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Pacific Halibut per angler on Sep 6, 2026
0.00
across 12 anglers
Pacific Halibut caught
0
in the same report
what anglers are seeing at Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet)
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67°
Clear · feels 65°
Sun
Good
73°/51°
wind 7 kt · 1% rain
Mon
Good
63°/55°
wind 6 kt · 19% rain
Tue
Good
68°/51°
wind 8 kt · 1% rain
Wed
Good
72°/52°
wind 6 kt · 0% rain
Thu
Good
69°/53°
wind 6 kt · 8% rain
Fri
Favorable
59°/49°
wind 4 kt · 18% rain
Sat
Favorable
65°/48°
wind 4 kt · 16% rain
The pamphlet prints Pacific Halibut rules for Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet) but no season dates — WDFW announces these seasons separately. Here is exactly what it prints:
Pacific Halibut
Check the WDFW website at wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/regulations/halibut or call (360) 902-2700 in March for information on Pacific halibut seasons and regulations. No min. size. Daily limit 1. Annual limit 6. Descending device required onboard vessels.
▸ 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: Check the WDFW website at wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/regulations/halibut or call (360) 902-2700 in March for information on Pacific halibut seasons and regulations. No min. size. Daily limit 1. Annual limit 6. Descending device required onboard vessels.
▸ 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 exceptions for Edmonds Public Fishing Pier and Hood Canal Fishery below and Admiralty Head Marine Preserve and Keystone Conservation Area)
▸ Salmon — July 16-July 18: Chinook - min. size 22”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release chum, wild coho, and wild Chinook. Additional Chinook openings may occur based on available quota. Check the WDFW website at wdfw.wa.gov.
▸ Salmon — July 19-July 31: CLOSED.
▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Sept. 18: No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook, chum, and wild coho.
▸ Salmon — Sept. 19-Sept. 30: No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook and chum.
Edmonds Public Fishing Pier
▸ Salmon — Oct. 1-July 31: Chinook - min. size 22”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook.
▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Sept. 30: Chinook - min. size 22”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release chum.
Northern Hood Canal Fishery
▸ Salmon — July 16-July 31: CLOSED.
▸ Salmon — Aug. 1-Sept. 18: No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook, chum, and wild coho.
▸ Salmon — Sept. 19-Sept. 30: No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook and chum.
Admiralty Head Marine Preserve and Keystone Conservation Area
▸ Salmon — Year-round: CLOSED.
▸ : 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 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 ↗
The last dock check was too small a sample to read.
Without that, the best that could be ranked here is the weather — so nothing is. Try another species above, or check the 7 day forecast for conditions.
7 mph
NNW · gusting 9 mph
next 12h: gusts to 11 mph · holding or building
waves0.2 ft @ 4s
wind mph gusts waves ft
now
6.9′
falling ↘
next high
7.4′ · 11:35 pm
next low
6.8′ · 7:22 pm
