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Point Defiance, the Clay Banks, and the Narrows — a winter blackmouth staple and summer king fishery.
Sockeye per angler on Sep 5, 2026
0.00
across 188 anglers
Sockeye caught
0
in the same report
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70°
Clear · feels 69°
Sun
Good
74°/53°
wind 7 kt · 5% rain
Mon
Good
71°/57°
wind 8 kt · 11% rain
Tue
Good
75°/51°
wind 9 kt · 1% rain
Wed
Good
84°/52°
wind 6 kt · 0% rain
Thu
Good
77°/54°
wind 9 kt · 5% rain
Fri
Good
64°/51°
wind 8 kt · 18% rain
Sat
Favorable
68°/48°
wind 4 kt · 13% rain
Entire Area(see exception for Commencement Bay and piers below)
Salmon — July 23-Sept. 30
Chinook - min. size 22”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release chum and wild Chinook.
Commencement Bay
Salmon — Aug. 1-Sept. 30
Chinook - min. size 22”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2. Release chum and wild Chinook. Chinook retention may close earlier if quota is attained.
Des Moines Pier, Les Davis Pier, Point Defiance Boathouse Dock, and Redondo Pier
Salmon — May. 1-Sept. 30
Chinook - min. size 22”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release chum.
▸ Trout — Year-round: Catch-and-release.
▸ Steelhead — Year-round: Daily limit 2 hatchery steelhead.
▸ Sturgeon — Year-round: Catch-and-release.
▸ Mackerel — Year-round: No min. size. No daily limit.
▸ Herring, Anchovy, Sardine, Sand Lance, and Smelt — Year-round: No min. size. Daily limit 10 lbs., all species combined. All smelt caught must be kept and count toward the daily limit except Closed to eulachon (Columbia River smelt). For smelt: Jig gear may be used 7 days a week. Dipnets may be used from 6:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. Fridays through Tuesdays.
▸ Pacific Halibut — CLOSED: CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.
▸ Other Food Fish — Year-round: No min. size. Daily limit 2 of each species. See definition.
▸ All Other Fish — CLOSED: CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.
Entire Area(see exception for Commencement Bay and piers below)
▸ Salmon — June 1-June 30: Chinook - min. size 22”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release chum and wild Chinook.
▸ Salmon — July 1-July 22: CLOSED.
▸ Salmon — July 23-Sept. 30: Chinook - min. size 22”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release chum and wild Chinook.
▸ Salmon — Oct. 1-Nov. 15: No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook.
▸ Salmon — Nov. 16-Mar. 30: CLOSED.
▸ Salmon — Mar. 31-Apr. 30: Open Wed.-Sat. only. Closed Sun-Tues. Chinook - min. size 22”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release chum and wild Chinook.
Commencement Bay
▸ Salmon — June 1-July 31: CLOSED.
▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Sept. 30: Chinook - min. size 22”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2. Release chum and wild Chinook. Chinook retention may close earlier if quota is attained.
▸ Salmon — Oct. 1-Oct. 31: No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook.
▸ Salmon — Nov. 1-Apr. 30: CLOSED.
Des Moines Pier, Les Davis Pier, Point Defiance Boathouse Dock, and Redondo Pier
▸ Salmon — May. 1-Sept. 30: Chinook - min. size 22”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release chum.
▸ Salmon — Oct. 1-Apr. 30: Chinook - min. size 22”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook.
▸ : Year-round season. Daily limit is a total of 15 bottomfish (See definition) subject to individual limits and seasons shown below. Fishing for bottomfish prohibited in waters deeper than 120’. Descending device required onboard vessels.
▸ Lingcod — May 1-June 15: Hook and line season. Min. size 26”. Max. size 36”. Daily limit 1.
▸ Lingcod — May 21-June 15: Spearfishing season. Max. size 36”. Daily limit 1.
▸ Surfperch — Year-round: No min. size. Daily limit 10. Except shiner perch daily limit 15: not included in bottomfish limit.
▸ Rockfish — CLOSED: CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.
▸ Pacific Cod, Pollock, Hake, and Wolf-Eel — Year-round: CLOSED to retention.
▸ Sixgill, Sevengill, and Thresher Sharks — CLOSED: CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing. Sixgill shark may not be removed from the water.
▸ Cabezon — May 1-Nov. 30: Min. size 18”. Daily limit 1.
REGULATION UPDATE — Marine Area 11 (Tacoma and Vashon Island) salmon fishery update
Action: Closes Chinook salmon retention.Effective dates: Aug. 15–Sept. 30, 2026.Species affected: Chinook salmon.Location: Marine Area 11, except
published Aug 12 · through Sep 30 · read the full rule ↗
A window is the hour either side of a tide change. Fish feed on moving water, so the turn itself is the classic bite, and the bigger the swing between one turn and the next, the harder the water pushes through it. A window that also lands on sunrise or sunset scores highest of all — that overlap is the one anglers plan a trip around. Wind then decides whether the window is fishable at all, and rain nudges it.
Only legal hours are considered — one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset — so a turn in the middle of the night is left out entirely, and a window running past the boundary is trimmed to the part you may fish.
Times come from NOAA and Open-Meteo, counts from WDFW. The ranking is ours — it is a read on conditions, not a promise of fish, and it does not account for regulations. Check the rules for the section you are fishing before you go.
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