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Grays Harbor Buoy 2 / Bar Entrance

46.88°N · 124.20°W

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Best score for the day · 9 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
7 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 7kn 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
Halibut ClosedEnglish Sole ClosedChum Salmon Retention openChinook Salmon Catch & releaseDungeness Crab ClosedCoho Salmon Retention openCod ClosedPink Salmon Retention open
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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
20-60 ft
Sand
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Corridor
Outer Exposed

Grays Harbor Buoy 2 marks the bar entrance off Westport, Washington, a sand-bottomed corridor where the harbor meets the open ocean across depths of 20 to 60 feet. This outer, exposed water channels migrating salmon as they stage and move through the entrance, making it a productive line for Chinook and Coho Salmon, both peaking from June through September. Trolling dominates here, working whole herring, anchovies, trolling spoons, and hoochies for Chinook, and cut-plug herring, spoons, hoochies, and flashers for Coho. Mooching with whole or cut-plug herring covers the same water at a slower pace, while metal jigs work the deeper edges of the channel. The shallow sand and tidal flow through the entrance keep bait and fish concentrated along predictable travel lanes.

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