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Marine Area 7Coho Salmon · Open

Rosario Strait Mid-Channel

48.60°N · 122.75°W

Marine Area 7Coho Salmon · Open

Rosario Strait Mid-Channel Fishing Forecast

Updated today

What's biting now near Bellingham: Coho

Coho fishing at Rosario Strait Mid-Channel looks good today.
The best time to go is 7 AM to 8 PM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Rosario Strait Mid-Channel 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 · 7 AM
83/100
GOOD

Now 80 · 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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Conditions
Time
7 PM
Now
Score
80
Good
Tide
6.1 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
4 kn
SSW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0 ft
Air temp
60°
Mild
Weather
Clear
0% cloud
Hour 7 PM. Score 80 Good. Tide 6.1ft Falling ▼. Current -0.0kn Slack. Wind 4kn SSW G8. Sea 0 ft Flat. Air 59.7°.

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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
Early flood
Tough
Current
1.8 kn
Prime
Light
Golden hour
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 openLingcod ClosedSablefish Retention openPollock Retention openChum Salmon Catch & releaseChinook Salmon Catch & releasePink Salmon Retention open
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
120-300 ft
Mixed
STRUCTURE
Corridor
Outer Exposed

Rosario Strait Mid-Channel is an outer-exposed corridor off Bellingham, Washington, running over mixed bottom in depths of 120 to 300 feet. The channel holds Pacific Halibut through its April to August peak, followed by Chinook Salmon from June to September and Coho Salmon from June into October. Halibut anglers work the mixed bottom by drifting herring, squid, salmon bellies, or octopus, while jigging with leadhead jigs and swimbaits or metal jigs covers the deeper stretches. Chinook and Coho respond to downrigger and standard trolling with flashers, hoochies, trolling spoons, and whole or cut-plug herring, with mooching a productive alternative when fish sit shallow. Lingcod fill the winter and spring windows from November to February and again March through June, taken by jigging over the mixed structure or drifting live greenling and herring.

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