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Sandy Island

47.99°N · 124.69°W

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Best score for the day · 7 PM
86/100
GOOD

Now 78 · 7 AM PDT

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

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Conditions
Time
7 AM
Now
Score
78
Good
Tide
1.4 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
Ebb
Wind
9 kn
SSW · steady
Sea state
Rough
3.5 ft
Air temp
57°
Mild
Weather
Rain
0.4 mm/h
Hour 7 AM. Score 78 Good. Tide 1.4ft Falling ▼. Current -0.9kn Ebb. Wind 9kn SSW G16. Sea 3.5ft Rough. Air 57.2°.
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
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 ClosedLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openCod ClosedLeopard Shark ClosedBlack 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
1-53 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

Sandy Island is an outer-exposed rocky pinnacle off La Push, Washington, rising through water from the surface down to about 55 feet. The structure holds Chinook Salmon peaking April through August and Coho Salmon peaking May through September, both worked effectively by trolling flashers, hoochies, and trolling spoons across the upper water. Lingcod concentrate on the rock from February into April and respond to jigging with metal jigs and swimbaits along the pinnacle's edges, while Pacific Halibut move through April to August and are targeted by drift fishing whole herring, squid, and octopus over the deeper bottom. Black Rockfish stack over the structure from June through September, taking metal jigs and leadhead jigs, with Blue and Yellowtail Rockfish, Pacific Cod, and Leopard Shark rounding out the catch. The exposed setting and hard rock bottom keep fish oriented tightly to the pinnacle, so working depth and structure directly is the consistent approach.

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