Marine Area 6Halibut · Open

Coyote Bank

48.29°N · 123.22°W

Best score for the day · 9 AM
81/100
GOOD

Now 40 · 12 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-10 AM
Tide flooding
WDFW · Marine Area 6 · Halibut openRegulations ↗1 per day · Descending device required onboard vessels
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Conditions
Time
12 PM
Now
Score
40
Tough
Tide
6.4 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
Flood
Wind
26 kn
SE · steady
Sea state
Choppy
0.9 m
Air temp
13°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 12 PM. Score 40 Tough. Tide 6.4ft Rising ▲. Current +0.1kn Slack. Wind 26kn SE G34. Sea 0.9m Chop. Air 13.3°.
Why this score
Current
0.5 kn light
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Halibut
Retention open
Daily limit
1 per day
Possession
Not published
Gear
Descending device required onboard vessels.
Annual quota
6 per year
Other
Check WDFW website at https://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/regulations/halibut or call (360) 902-2700 in March for season dates and regulations. No minimum size. Daily limit 1. Annual limit 6.
Other species here
Lingcod Catch & releaseChinook Salmon ClosedCoho Salmon Closed
Always check with WDFW

Source: WDFW · Marine Area 6 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Halibut
~2 more weeks in shoulder
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff season
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
150-280 ft
Mixed
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

Coyote Bank is an outer-exposed drop-off off Port Angeles, Washington, where a mixed bottom falls away through depths of 80 to 250 feet. The structure holds Lingcod, which peak from January through April, alongside Pacific Halibut from March through August and Chinook Salmon from June through August. Lingcod hold tight to the mixed bottom and respond to jigging with metal jigs, swimbaits, or leadhead jigs, with bait fishing using live greenling, herring, or squid as a supporting approach. Halibut are worked along the deeper reaches of the drop-off by drift fishing herring, salmon bellies, octopus, or squid. Chinook are targeted higher in the column by trolling whole herring, spoons, flashers, or hootchies, with mooching cut-plug herring an effective alternative as the salmon move through in summer.

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