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Quillayute Needles Hump

47.87°N · 124.64°W

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

Now 87 · 1 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
7 AM-8 PM
Tide ebbing
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Recent reports
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Lingcod coming steadily across Marine…

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
87
Good
Tide
6.9 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
Flood
Wind
5 kn
WSW · steady
Sea state
Lumpy
3 ft @ 6 s W
Air temp
61°
Mild
Weather
Partly cloudy
28% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 87 Good. Tide 6.9ft Rising ▲. Current +1.2kn Flood. Wind 5kn WSW G6. Sea 3 ft @ 6 s W Lumpy. Air 61.2°.
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
Black Rockfish Retention openBlue Rockfish Retention openCanary Rockfish Retention openLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon 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
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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonClosed
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
30-180 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Boat launch at Quileute Harbor Marina
3.2 mi away
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed
BOAT LAUNCHES NEARBY

Distances are in a straight line, not by water.

Quillayute Needles Hump is an exposed offshore pinnacle rising from rocky bottom off La Push, Washington, with structure spanning 30 to 180 feet. The rock draws lingcod, which peak from February through April and respond to jigging with metal jigs, swimbaits, or leadhead jigs over the high points. Pacific halibut hold on the surrounding deeper edges from April through August, taken by drift fishing whole herring, salmon bellies, octopus, or squid. Black rockfish stack up over the pinnacle from June through September and hit metal jigs and leadhead jigs worked through the water column. Chinook and coho salmon move through the exposed outer water from spring into fall, with trolling flashers, spoons, hoochies, and whole or cut-plug herring covering ground across the changing tide.

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