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False Bay (San Juan Island) Kelp Beds

48.49°N · 123.14°W

BoatMarine Area 7Kelp Greenling · Open

False Bay (San Juan Island) Kelp Beds Fishing Forecast

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Kelp Greenling fishing at False Bay (San Juan Island) Kelp Beds looks good today.
The best time to go is 7 AM to 6 PM, with the tide ebbing.

ReelCaster scores every hour at False Bay (San Juan Island) Kelp Beds from 0 to 100, reading the tide, current, wind and weather for Kelp Greenling. 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.

14-Day Forecast

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Conditions
Time
12 PM
Now
Score
88
Good
Tide
8.2 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
3 kn
NNW · steady
Sea state
Flat
0 ft
Air temp
50°
Cold
Weather
Clear
15% cloud
Hour 12 PM. Score 88 Good. Tide 8.2ft Falling ▼. Current -0.1kn Slack. Wind 3kn NNW G4. Sea 0 ft Flat. Air 49.6°.

Why this score

Current
0.6 kn light
Prime
Tide
Late flood
Prime
Waves
Flat
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Kelp Greenling
Retention open
Daily limit
15 per day
Possession
Not published
Gear
Fishing for bottomfish prohibited in waters deeper than 120 ft. Descending device required onboard vessels.
Annual quota
Not published
Other
No separate rule for Kelp Greenling here; the Bottomfish rule covers it. Year-round. Daily limit is a total of 15 bottomfish (see definition) subject to individual limits and seasons shown for individual species. San Juan Islands Marine Preserve (False Bay, Friday Harbor, Argyle Lagoon, Yellow and Low Islands, and Shaw Island) closed to all bottomfish activity.
Other species here
Chinook Salmon ClosedRockfish (Aggregate) ClosedLingcod ClosedHalibut ClosedCoho Salmon Closed
Always check with WDFW ↗

Source: WDFW · Marine Area 7 · synced yesterday

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Kelp Greenling is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Kelp Greenling
~8 more weeks in shoulder
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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff season

SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
15-60 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Kelp Reef
Mid

About False Bay (San Juan Island) Kelp Beds

False Bay Kelp Beds sits off San Juan Island in DFO subarea 7, a rocky kelp reef with mid-range exposure and depths running 15 to 60 feet. The structure holds Kelp Greenling from June through December and Rockfish through the spring and summer months, both of which respond to jigging with metal jigs or leadhead jigs and soft plastics over the rock. Lingcod work the same ground with two peak windows, November through February and again March through June, taken on jigging with swimbaits or by drifting live greenling and herring along the reef edges. Coho and Chinook Salmon move through in the summer, with Coho peaking June to October on trolled flashers and hoochies and Chinook from June to September on downrigger-trolled whole herring and spoons. Pacific Halibut hold on the deeper edges from April through August, drifted with herring, squid, or salmon bellies along the bottom.

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