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The fjord — summer chum, coho off Hoodsport, and glassy morning water.
Lingcod per angler on Sep 5, 2026
0.00
across 39 anglers
Lingcod caught
0
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72°
Mostly clear · feels 70°
Sun
Closed
74°/53°
wind 7 kt · 8% rain
Mon
Closed
62°/52°
wind 6 kt · 18% rain
Tue
Closed
76°/50°
wind 6 kt · 1% rain
Wed
Closed
83°/51°
wind 4 kt · 0% rain
Thu
Closed
76°/49°
wind 7 kt · 4% rain
Fri
Closed
63°/47°
wind 6 kt · 19% rain
Sat
Closed
67°/48°
wind 5 kt · 14% rain
No Lingcod rows for Marine Area 12 (Hood Canal) are in effect on today's date. Read the full printed rules below and verify with WDFW before fishing.
▸ Trout — Year-round: Catch-and-release.
▸ Steelhead — Year-round: Daily limit 2 hatchery steelhead.
▸ Sturgeon — Year-round: Catch-and-release.
▸ Mackerel — Year-round: CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.
▸ Herring, Anchovy, Sardine, Sand Lance, and Smelt — Year-round: CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.
▸ Pacific Halibut — CLOSED: CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.
▸ Other Food Fish — Year-round: CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.
▸ All Other Fish — CLOSED: CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.
North of Ayock Point(see exception for Tarboo Bay below) (see A for Dosewalips River, B Duckabush River, and C Hamma Hamma River mouth closures)
▸ Salmon — July 1-July 31: CLOSED.
▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Oct. 15: No min. size. Daily limit 4. Release Chinook, chum, and sockeye.
▸ Salmon — Oct. 16-Oct. 31: No min. size. Daily limit 4. Release Chinook.
▸ Salmon — Nov. 1-Nov. 30: No min. size. Daily limit 4. Release Chinook and coho.
Tarboo Bay
▸ Salmon — July 1-July 31: CLOSED.
▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Sept. 15: No min. size. Daily limit 4. Release Chinook, chum, and sockeye.
▸ Salmon — Sept. 16-Nov. 30: CLOSED.
South of Ayock Point(see exception for Skokomish Mouth Area below) (see D for Skokomish River and E Dewatto River mouth closures)
▸ Salmon — July 1-Sept. 30: Chinook - min. size 20”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 4. Release chum, sockeye, and wild Chinook. Anglers may fish with two poles with Two-Pole Endorsement.
▸ Salmon — Oct. 1-Oct. 15: No min. size. Daily limit 4. Release Chinook and chum.
▸ Salmon — Oct. 16-Oct. 31: No min. size. Daily limit 4. Release Chinook.
▸ Salmon — Nov. 1-Nov. 30: No min. size. Daily limit 4. Release Chinook and coho.
Hoodsport Hatchery Zone (see below for boundaries)
▸ Salmon — July 1-Sept. 30: No min. size. Daily limit 4. Release chum, sockeye, and wild Chinook. Night closure. Anglers may fish with two poles with Two-Pole Endorsement
▸ Salmon — Oct. 1-Oct. 15: No min. size. Daily limit 4. Release Chinook and chum. Night closure.
▸ Salmon — Oct 16-Oct. 31: No min. size. Daily limit 4. Release Chinook. Night closure.
▸ Salmon — Nov. 1-Nov. 30: No min. size. Daily limit 4. Release Chinook and coho. Night closure.
Skokomish Mouth Area
▸ Salmon — July 1-Sept. 30: Chinook - min. size 20”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 4. Release chum, sockeye, and wild Chinook. Anglers may fish with two poles with Two-Pole Endorsement. Fishing from a floating device only.
▸ Salmon — Oct. 1-Oct. 15: No min. size. Daily limit 4. Release Chinook and chum.
▸ Salmon — Oct. 16-Oct. 31: No min. size. Daily limit 4. Release Chinook.
▸ Salmon — Nov. 1-Nov. 30: No min. size. Daily limit 4. Release Chinook and coho.
▸ : See definition.
▸ Flounders, Sole, and Sanddabs — Year-round: Open north of a true east line from the mouth of Turner Creek to the Toandos Peninsula in waters shallower than 120’ (20 fathoms). Daily limit is a total of 15. Descending device required onboard vessels.
▸ Lingcod — CLOSED: CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.
▸ Surfperch — CLOSED: CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.
▸ Rockfish — CLOSED: CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.
▸ Pacific Cod, Pollock, Hake, and Wolf-Eel — CLOSED: CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.
▸ Sixgill, Sevengill, and Thresher Sharks — CLOSED: CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing. Sixgill shark may not be removed from the water.
▸ Cabezon — CLOSED: CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.
REGULATION UPDATE — Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet), Marine Area 12 (Hood Canal) shellfish beaches update
Action: Rescinds biotoxin-related closure of public shellfish beaches in Dabob and Quilcene bays and at Belfair State Park; and opens oyster harvest
published Sep 3 · read the full rule ↗
Lingcod fishing is closed here today.
Nothing to show here while it is closed. Rules are printed section by section, so check the regulations below for the stretch you fish, and confirm with WDFW before going.
5 mph
SW · gusting 8 mph
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