4 piers and shore spots on public waters near Seattle — no boat needed.
Distances are straight-line from downtown Seattle; below are the 4 closest, grouped by water.
Puget Sound
Recorded in Puget Sound: Shiner Perch, Prickly Sculpin, and Sand Sole.
Surveyed depths in Puget Sound reach 244 ft.
- 1Point White Pier: pier on Puget Sound, ≈ 11.5 mi from downtown.
- 2Ross Point: shore access on Puget Sound, ≈ 16.1 mi from downtown.
Hood Canal
Recorded in Hood Canal: Sand Sole, Coho Salmon, Copper Rockfish, and Brown Rockfish.
Surveyed depths in Hood Canal reach 612 ft.
- 3Union River: shore access on Hood Canal, ≈ 26.2 mi from downtown.
- 4Indian George Creek: shore access on Hood Canal, ≈ 28.9 mi from downtown.
When the fish bite here
By our bite calendar, November is a slow month around Seattle for the fish recorded at these stops — the bars on each card show when each one picks up.
SaltwaterSand Sole
Psettichthys melanostictus
Pleuronectidae
30 in10 lb5 yr3 watersGame fish
SaltwaterSlowBlack Rockfish
Sebastes melanops
Sebastidae
30 in15 lb20 yr2 watersGame fish
SaltwaterSlowBrown Rockfish
Sebastes auriculatus
Sebastidae
30 in10 lb20 yr2 watersGame fish
SaltwaterSlowCopper Rockfish
Sebastes caurinus
Sebastidae
30 in15 lb20 yr3 watersGame fish
SaltwaterSlowPrickly Sculpin
Cottus asper
Cottidae
10 in1 lb5 yr4 watersGame fish
SaltwaterSlowShiner Perch
Cymatogaster aggregata
Embiotocidae
10 in1 lb5 yr5 watersGame fish










