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Westport Fishing Report

Updated Fri, Oct 23, 2026 from live gauge and weather data

Washington's salmon town: a charter fleet built for kings and coho, jetty rockfish, and razor-clam beaches under the Grays Harbor sky.

3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
High 11:51 PM
Air / High
54 / 55 F
Wind
NNW 2 mph

Sources: NOAA tides 9441102, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.

Satellite view
Friday
23
October 2026

Today's Fishing Report

Generated this morning from live readings: gauge, weather model, sun and moon. A fresh report is published here every morning.

3/5Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Westport rewards those who follow the bait as the water cools. Today brings clear skies, wind NNW around 2 mph, steady pressure near 1027 hPa and a high of 55. Tides: high 11:26 AM and 11:51 PM, low 4:56 AM and 5:35 PM: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 53 F for the season (estimated). With the waxing gibbous, the solunar majors run 9:55 AM-11:55 AM and 10:26 PM-12:26 AM: the windows to build the day around.

The plan, species by species

Rockfish (Pacific)Good

Much of the open season along the coast falls in this band. Fish through suspended schools of black, blue and other midwater rockfish, and closer to the rocks for vermilion, copper and China rockfish.

SurfperchFair

Fall through spring is the peak on both the central (October to June) and southern (September to May) California coasts, per the state beach guides. Fish sand crabs, worms or Carolina-rigged grubs near crab beds and bar edges.

Chinook salmonSlow

Runs enter the rivers: drift roe or sand shrimp through travel lanes, plunk a wrapped plug, or float eggs in eddies and tidewater.

Tomorrow: Similar at 54 F with a rain chance. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.Next report: Sat, Oct 24, 6:30 AMHow this report is made β†’

Before you go

Washington requires a fishing licence from age 16, from $39.95 for residents, and salt water needs its own licence here. What a Washington licence costs and where to buy it β†’

Chasing chinook salmon here? Check the size and bag limits with WDFW before you keep anything. The season dates for Washington, read off the agency, are on the Washington seasons page.

Water and weather

Live readings.

Tides

NOAA station 9441102 (Westport, Point Chehalis). Fish the moving water either side of each change.

Fri
LOW4:56 AM1.4 ft
HIGH11:26 AM8.8 ft
LOW5:35 PM1.0 ft
HIGH11:51 PM8.0 ft
Sat
LOW5:36 AM1.5 ft
HIGH12:00 PM9.3 ft
LOW6:16 PM0.0 ft

Westport tide chart: the week and the month β†’

Right now

Latest readings

Air temp54 F
High / Low55 / 44 F
WindNNW 2-2 mph
Pressure1026.6 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain9% cloud, 2%
Sunrise / Sunset07:46 / 18:14
MoonWaxing Gibbous, 91%
Water temp (seasonal)~53 F est.

Bite planner

Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today. Tap a bar to see why.

5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PMsunrisesunsetPRIMEPRIME

Which day to fish Westport this week

The best day on Westport this week looks like Saturday Oct 24, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today.

Best day this week: Saturday, Oct 24 β€” good at 4/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.

Today, Oct 23 β€” Fair

A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Solunar majors
9:55 AM-11:55 AM and 10:26 PM-12:26 AM
Minor period
4:21 AM-5:21 AM
Sun
07:46 to 18:14
Moon
Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit
Sky and wind
Showers, 13 mph
Rain chance
2%

Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out: how the score is built.

Species guide

The species that matter on Westport: seasons, structure and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.

Chinook salmon illustration

Chinook salmon

Seasons follow the runs: spring, summer and fall runs on the West Coast, and late summer into fall in Great Lakes rivers

The largest Pacific salmon, caught by trolling and mooching at sea and by drifting and plunking in rivers as adults return to spawn; also stocked in the Great Lakes. Runs enter the rivers: drift roe or sand shrimp through travel lanes, plunk a wrapped plug, or float eggs in eddies and tidewater.

Rockfish (Pacific) illustration

Rockfish (Pacific)

Seasons and depth limits vary by state and zone

Pacific rockfish are about 60 Sebastes species managed under the federal groundfish plan, from black and blue rockfish schooling over shallow reefs to yelloweye that live more than a century in deep water. Much of the open season along the coast falls in this band. Fish through suspended schools of black, blue and other midwater rockfish, and closer to the rocks for vermilion, copper and China rockfish.

Surfperch illustration

Surfperch

Best: Oct-Jun central CA, Sep-May southern CA

Barred and redtail surfperch are the large perches of Pacific sandy beaches: barred from northern California into Baja, redtail from Vancouver Island to San Luis Obispo County, overlapping along central California. Fall through spring is the peak on both the central (October to June) and southern (September to May) California coasts, per the state beach guides. Fish sand crabs, worms or Carolina-rigged grubs near crab beds and bar edges.

When to come: the Westport calendar

Activity by species and month, and how the water warms through the year. Tap any cell.

Species activity by month

1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted.

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Chinook salmon
Rockfish (Pacific)
Surfperch
SlowPeak

Water temperature through the year

Typical surface temperature for this water type; today is around 53 F (estimated, not a reading).

405060JanMarMayJulSepNovOct, ~53 F now

Angler reports

Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. The water log below tracks each day automatically.

No angler reports yet this weekBe the first: your report helps every angler who checks Westport today, and we feature the best catch of the week.

Water log, last days

Auto-logged from live data
Thu, Oct 22

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Rockfish (Pacific) led the card at excellent. High of 57 F, wind to 22 mph.

Wed, Oct 21

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Rockfish (Pacific) led the card at good. High of 66 F, wind to 11 mph.

Tue, Oct 20

2/5 Slow. Work for them. Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing. Rockfish (Pacific) led the card at good. High of 66 F, wind to 15 mph.

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Before you go

License

Washington requires a valid fishing license for adults. Buy online from the state agency; one-day options exist for visitors.

Regulations

Washington license + salmon/bottomfish catch record cards. Salmon: area/quota seasons set annually: check WDFW emergency rules. Razor clams: license + announced tides only.

Access

Westport Marina charter fleet, South Jetty walk-on access, Westhaven SP beaches, boat launch at the marina.

About this water

Fishing port at the mouth of Grays Harbor, Grays Harbor County, WA. The salmon-charter capital of the state.

Fishing Westport: the full guide

The salmon capital claim

Westport's harbor exists for the ocean salmon seasons: June-September (quota-ruled: check the dates yearly), the charter fleet runs the Grays Harbor bar at dawn to troll flashers for Chinook and the summer's coho waves. Limits by mid-morning are ordinary in good years: the town's rhythm: bar crossing, bite, cleaning tables by noon: has run for seventy years.

Jetty and surf

The South Jetty juts half a mile into the Pacific: black rockfish on swimbaits, lingcod in the holes, perch in the wash alongside. It is Washington's premier shore-fishing rock: watch the swell (sneaker waves are the real hazard) and fish the calm mornings. The beaches south run redtail surfperch year-round and razor-clam tides that mobilize entire counties (permit and season apply).

Beyond salmon

The fleet flips to bottom fish when salmon closes: lingcod and black rockfish limits on the nearshore reefs (spring opens strongest), albacore runs 30-60 miles out in late summer that convert salmon boats into tuna machines, and Dungeness crab pots soaking year-round in season. Grays Harbor behind the town adds sturgeon water and fall salmon staging inside the bar.

Timing a Westport trip

March-May: lingcod prime, rockfish steady, whales migrating past the jetty. June-September: salmon (verify open days before booking: quotas close areas fast), albacore late in the window. October: bay coho, crab pots, storm-watching season begins. Winter: razor-clam evening tides and jetty blacks between fronts. The bar rules everything: charters know; private boaters must.

Common questions

When is salmon season in Westport?

Set annually by quota: typically late June through September for the ocean areas, but open days change with catch rates: verify WDFW's current dates the week you book. The charter offices track it hourly.

What can I catch in Westport without a boat?

Black rockfish and lingcod from the South Jetty, redtail surfperch from the beaches, crab from the marina floats, and razor clams on the announced tides: a full week of fishing with your feet on the ground.

Is fishing good at Westport right now?

Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.

Nearby waters

Humptulips River23 miCowlitz River75 miKalama River87 miElwha River87 miRiffe Lake94 miLewis River96 mi

Where this page's numbers come from

Tide predictions
NOAA CO-OPS 9441102 β€” Westport, Point Chehalis
Harmonic predictions, datum MLLW, local time. 11 high and low events returned for today and the next two days. A prediction, not a measured water level: wind and surge move the real thing.
Weather and pressure
Open-Meteo forecast model
Queried at 46.9040, -124.1050 in this water's own timezone. A model, not an observation.
Moon and solunar windows
Calculated on this site
Astronomical calculation from these coordinates and the date, not a third-party feed. How much weight it deserves.
The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
How this page was made. The daily report is computed by our scoring engine from live readings; nobody types it. The written guide was drafted with AI assistance. Unlike our newer pages, it does not yet list the official pages its facts were checked against: that audit is under way, and anything it cannot verify will be taken out. Pablo Ruiz Quintero sets every guideline, the data-verification system and the minimum standards a page must meet to be published, reviews page structure and approves what goes live; the responsibility is his, and the AI carries out the work. We work this way because it is how one person can keep every page current with named sources. Errors are published in the verification log; the full policy is in the editorial policy.

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