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Sunshine Point

46.47°N · 123.94°W

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Best score for the day · 11 AM
82/100
GOOD

Now 80 · 7 AM PDT

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Conditions
Time
7 AM
Now
Score
80
Good
Tide
1.8 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
5 kn
SSW · gusty
Sea state
Choppy
2.9 ft
Air temp
54°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 7 AM. Score 80 Good. Tide 1.8ft Falling ▼. Current -1.0kn Ebb. Wind 5kn SSW G15. Sea 2.9ft Chop. Air 53.6°.
Why this score
Current
0.2 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 April for information on Pacific halibut seasons and regulations. No min. size. Daily limit 1. Annual limit 6.
Other species here
Lingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Catch & releaseGreenlings ClosedCoho Salmon Catch & releaseCod ClosedBlack Rockfish ClosedBlue Rockfish Closed
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Source: WDFW · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
260-660 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

Sunshine Point is an outer-exposed rocky drop-off off Ilwaco, Washington, where the bottom falls away through depths of 260 to 660 feet. The structure holds Pacific Halibut through their March-to-August peak, with Lingcod concentrating in January and February and Black Rockfish stacking up from April into August. Anglers work drift fishing with herring, salmon bellies, squid, or octopus for halibut over the deeper contours, while jigging metal jigs, leadhead jigs, and swimbaits accounts for lingcod and rockfish along the rock. Chinook Salmon move through in April and again from June into September, with Coho joining the run through summer, both taken by trolling whole or cut-plug herring, flashers, and hoochies. Greenlings, Pacific Cod, and Blue Rockfish round out the mix over this exposed structure.

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