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Marine Area 11Coho Salmon · Open

Point Defiance (Clay Banks)

47.32°N · 122.54°W

Marine Area 11Coho Salmon · Open

Point Defiance (Clay Banks) Fishing Forecast

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What's biting now near Gig Harbor: Coho

Coho fishing at Point Defiance (Clay Banks) looks good today.
The best time to go is 7 AM to 11 AM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Point Defiance (Clay Banks) 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 · 6 PM
85/100
GOOD

Now 20 · 10 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
7 AM-11 AM
Tide flooding
WDFW · Marine Area 11 · Coho Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day
Recent reports
Updated 2 days ago

Coho Salmon being kept across Marine…

14-Day Forecast
Data from: ECMWF + GFS + BlueCaster
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24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
10 PM
Now
Score
20
Tough
Tide
8.8 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
4 kn
WSW · steady
Sea state
Flat
est. from wind
Air temp
60°
Mild
Weather
Clear
5% cloud
Hour 10 PM. Score 20 Tough. Tide 8.8ft Falling ▼. Current +0.0kn Slack. Wind 4kn WSW G10. Sea Flat (est. from wind). 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
Light
Low sun
Prime
Current
0.4 kn light
Tough

Current regulations

In effect now

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
Open Wednesday through Saturday only. Closed Sunday through Tuesday. Other salmon species no min. size. Daily limit 2 total salmon including no more than 1 Chinook. Release wild Chinook; wild coho may be retained.
Season
Mar 31 to Apr 30
Other species here
Halibut ClosedChilipepper ClosedCopper Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check WDFW ↗Lingcod ClosedChum Salmon Catch & releaseChinook Salmon Catch & releaseOcean Perch ClosedDarkblotched Rockfish ClosedCod Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) ClosedLeopard Shark Rules not loaded yet · Check WDFW ↗Pink Salmon Retention openBlack Rockfish ClosedCanary Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check WDFW ↗Blue Rockfish Closed
Always check with WDFW ↗

Source: WDFW · Marine Area 11 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Coho Salmon is best at this spot

Peak seasonCurrently in peak season for Coho Salmon
~5 more weeks at peak
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
60-180 ft
Mixed
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Mid

Point Defiance (Clay Banks) is a mixed-bottom drop-off along the Tacoma shoreline, where depths run from 40 to 150 feet across a mid-exposure edge that concentrates fish along its contours. Lingcod hold on the structure with a peak from March through June, while rockfish stack up over the same broken bottom from April into September. The salmon runs layer through summer and fall, with Chinook peaking June to September, pink salmon July through September, and coho carrying the season into October. Anglers work the drop-off for lingcod with metal jigs and leadhead jigs paired with swimbaits, or drift whole herring and squid along the depth breaks. For the salmon, trolling cut-plug herring, flashers, and hoochies covers water across the contour, and vertical jigging with leadhead swimbaits and shrimp flies takes rockfish tight to the bottom.

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