harden up and fill out, before gradually tapering through winter.

Before you go

Management areas

Water around Anacortes falls into 2 areas, and the rules can differ between them. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife sets them.

  • 6 6 — East Juan de Fuca Strait
  • 7 7 — San Juan Islands
Licence you need

Saltwater fishing licence

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife · 2026-27

Annual, Resident, 16 to 69: $40.71

Puget Sound Dungeness crab $11.89, required to drop a pot in Puget Sound, on top of a shellfish licence.

A saltwater licence does not cover shellfish. The combination licence covers both and works out cheaper than buying them apart.

Full licence guideBuy from Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Fishing Anacortes

Anacortes sits on Fidalgo Island at the northern edge of Puget Sound, positioned among the rocky reefs, humps, and points scattered across the surrounding channels and inside waters. The area's 23 fishing spots hold Chinook Salmon that peak from June through August, Lingcod that peak in February and March, and Pacific Halibut that run strongest from March through July. Many of the marks cluster around submerged reefs and rock structure in sheltered passages, while others sit on deeper humps that draw halibut and bottomfish. Chinook fishing here centers on trolling through the summer run, when the salmon fishery carries much of the season alongside Coho that stay active from June into October. The calendar spreads across the year, with winter lingcod, spring and early-summer halibut, and a long stretch of salmon holding the warmer months.

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