Marine Area 7Halibut · Open

Johns Pass (Johns Island area)

48.67°N · 123.17°W

Species
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Best score for the day · 6 AM
86/100
GOOD

Now 68 · 8 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-3 PM
Tide flooding
WDFW · Marine Area 7 · Halibut openRegulations ↗1 per day · Descending device required onboard vessels
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Conditions
Time
8 PM
Now
Score
68
Fair
Tide
7.2 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
Ebb
Wind
8 kn
S · steady
Sea state
Calm
0.2 m
Air temp
18°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 8 PM. Score 68 Fair. Tide 7.2ft Falling ▼. Current -1.1kn Ebb. Wind 8kn S G13. Sea 0.2m Calm. Air 17.9°.
Why this score
Current
0.5 kn light
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Halibut
Retention open
Daily limit
1 per day
Possession
Not published
Gear
Descending device required onboard vessels.
Annual quota
6 per year
Other
Check WDFW website at https://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/regulations/halibut or call (360) 902-2700 in March for season dates and regulations. No minimum size. Daily limit 1. Annual limit 6.
Other species here
Chinook Salmon Catch & releaseRockfish (Aggregate) ClosedCoho Salmon Retention openLingcod Catch & releaseCod Retention openSpiny Dogfish Closed
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Source: WDFW · Marine Area 7 · synced today

Seasonality

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When Halibut is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
40-300 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Off season
STRUCTURE
Corridor
Mid

Johns Pass runs through the rocky corridor near Johns Island in the San Juans off Friday Harbor, a mid-exposure channel where the bottom holds structure across depths of 40 to 120 feet. Lingcod concentrate here through the winter run of December to February and again from May to August, while aggregate rockfish hold over the rock from March through September. Anglers work the corridor primarily by jigging, dropping metal jigs, leadhead jigs with swimbaits, or bucktail jigs to the rocky bottom where both species stage. Live bait drifting with greenling, herring, or sanddabs adds a second approach for lingcod along the deeper edges of the pass. Mooching whole or cut plug herring covers the water column when fish move off the rock through moving tide.

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