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Grays Harbor Approach Buoy (GH Buoy)

46.86°N · 124.24°W

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Best score for the day · 8 AM
87/100
GOOD

Now 86 · 10 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
7 AM-1 PM
Tide flooding
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Conditions
Time
10 AM
Now
Score
86
Good
Tide
1.9 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
Flood
Wind
6 kn
WSW · steady
Sea state
Rough
3.7 ft
Air temp
58°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 10 AM. Score 86 Good. Tide 1.9ft Rising ▲. Current +1.0kn Flood. Wind 6kn WSW G8. Sea 3.7ft Rough. Air 58.1°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
Prime

Current regulations

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What you can keep at this spot today

Lingcod
Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
Not published
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Sep 1–Sep 30. Daily limit 2. No specific depth restriction noted for this window.
Season
Sep 1 to Sep 30
Other species here
Albacore Tuna ClosedChinook Salmon Catch & releaseHalibut ClosedEnglish Sole ClosedCoho Salmon Retention openCod Closed
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Source: WDFW · Marine Area 2 · synced today

Seasonality

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When Lingcod is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Lingcod
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
30-80 ft
Sand
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Corridor
Outer Exposed

The Grays Harbor Approach Buoy marks an outer-exposed corridor off Westport, Washington, where sand bottom runs from about 30 to 80 feet along the harbor entrance. This is a moving-water spot that concentrates Chinook Salmon and Coho Salmon through their peak from June to September, with Albacore Tuna showing offshore from July into October. Anglers work Chinook and Coho by trolling herring, trolling spoons, hoochies, and flashers across the corridor, and switch to mooching whole or cut-plug herring when fish hold tighter to the bottom contour. For albacore, boats run offshore and troll cedar plugs, feather jigs, and skirted lures, then cast metal jigs or poppers into surface schools once fish are located. The exposed position and shifting tides over sand keep bait and salmon on the move here through the summer season.

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