Flounder Bay / Fidalgo Head sits in the inner protected waters off Bellingham, Washington, a sandy flat running roughly 10 to 40 feet deep within DFO subarea 7. The soft bottom holds flounder, English sole, and Dungeness crab, while nearby structure brings in lingcod through late fall and winter into spring and rockfish from March through September. Halibut move onto the flats from April through August, worked by drifting herring, squid, salmon bellies, or octopus across the sand. Chinook peak June through September and coho June through October, both taken by trolling flashers, hoochies, trolling spoons, and herring, with mooching whole or cut-plug herring an option on the tide. On the shallow flat, jigging with leadhead jigs and swimbaits or metal jigs covers lingcod, rockfish, and cabezon over the bottom.

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