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Marine Area 3Halibut · Open

Hand Rock Hump

48.05°N · 124.71°W

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Best score for the day · 7 AM
87/100
GOOD

Now 86 · 1 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
7 AM-8 PM
Tide ebbing
WDFW · Marine Area 3 · Halibut openRegulations ↗1 per day
Recent reports
Updated 2 days ago

Lingcod coming steadily across Marine…

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
86
Good
Tide
6.6 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
6 kn
W · steady
Sea state
Lumpy
3 ft @ 6 s W
Air temp
60°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 86 Good. Tide 6.6ft Rising ▲. Current +1.3kn Flood. Wind 6kn W G7. Sea 3 ft @ 6 s W Lumpy. Air 60.1°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
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
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Closed after last open window. Annual bag limit: 6 fish. Catch must be recorded on a WDFW catch record card.
Season
Oct 1 to Dec 31
Other species here
Quillback Rockfish Retention openRockfish (Aggregate) Retention openCopper Rockfish Retention openLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openCod Retention openCanary Rockfish Retention open
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Source: WDFW · Marine Area 3 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Halibut
~1 more week in shoulder
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonClosed
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
60-180 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Dickey Boat Ramp
10 mi away
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed
BOAT LAUNCHES NEARBY

Distances are in a straight line, not by water.

Hand Rock Hump is an outer-exposed rock pinnacle off La Push, Washington, rising through water that runs 60 to 180 feet deep. The structure holds lingcod, which peak from February through April, alongside a mixed rockfish population that includes copper, canary, and quillback. Pacific halibut and Chinook salmon both peak from April through August, while coho salmon move through from May into September. Anglers work the pinnacle for lingcod with metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs, and drift whole herring, octopus, or squid across the rock for halibut. Chinook and coho respond to trolling with flashers, spoons, and hoochies over the same exposed structure.

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