Today's best fishing in La Push: 7 AM to 10 AM
This page is full of real data to show you what you can see with ReelCaster in La Push.
The next 14 days in La Push
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 La Push reaches that day. Green is good, amber is fair, red is slow, and you can read it from across the room.
10,752 scores behind it
32 spots, every hour of every day, out to 14. This row is the best of them.
Hour by hour today at North Rock
All times PDTOne real spot
A city has no tide or wind of its own, so this is North Rock, the most fished mark in La Push, scored for Chinook 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 La Push, so you can see slack coming before you leave the dock.
The spots people actually fish in La Push
26 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 La Push 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.
- 88North RockKnown markBest 7 AM–10 AM · Late ebb · Lumpy · Sand flat
- 88Perkins ReefKnown markBest 7 AM–10 AM · Late ebb · Lumpy · Sand flat
- 88Middle RockKnown markBest 7 AM–10 AM · Late ebb · Lumpy · Sand flat
- 88Rounded IslandKnown markBest 8 AM–11 AM · Late ebb · Lumpy · Rock reef
- 88Alexander IslandKnown markBest 8 AM–11 AM · Late ebb · Lumpy · Sand flat
- 87Hump 1.8 km SW of Giants GraveyardKnown markBest 7 AM–10 AM · Late ebb · Lumpy · Rock reef
Every spot we score in La Push
Bathymetry: NONNA-10 + NRCanReal charted seabed
Depth soundings, not a stock map. The banks, reefs and drop-offs are where you can see them.
32 marks, all scored
Every spot we cover around La Push, 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 La Push today
- Chinook SalmonKeep2 a day · min 24"Open at all 32 spots we cover
- HalibutKeep1 a dayOpen at all 32 spots we cover
- LingcodKeep2 a dayOpen at all 32 spots we cover
- Coho SalmonKeep2 a day · min 16"Open at all 30 spots we cover
- Black RockfishClosedShut at all 16 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.
$0 today, then $33 USD a year, which is $2.75 a month. Card required, cancel any time.
When to fish La Push
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 | ||||||||||||
| Halibut | ||||||||||||
| Lingcod | ||||||||||||
| Coho Salmon | ||||||||||||
| Black Rockfish |
Chinook Salmon: January none, February none, March poor, April good, May peak, June peak, July peak, August peak, September fair, October none, November none, December none. Halibut: January none, February poor, March excellent, April excellent, May peak, June peak, July peak, August peak, September fair, October poor, November none, December none. Lingcod: January fair, February good, March excellent, April good, May good, June fair, July fair, August good, September fair, October fair, November fair, December fair. Coho Salmon: January none, February none, March none, April none, May good, June peak, July peak, August peak, September peak, October fair, November none, December none. Black Rockfish: January poor, February poor, March fair, April fair, May good, June excellent, July excellent, August excellent, September excellent, October good, November fair, December poor.
- Chinook Salmon. La Push Chinook peak in mid-to-late summer (late June–August) as ocean feeder kings and returning mature fish stage off the Quillayute system near the coast. Abundance builds through spring as offshore fish move inshore and tails off by fall once the run enters the river; winter months show only sparse resident/feeder Chinook offshore.
- Halibut. Pacific halibut off La Push move onto nearshore and shelf-edge feeding grounds as water warms, showing a spring peak (late April–May) tied to post-spawn migration inshore and a strong summer feeding presence (June–September) when they aggregate over banks like Swiftsure and the continental shelf. Abundance drops through late fall and winter as adults retreat to deep offshore spawning grounds along the shelf break, leaving comparatively few fish in accessible waters January–March.
- Lingcod. Lingcod are resident, structure-oriented reef fish present year-round off La Push, so the curve stays broad rather than showing a true migratory gap. Abundance peaks in late winter/early spring (Feb–Apr) when males guard nests in shallower nearshore rocky habitat and fish concentrate for spawning, with a secondary lift in early fall as recruits and feeding fish stack on reefs before deeper winter dispersal.
- Coho Salmon. La Push coho are absent in winter/early spring while at sea; feeder/immature 'blueback' coho begin showing on the offshore banks by late spring and build through summer, with peak ocean abundance in late August through mid-September as mature fish stage before their fall river return, then a rapid drop as fish enter the Quillayute system by October.
- Black Rockfish. Black rockfish are non-migratory, year-round residents of La Push's coastal reefs, meaning they are never biologically absent. The prominent summer peak reflects their behavior of forming massive, dense mid-water feeding aggregations around nearshore pinnacles and kelp forests when coastal upwelling drives baitfish abundance. In late winter, they tend to disperse or hold tighter to deeper bottom structure during their parturition (live-bearing) season.
Before you go
Water around La Push falls into one area, and the rules can differ between them. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife sets them.
- 3 3 — Lapush
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 La Push
La Push sits at the mouth of the Quillayute River on Washington's outer Pacific coast, opening directly onto the exposed waters of the Olympic Peninsula. Its 32 fishing spots spread across rugged offshore rocks, sea stacks, and open reef ground beyond the surf-battered headlands. Chinook Salmon and Pacific Halibut both peak from April through August, while Lingcod run strongest from February through April over the rocky bottom. Coho Salmon extend the season into fall, holding from May into September. Anglers work the salmon here primarily by trolling across the open coastal waters, with the summer months carrying the heart of the fishery.