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Marine Area 7Coho Salmon · Open

Fern Point

48.73°N · 122.72°W

Marine Area 7Coho Salmon · Open

Fern Point Fishing Forecast

Updated today

What's biting now near Bellingham: Coho

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

ReelCaster scores every hour at Fern Point 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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Best score for the day · 8 AM
85/100
GOOD

Now 76 · 7 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
7 AM-8 PM
Tide flooding
WDFW · Marine Area 7 · Coho Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day
Recent reports
Updated 2 days ago

Coho Salmon coming steadily across…

14-Day Forecast
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24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
7 PM
Now
Score
76
Good
Tide
7.0 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
7 kn
SSW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0 ft
Air temp
60°
Mild
Weather
Clear
1% cloud
Hour 7 PM. Score 76 Good. Tide 7.0ft Rising ▲. Current +0.0kn Slack. Wind 7kn SSW G11. Sea 0 ft Flat. Air 60.4°.

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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
Why this score
Tide
Late flood
Prime
Current
0.3 kn light
Fair
Light
Low sun
Prime

Current regulations

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What you can keep at this spot today

Coho Salmon
Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
Not published
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Entire Area (excluding named sub-areas). No min. size. Daily limit 2 total salmon. Coho may be retained (not listed as release in this window). Sept-01 to Sept-30.
Season
Sep 1 to Sep 30
Other species here
Halibut Retention openEnglish Sole Rules not loaded yet · Check WDFW ↗Copper Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check WDFW ↗Lingcod ClosedChinook Salmon Catch & releaseCod Retention openBlack Rockfish ClosedBlue Rockfish Closed
Always check with WDFW ↗

Source: WDFW · Marine Area 7 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Coho Salmon is best at this spot

Peak seasonCurrently in peak season for Coho Salmon
~4 more weeks at peak
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
260-660 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Mid

Fern Point is a rock drop-off in Bellingham, Washington, sitting in DFO subarea 7 with a mid-exposure profile and depths running from 260 to 660 feet. The steep structure holds Chinook Salmon through their June to September peak and Coho Salmon from June into October, with both species worked over the drop using downrigger trolling with flashers, hoochies, and trolling spoons, or mooching with whole and cut-plug herring. Lingcod concentrate on the rock in two windows, November through February and March through June, taken on leadhead jigs with swimbaits and metal jigs, or by drifting live greenling and herring close to the bottom. Pacific Halibut move through from April to August and respond to herring, squid, and octopus drifted along the deeper contours. Black Rockfish stack up over the same structure from June to August, holding to jigs and swimbaits fished tight to the rock.

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