Hix Bay Hump
48.54°N · 122.97°W
Hix Bay Hump Fishing Forecast
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What's biting now near Oak Harbor: Coho
Coho fishing at Hix Bay Hump looks good today.
The best time to go is 7 AM to 12 PM, with the tide flooding.
ReelCaster scores every hour at Hix Bay Hump 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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Now 70 · 1 PM PDT
Coho Salmon coming steadily across…
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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.
Current regulations
In effect nowWhat you can keep at this spot today
- 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
Source: WDFW · Marine Area 7 · synced today
Seasonality
52-week view · today highlightedWhen Coho Salmon is best at this spot
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Hix Bay Hump is a rocky pinnacle in the inner protected waters off Oak Harbor, Washington, within Marine Area 7, rising through depths of 10 to 45 feet. The structure holds Pacific Halibut, which peak from March through June, and Lingcod, most active February through March, alongside a resident mix of Sablefish, Darkblotched Rockfish, Yellowmouth Rockfish, and Pacific Cod. Chinook and Coho Salmon move through from June to September, both taken by trolling flashers, hoochies, trolling spoons, or cut plug herring, with mooching whole or cut plug herring as an alternative. Anglers working the pinnacle for Halibut lean on drift jigging with leadhead jigs, metal jigs, and soft plastic swimbaits over the rock, while Lingcod respond to jigging metal jigs and leadhead jigs with swimbaits along the same structure. The shallow rock and tidal flow through this protected water concentrate fish tight to the hump, rewarding presentations kept close to the bottom.
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