Des Moines Bell Buoy
47.40°N · 122.34°W
Now 71 · 10 AM PDT
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Current regulations
In effect nowWhat you can keep at this spot today
- Daily limit
- 1 per day
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Minimum 22"
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Entire Area (excluding Commencement Bay and piers). Open Wednesday–Saturday only; closed Sunday–Tuesday. Min. size 22" (55.9 cm). Daily limit 2 total salmon including no more than 1 Chinook. Release wild Chinook; only hatchery Chinook may be retained.
- Season
- Mar 31 to Apr 30
Source: WDFW · Marine Area 11 · synced today
Seasonality
52-week view · today highlightedWhen Chinook Salmon is best at this spot
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Des Moines Bell Buoy marks a mud-bottom corridor in the waters off Tacoma, Washington, where depths run from 120 to 240 feet. Its position in a travel lane, rather than over isolated structure, means fish move through the area as they follow the contour along the bottom. The mid-water exposure keeps conditions moderate, without the full force of open-water swell or the sheltered stillness of an inner bay. Tidal flow works along the corridor, shaping how bait and current concentrate at different stages. Anglers navigating the site orient to the bell buoy as a fixed reference point over an otherwise featureless mud flat.
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