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Whitcomb Flats Rip

46.89°N · 124.06°W

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Best score for the day · 10 AM
87/100
GOOD
BEST WINDOW
7 AM-8 PM
Tide flooding
WDFW · Marine Area 2-2 · Halibut openRegulations ↗1 per day · Descending device required onboard vessels
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Conditions
Time
10 AM
Now
Score
87
Good
Tide
1.9 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
Flood
Wind
5 kn
SW · steady
Sea state
Choppy
2.8 ft
Air temp
57°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 10 AM. Score 87 Good. Tide 1.9ft Rising ▲. Current +1.0kn Flood. Wind 5kn SW G7. Sea 2.8ft Chop. Air 57.4°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
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
Season dates not specified on this page — check WDFW website at https://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/regulations/halibut or call (360) 902-2700 in April. No minimum size. Daily limit 1. Annual limit 6.
Other species here
Chinook Salmon Catch & releaseEnglish Sole ClosedDungeness Crab ClosedCoho Salmon Retention openCod Closed
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Source: WDFW · Marine Area 2-2 · synced today

Seasonality

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When Halibut is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
25-65 ft
Sand
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Off season
STRUCTURE
Flat
Outer Exposed

Whitcomb Flats Rip is an outer-exposed sand flat off Westport, Washington, where the bottom runs between 25 and 65 feet deep. The flat holds Dungeness Crab through its peak from September to January, while Chinook and Coho Salmon move through from June to September. Anglers targeting Chinook work the water with trolling using whole herring, anchovies, spoons, or hoochies, and switch to mooching cut-plug herring or jigging metal jigs when the fish hold tight. Coho respond to trolling with cut-plug herring, spoons, hoochies, and flashers across the same depth band. Crabbers set pots and ring nets baited with fish carcasses, clams, or squid over the sand to work the shallower reaches of the flat.

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