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Fuca Pillar

48.38°N · 124.73°W

Best score for the day · 7 PM
82/100
GOOD

Now 71 · 7 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
9 AM-2 PM
Tide ebbing
Recent reports
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Lingcod being kept across Marine Area…

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Conditions
Time
7 AM
Now
Score
71
Fair
Tide
2.0 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
Ebb
Wind
11 kn
SSW · steady
Sea state
Choppy
3.1 ft
Air temp
57°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
85% cloud
Hour 7 AM. Score 71 Fair. Tide 2.0ft Falling ▼. Current -1.0kn Ebb. Wind 11kn SSW G19. Sea 3.1ft Chop. 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
Check WDFW website at https://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/regulations/halibut or call (360) 902-2700 in April for season and regulation information. No min. size. Daily limit 1. Annual limit 6.
Other species here
Quillback Rockfish ClosedLingcod ClosedChinook Salmon ClosedCoho Salmon ClosedCod ClosedBlack Rockfish ClosedCanary Rockfish Closed
Always check with WDFW

Source: WDFW · synced today

Seasonality

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When Halibut is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
30-80 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

Fuca Pillar is an outer-exposed rock pinnacle off Neah Bay, Washington, where the bottom rises through depths of 30 to 80 feet at the mouth of the strait. The structure holds Chinook Salmon from April through August and Coho Salmon from May through September, with trolling whole herring, flashers, and hoochies working the current lines above the rock. Lingcod concentrate on the pinnacle March through May and respond to metal jigs and leadhead jigs with plastic worked close to the structure, while Black Rockfish stack up April through September over the same terrain. Pacific Halibut move onto the surrounding gravel from April through July, taken on drift jigging with leadhead jigs and swimbaits or bait fishing with herring and squid. Pacific Cod fill the winter window from January through March, hitting metal jigs and shrimp flies along the deeper edges.

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