Cliff Point is an inner-protected drop-off in DFO subarea 13 near Olympia, Washington, where a mixed bottom falls away through depths of 260 to 660 feet. The steep structure holds Chinook Salmon at their peak from June through September and Coho Salmon from July into October, alongside a resident mix of Lingcod, Pacific Halibut, Cabezon, Pacific Cod, and several rockfish species including black, blue, canary, and copper. Anglers work the Chinook by trolling flashers, cut-plug herring, trolling spoons, and hootchies, with mooching whole or cut-plug herring on banana weights and jigging metal or leadhead jigs as productive alternatives along the slope. Coho respond to trolled flashers with hoochies, spoons, and cut-plug herring, and to mooched herring or metal jigs. The protected water and defined edge concentrate fish along the depth transition, making it a consistent target through the summer and fall runs.

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