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Marine Area 7Coho Salmon · Open

Barnacle Rock

48.42°N · 122.88°W

Marine Area 7Coho Salmon · Open

Barnacle Rock Fishing Forecast

Updated today

What's biting now near Oak Harbor: Coho

Coho fishing at Barnacle Rock looks good today.
The best time to go is 4 PM to 8 PM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Barnacle Rock from 0 to 100, reading the tide, current, wind and weather for Coho. The higher the score, the better your odds. Green means go.

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Every spot is scored for today, out of 100. Green is worth the trip, amber is fair, red is slow.

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Best score for the day · 8 AM
84/100
GOOD

Now 70 · 1 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
4 PM-8 PM
Tide flooding
WDFW · Marine Area 7 · Coho Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day
Recent reports
Updated yesterday

Coho Salmon coming steadily across…

14-Day Forecast
Data from: ECMWF + GFS + BlueCaster
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24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
70
Fair
Tide
6.9 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
Flood
Wind
2 kn
S · steady
Sea state
Flat
0 ft
Air temp
61°
Mild
Weather
Clear
18% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 70 Fair. Tide 6.9ft Rising ▲. Current +0.3kn Flood. Wind 2kn S G6. Sea 0 ft Flat. Air 61.0°.

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Nick S.Tacoma WA
5.0
I’ve been using ReelCaster for about a month and I love it! Having all the conditions listed together is really handy and makes deciding when to go a no brainer instead of checking multiple apps and sites to get wind, current, sea conditions and tides. I highly recommend ReelCaster!
Bob N.Victoria BC
5.0
ReelCaster has completely changed how I plan my fishing trips. It brings together tides, currents, wind, swell, and water temperature in one place, then pinpoints the best times and locations to fish. It saves me time and gives me real confidence I’m on the water when conditions are ideal.
Kevin’s 7 lb coho on a driftwood log beside a tape measure, caught from the beach at Marrowstone Island
KevinMarrowstone Island WA
5.0
ReelCaster was very helpful in helping me figure out where and when to fish! I was lucky enough to catch a 7 lb Coho right off the beach. The info that the app provided was really helpful and it saved me the trouble of looking at multiple sources to figure out tides, weather, and regulations.
Why this score
Light
Low sun
Prime
Current
Slack
Tough

Current regulations

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What you can keep at this spot today

Coho Salmon
Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
Not published
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Daily limit 2 total salmon. No min. size. Coho not listed as release for Sept window — may be retained. Sept 1–Sept 30 Entire Area.
Season
Sep 1 to Sep 30
Other species here
Halibut Retention openKelp Greenling Retention openCopper Rockfish Rules not loaded yet · Check WDFWLingcod ClosedChinook Salmon Catch & releaseDungeness Crab Rules not loaded yet · Check WDFWCod Retention openBlack Rockfish Closed
Always check with WDFW

Source: WDFW · Marine Area 7 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Coho Salmon is best at this spot

Peak seasonCurrently in peak season for Coho Salmon
~2 more weeks at peak
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
12-37 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Flat
Mid

Barnacle Rock is a mid-exposure rocky flat in Marine Area 7 off Oak Harbor, Washington, where the bottom runs from 10 to 35 feet. The rock structure holds Lingcod through its February–March peak and Black Rockfish from February into September, while Chinook and Coho Salmon move through the area between June and September. Anglers work the salmon runs by trolling flashers, trolling spoons, hoochies, and cut plug herring, with mooching whole herring or jigging metal jigs as alternatives over the shallower stretches. Lingcod respond to metal jigs and leadhead jigs with swimbaits along the rock, and Black Rockfish take metal jigs, leadhead jigs, and swimbaits worked through the same structure. Pacific Halibut fill the March–June window and Dungeness Crab peak from June through August, with crab pots set over the flat.

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