Today's best fishing in Neah Bay: 9 AM to 12 PM
This page is full of real data to show you what you can see with ReelCaster in Neah Bay.
The next 14 days in Neah Bay
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 Neah Bay reaches that day. Green is good, amber is fair, red is slow, and you can read it from across the room.
9,072 scores behind it
27 spots, every hour of every day, out to 14. This row is the best of them.
Hour by hour today at Hump 1.4 km S of Umatilla Reef
All times PDTOne real spot
A city has no tide or wind of its own, so this is Hump 1.4 km S of Umatilla Reef, the most fished mark in Neah Bay, scored for Halibut.
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 Neah Bay, so you can see slack coming before you leave the dock.
The spots people actually fish in Neah Bay
21 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 Neah Bay 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.
- 86Hump 1.4 km S of Umatilla ReefKnown markBest 9 AM–12 PM · Early ebb · Lumpy · Rock reef
- 85Bodelteh IslandsKnown markBest 9 AM–12 PM · Early ebb · Lumpy · Sand flat
- 85Waadah IslandKnown markBest 9 AM–12 PM · Low slack · Chop · Rock reef
- 85Waadah PointKnown markBest 9 AM–12 PM · Low slack · Chop · Rock reef
- 85Hump 1.4 km E of Klachopis PointKnown markBest 9 AM–12 PM · Early flood · Chop · Rock reef
- 84Father and SonKnown markBest 8 AM–11 AM · Late ebb · Lumpy · Sand flat
Every spot we score in Neah Bay
Bathymetry: NONNA-10 + NRCanReal charted seabed
Depth soundings, not a stock map. The banks, reefs and drop-offs are where you can see them.
27 marks, all scored
Every spot we cover around Neah Bay, 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.
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- Choose speciesPick what you fish there, and it starts scoring from the next run.
What you can keep in Neah Bay today
- HalibutKeep1 a dayOpen at all 27 spots we cover
- Chinook SalmonClosedShut at all 27 spots we cover
- Coho SalmonClosedShut at all 27 spots we cover
- LingcodClosedShut at all 27 spots we cover
- Black RockfishClosedShut at all 11 spots we cover
- CodClosedShut at all 27 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.
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When to fish Neah Bay
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 |
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| Chinook Salmon | ||||||||||||
| Halibut | ||||||||||||
| Coho Salmon | ||||||||||||
| Lingcod | ||||||||||||
| Black Rockfish | ||||||||||||
| Cod |
Chinook Salmon: January none, February poor, March poor, April good, May peak, June peak, July peak, August peak, September poor, October none, November none, December none. Halibut: January poor, February poor, March good, April peak, May peak, June peak, July peak, August excellent, September fair, October poor, November poor, December poor. Coho Salmon: January none, February none, March none, April none, May fair, June peak, July peak, August peak, September excellent, October none, November none, December none. Lingcod: January fair, February fair, March good, April excellent, May good, June good, July good, August fair, September fair, October fair, November fair, December fair. Black Rockfish: January fair, February fair, March fair, April good, May good, June good, July good, August good, September good, October fair, November fair, December fair. Cod: January good, February excellent, March excellent, April fair, May fair, June fair, July fair, August fair, September fair, October fair, November good, December good.
- Chinook Salmon. Neah Bay sits at the mouth of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, intercepting migrating Chinook headed to Columbia, Fraser, and Puget Sound systems, so abundance peaks in mid-to-late summer (weeks 25-28, roughly late June through mid-July) as feeder and mature kings stack along the coast and around Tatoosh/Swiftsure banks. A secondary tail through August reflects later stocks, while winter shows a low steady presence of resident/feeder Chinook rather than a true bimodal winter run.
- Halibut. Pacific halibut migrate onto shallower Neah Bay coastal banks and the shelf edge in spring and summer to feed after winter spawning in deeper offshore water, so abundance peaks from late April through July. Numbers taper through fall as fish move back to deeper wintering grounds, leaving the lowest (but never zero) presence in late fall and winter when many mature fish are offshore spawning.
- Coho Salmon. Neah Bay coho are feeder-absent through winter/spring, with immature fish beginning to stage in offshore waters by late spring and building steadily through summer as they feed off the mouth of the Strait. Peak abundance hits early-to-mid August through early September as mature ocean coho stack up near the entrance before their inshore migration, then drops sharply through late September as the run pushes past into Puget Sound and coastal rivers.
- Lingcod. Lingcod are resident, non-migratory bottomfish present in Neah Bay's rocky nearshore and offshore structure year-round, so abundance stays near baseline. The clear spring peak (late Feb–April) reflects spawning aggregations when males guard nests in shallow rocky habitat, concentrating fish and making them most abundant on the grounds before they disperse into summer/fall.
- Black Rockfish. Black rockfish are resident, non-migratory reef dwellers at Neah Bay, so they remain present year-round with only modest seasonal shifts. Abundance peaks in summer (late June–August) when warmer water and calm conditions concentrate fish in shallower nearshore reefs and feeding is most active, while winter storms and cooler temps push fish deeper and slightly reduce nearshore density.
- Cod. Pacific cod are a resident groundfish present year-round on the offshore banks and reefs off Neah Bay, so the curve stays broad and near baseline. A late-winter/early-spring peak reflects their spawning aggregation on rocky bottoms (Feb–Mar), with a milder secondary rise in fall as fish concentrate before winter dispersal.
Before you go
Water around Neah Bay falls into one area, and the rules can differ between them. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife sets them.
- 4 4 — Neah Bay
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 Neah Bay
Neah Bay sits at the northwest tip of Washington's Olympic Peninsula, where the Strait of Juan de Fuca opens into the Pacific and offshore banks give way to deep water. The 27 fishing spots here span exposed headlands, offshore rocks, and reef structure off the outer coast, from nearshore pinnacles to humps set well out in open water. Chinook Salmon run from April through August and Coho Salmon follow from May into September, while Lingcod hold on the rocky bottom with a peak from March through May. Trolling carries much of the salmon fishery through the summer months, and bottom species like Pacific Cod and Pacific Halibut extend the season into the colder part of the year. The calendar stays active across most of the year, with the salmon-driven summer giving way to winter cod fishing.