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Quillayute Needles

47.88°N · 124.64°W

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

Now 82 · 7 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
7 AM-8 PM
Tide ebbing
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Conditions
Time
7 AM
Now
Score
82
Good
Tide
1.4 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
Ebb
Wind
7 kn
SSW · steady
Sea state
Rough
3.4 ft
Air temp
57°
Mild
Weather
Rain
0.4 mm/h
Hour 7 AM. Score 82 Good. Tide 1.4ft Falling ▼. Current -0.9kn Ebb. Wind 7kn SSW G14. Sea 3.4ft Rough. Air 57.0°.
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
Gear
Descending device required onboard vessels.
Annual quota
6 per year
Other
No minimum size. Daily limit 1. Annual limit 6. 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. Halibut and bottomfish fishing is closed in the 'C'-shaped YRCA area described in additional restrictions.
Other species here
Yellowtail Rockfish ClosedKelp Greenling ClosedCopper Rockfish ClosedLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openBlack Rockfish ClosedBlue Rockfish Closed
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Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Halibut
~1 more week in shoulder
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
30-180 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

The Quillayute Needles form an outer-exposed rock pinnacle off La Push, Washington, where the bottom rises through depths of 30 to 180 feet along the open coast. Chinook Salmon peak from April through August and Coho Salmon from May through September, both worked with trolling using flashers, hoochies, and trolling spoons over the structure. Lingcod hold tight to the rock and bite best from February through April, taken by jigging with metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs. Black Rockfish stack up from June through September and respond to jigging along the pinnacle's edges, while Pacific Halibut move through from April through August and come to drift fishing with whole herring, salmon bellies, octopus, and squid on the deeper flats. The exposed rock and steep relief concentrate fish across a wide depth band, giving anglers both shallow rockfish structure and deeper halibut ground within a compact area.

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