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Umatilla Reef

48.18°N · 124.78°W

Best score for the day · 7 PM
84/100
GOOD

Now 75 · 7 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
10 AM-8 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
75
Good
Tide
2.0 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
Ebb
Wind
12 kn
S · steady
Sea state
Rough
3.4 ft
Air temp
56°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 7 AM. Score 75 Good. Tide 2.0ft Falling ▼. Current -1.0kn Ebb. Wind 12kn S G17. Sea 3.4ft Rough. Air 56.5°.
Why this score
Current
0.3 kn light
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
Spiny Dogfish ClosedLingcod ClosedChinook Salmon ClosedCoho Salmon ClosedCod ClosedRockfish (Aggregate) Closed
Always check with WDFW

Source: WDFW · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
20-60 ft
Sand
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Flat
Outer Exposed

Umatilla Reef is an outer-exposed sand flat off Neah Bay, Washington, running 20 to 60 feet deep along the open coast. Chinook Salmon peak from April through August and Coho Salmon from May through September, with anglers trolling whole herring, spoons, flashers, and hoochies across the flat. Lingcod hold over the bottom structure and peak March through May, taking metal jigs, swimbaits, and lead-head jigs tipped with plastic. Pacific Halibut move through from April to July and respond to drift jigging with leadhead jigs and swimbaits, while Pacific Cod concentrate January through March on metal jigs and shrimp flies. Rockfish and Spiny Dogfish round out the catch across the reef's shallow, exposed sand.

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