Shark Reef
48.48°N · 122.95°W
Shark Reef Fishing Forecast
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What's biting now near Oak Harbor: Coho
Coho fishing at Shark Reef looks good today.
The best time to go is 7 AM to 11 AM, with the tide flooding.
ReelCaster scores every hour at Shark Reef 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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Shark Reef sits on a mid-exposure sand flat in Marine Area 7 off Oak Harbor, Washington, with depths running 15 to 40 feet. The reef holds a mixed groundfish population including Lingcod, which peaks February through March, alongside Black Rockfish that stay active from February into September, plus Blue Rockfish, Copper Rockfish, Kelp Greenling, and Cabezon. Lingcod respond to jigging with metal jigs, leadhead jigs with swimbaits, and bucktail jigs across the sand bottom, while Black Rockfish take metal jigs, leadhead jigs, and swimbaits worked through the same depths. Coho and Chinook Salmon move through from June through September, both taken by trolling flashers, trolling spoons, hoochies, and cut plug herring. Drifting the flat with swimbaits or cut bait also produces Lingcod when fish hold tight to the sand.
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