Today's best fishing in Everett: 7 AM to 10 AM
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Today's best fishing in Everett: 7 AM to 10 AM
Updated today
What's biting now near Everett: Coho
Coho fishing at Sandy Point looks good today.
ReelCaster scores every hour at Sandy 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.

Pro is free for 7 days: all 14 days, full catch reports and text alerts for Sandy Point.
Every spot is scored for today, out of 100. Green is worth the trip, amber is fair, red is slow.
The next 14 days in Everett
Data from: ECMWF + GFS + BlueCasterTwo 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 Everett reaches that day. Green is good, amber is fair, red is slow, and you can read it from across the room.
4,704 scores behind it
14 spots, every hour of every day, out to 14. This row is the best of them.
Hour by hour today at Sandy Point
All times PDTOne real spot
A city has no tide or wind of its own, so this is Sandy Point, the most fished mark in Everett, 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 Everett, so you can see slack coming before you leave the dock.
What others are saying about ReelCaster Pro
The spots people actually fish in Everett
8 more on the mapA year of catch reports
The order here is how much each mark actually gets fished, not today's guess. The busiest water in Everett 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.
- 90Sandy PointKnown markBest 7 AM–10 AM · Mid ebb · Flat · Sand flat
- 89Kayak PointKnown markBest 7 AM–10 AM · Early ebb · Flat · Mixed bottom
- 89Tulalip Tribes Breakwater Light AKnown markBest 7 AM–10 AM · Low slack · Flat · Rock reef
- 89Hat Island (Gedney Island) South EndKnown markBest 7 AM–10 AM · Mid ebb · Flat
- 89Elliot PointKnown markBest 1 PM–4 PM · Mid flood · Flat · Rock reef
- 89Clinton Ferry Terminal Dolphin Light DKnown markBest 7 AM–10 AM · Mid ebb · Flat · Rock reef
Every spot we score in Everett
Bathymetry: NONNA-10 + NRCanReal charted seabed
Depth soundings, not a stock map. The banks, reefs and drop-offs are where you can see them.
14 marks, all scored
Every spot we cover around Everett, 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.
Create custom spots
Our full model on your custom private spots.
- Drop a pinAnywhere on the water. The ledge you found, the bay nobody talks about.
- Name itYour name for it, not ours. It stays private to your account.
- Choose speciesPick what you fish there, and it starts scoring from the next run.
What you can keep in Everett today
- Coho SalmonKeep2 a dayOpen at all 14 spots we cover
- HalibutKeep1 a dayOpen at all 14 spots we cover
- Chinook SalmonReleaseCatch and release at all 14 spots we cover
- LingcodClosedShut at all 14 spots we cover
- Black RockfishClosedShut at all 11 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.
That was one day. Pro opens the next fourteen.
Every spot on this map, hour by hour, two weeks out, with alerts when your water crosses the score you set.
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When to fish Everett
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.
| Species | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinook Salmon | ||||||||||||
| Coho Salmon | ||||||||||||
| Halibut | ||||||||||||
| Lingcod | ||||||||||||
| Black Rockfish |
Chinook Salmon: January none, February poor, March fair, April good, May excellent, June excellent, July peak, August peak, September fair, October none, November none, December none. Coho Salmon: January none, February none, March none, April none, May none, June none, July good, August peak, September peak, October peak, November none, December none. Halibut: January none, February poor, March good, April peak, May peak, June peak, July excellent, August fair, September poor, October none, November none, December none. Lingcod: January fair, February good, March excellent, April good, May good, June good, July fair, August fair, September fair, October fair, November fair, December fair. Black Rockfish: January fair, February fair, March good, April good, May good, June good, July good, August good, September fair, October fair, November fair, December fair.
- Chinook Salmon. Everett's Possession Sound and nearby Puget Sound waters see resident (blackmouth) Chinook present through winter and spring at moderate levels, with a rising baseline as feeder fish grow. The dominant peak is the summer migratory run (late July–August, weeks 27–31) as mature Chinook stage before entering the Snohomish/Skykomish systems, tapering sharply through September as fish move upriver.
- Coho Salmon. Everett's Coho are dominated by the fall run staging in Possession Sound and Port Gardner, peaking early-to-mid September (weeks 35-37) as adults return toward the Snohomish system before rains push them upriver by mid-October. A minor secondary bump in late spring/early summer (weeks 16-24) reflects resident/'blackmouth-style' feeder coho and early jacks in the sound, while the stock is biologically absent through winter.
- Halibut. Pacific halibut in the inner waters near Everett (Puget Sound / Possession Sound region) are a marginal, seasonal presence with a spring-summer peak (roughly May–July) as fish move onto shallower feeding grounds; abundance thins through late summer and fall as fish return to deeper offshore waters, leaving a low but non-zero winter baseline. This region sits at the edge of the halibut's inland range, so overall presence is modest year-round with a clear late-spring/early-summer bulge.
- Lingcod. Lingcod are resident, non-migratory Puget Sound bottomfish present year-round in Everett-area waters, so abundance stays near baseline. The late-winter/spring peak (Feb–Apr) reflects nest-guarding males concentrated and holding tight on rocky structure during the spawning/egg-guarding period, making local density highest before they disperse post-spawn.
- Black Rockfish. Black Rockfish are resident, long-lived, non-migratory reef fish in Puget Sound waters near Everett, so abundance stays relatively flat year-round with no true biological absence. The slight late-spring through summer peak reflects warmer water pushing fish shallower and more concentrated over nearshore rocky structure, while winter shows modest dispersal into deeper water.
Before you go
Water around Everett falls into 2 areas, and the rules can differ between them. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife sets them.
- 8-1 8-1 — Deception Pass, Hope Island, and Skagit Bay
- 8-2 8-2 — Ports Susan and Gardner
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.
Fishing Everett
Everett sits on the eastern shore of Possession Sound, where the Snohomish River meets the sheltered inside waters of Puget Sound and the outer edges of Whidbey Island. The fishery centers on Chinook Salmon, which peak from June through August, and Coho Salmon, which run strong from July into October, with Lingcod adding a February-to-April window and Pacific Halibut filling the spring months from March through July. Its 14 spots cluster around protected passages, ferry dolphins, and rocky points that break up the sound, along with the exposed island heads that hold rockfish and bottomfish. Anglers work the salmon runs primarily by trolling through the summer stretch of the calendar, when the bulk of the fishery comes alive. Black Rockfish round out the year from March through August across the deeper points and reef structure.
