Inshore · 60 ft · beaches, bays, inlets and rips

Sockeye Salmon

Oncorhynchus nerka. Prime water reaches Neah Bay in Pacific Northwest right now (59°F at the surface). Fish it 0–33 ft down — that is where 52–51°F water sits off Neah Bay.

Sockeye Salmon identification illustration
LaneInshore · 10 fa (60 ft)
Depth it holds26–164 ft
Prime water45–55°F (workable 45–61°F)
Holds in the column0–33 ft down below the surface, over 26–164 ft of water
Judged onsurface temperature (NASA MUR satellite)
Structurenone

The water column off Neah Bay

0 ft33 ft66 ft33 ft of workable water0–33 ft · 52–51°F

The strip is the water itself, coloured by temperature from the surface down to the 66 ft surveyed bottom at that spot — one band per RTOFS model level. The outlined stretch is where Sockeye Salmon's temperature band (45–61°F) and the depth it holds actually overlap. That thickness is the number that matters: it is how much water you can work, not just whether the spot is warm enough somewhere. One model cycle, not a weekly archive — this holds still while the surface map scrubs.

How it's fished

Bare red hooks trolled slow and deep behind a flasher; they filter plankton and strike out of irritation.

Region by region — right now

RegionSeasonPrime waterTempFish it atMonths
Pacific Northwest in season reaches Neah Bay 59°F 0–33 ft
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"Fish it at" is where this species' temperature band and its holding depth overlap in the water column, from the RTOFS profile (13 levels, 0–300 m) — the depth to actually put a bait, not just the place. "Prime water" is the furthest sampled station on the 10-fathom lane whose surface temperature sits inside this species' band. It is water, not a sighting report.