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Marine Area 7Coho Salmon · Open

Spencer Spit

48.54°N · 122.85°W

Marine Area 7Coho Salmon · Open

Spencer Spit Fishing Forecast

Updated today

What's biting now near Oak Harbor: Coho

Coho fishing at Spencer Spit looks good today.
The best time to go is 7 AM to 11 AM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Spencer Spit 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 · 7 AM
84/100
GOOD

Now 71 · 1 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
7 AM-11 AM
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
71
Fair
Tide
6.9 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
Flood
Wind
3 kn
S · steady
Sea state
Flat
0 ft
Air temp
64°
Warm
Weather
Clear
11% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 71 Fair. Tide 6.9ft Rising ▲. Current +0.3kn Flood. Wind 3kn S G6. Sea 0 ft Flat. Air 64.4°.

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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
Golden hour
Prime
Current
0.3 kn light
Tough

Current regulations

In effect now

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 openEnglish Sole Rules not loaded yet · Check WDFWButter Clam Rules not loaded yet · Check WDFWChum Salmon Catch & releaseStarry Flounder Rules not loaded yet · Check WDFWChinook Salmon Catch & releaseDungeness Crab Rules not loaded yet · Check WDFWCod Retention openPink Salmon Retention open
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
5-25 ft
Sand
STRUCTURE
Flat
Mid

Spencer Spit is a shallow sand flat off Oak Harbor, Washington, in Marine Area 7, with moderate exposure and depths running 5 to 25 feet. The flat holds a strong salmon run, with Coho and Chinook peaking from June through September and Chum following from September through November. Trolling flashers, hoochies, trolling spoons, or cut plug herring works the shallow water for salmon, while mooching whole or cut plug herring covers the same ground at a slower pace. Pacific Halibut move through from March to June and respond to drift jigging with leadhead jigs, metal jigs, or soft plastic swimbaits over the sand bottom. Dungeness Crab fill in the summer season, peaking June through August, and crab pots baited with fish carcasses, clams, or chicken set on the flat produce well.

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