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Marine Area 10Coho Salmon · Open

Shilshole / Golden Gardens Reef

47.69°N · 122.41°W

Best score for the day · 7 AM
84/100
GOOD

Now 60 · 8 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
6 AM-9 AM
Tide flooding
WDFW · Marine Area 10 · Coho Salmon openRegulations ↗2 per day
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Conditions
Time
8 PM
Now
Score
60
Fair
Tide
11.3 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
—
Ebb
Wind
10 kn
SSW · steady
Sea state
Rippled
0.3 m
Air temp
17°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 8 PM. Score 60 Fair. Tide 11.3ft Falling ▼. Current +0.1kn Slack. Wind 10kn SSW G17. Sea 0.3m Rippled. Air 17.3°.
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
Entire Area (excluding named sub-areas). Open Wed–Sat only; closed Sun–Tues. Other salmon species no minimum size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release chum and wild Chinook.
Season
Mar 31 to Apr 30
Other species here
Kelp Greenling ClosedChinook Salmon Catch & releaseCabezon Retention openDungeness Crab ClosedLingcod ClosedRockfish (Aggregate) Closed
Always check with WDFW ↗

Source: WDFW · Marine Area 10 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Coho Salmon is best at this spot

Peak seasonCurrently in peak season for Coho Salmon
~6 more weeks at peak
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonRelease onlyClosed
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
30-120 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Kelp Reef
Outer Exposed

Shilshole / Golden Gardens Reef is an outer-exposed kelp reef off Seattle, built over rock structure that drops from 15 to 60 feet. The reef holds lingcod, which peak in January and again from February through April, alongside resident cabezon and aggregate rockfish. Lingcod respond best to jigging over the rock with metal jigs, leadhead jigs paired with swimbaits, or bucktail jigs, while live greenling and herring fished on the structure draw the larger fish. Rockfish stack along the same reef edges and take metal jigs, leadhead jigs, swimbaits, and shrimp flies worked through the water column. The kelp and broken rock concentrate fish along the exposed margins, so working the jig close to structure produces the most consistent contact.

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