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Marine Area 7Halibut · Open

Point Doughty Hump

48.71°N · 122.96°W

Marine Area 7Halibut · Open

Point Doughty Hump Fishing Forecast

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What's biting now near Anacortes: Halibut

Halibut fishing at Point Doughty Hump looks good today.
The best time to go is 7 AM to 8 PM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Point Doughty Hump from 0 to 100, reading the tide, current, wind and weather for Halibut. 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.

Best score for the day · 7 AM
88/100
GOOD

Now 83 · 7 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
7 AM-8 PM
Tide flooding
WDFW · Marine Area 7 · Halibut openRegulations ↗1 per day · Barbless hooks required
Recent reports
Updated 2 days ago

Coho Salmon coming steadily across…

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Conditions
Time
7 PM
Now
Score
83
Good
Tide
6.4 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
7 kn
SSW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0 ft
Air temp
62°
Mild
Weather
Clear
2% cloud
Hour 7 PM. Score 83 Good. Tide 6.4ft Falling ▼. Current -0.0kn Slack. Wind 7kn SSW G11. Sea 0 ft Flat. Air 62.2°.

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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
Why this score
Current
0.4 kn light
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Halibut
Retention open
Daily limit
1 per day
Possession
Not published
Gear
Barbless hooks required
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Closed after season end.
Season
Oct 1 to Dec 31
Other species here
Rougheye Rockfish ClosedSablefish Retention openLingcod ClosedChinook Salmon Catch & releaseCod Retention openCanary Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check WDFW ↗
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Source: WDFW · Marine Area 7 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
181-423 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

Point Doughty Hump is an outer-exposed rocky pinnacle off Anacortes, Washington, rising through depths of 180 to 425 feet in DFO subarea 7. The structure holds Pacific Halibut, which peak from March through July, alongside Lingcod that peak in February and March and Chinook Salmon that peak from June through August. Rougheye Rockfish, Canary Rockfish, Pacific Cod, and Sablefish round out the resident groundfish over the rock. Anglers targeting halibut work drift fishing with herring, salmon bellies, squid, or octopus across the deeper flanks, while jigging with metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadheads pulls Lingcod tight to the pinnacle. Chinook come to trolling with cut-plug or whole herring, flashers, and trolling spoons through the exposed water above the hump.

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