Elliott Bay fishing: Brown Rockfish, Shiner Perch, Pacific Dover Sole

Target species: Brown Rockfish, Shiner Perch, Pacific Dover Sole, Copper Rockfish, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Don Armeni.

The bay

Elliott Bay covers 3,796 acres in Washington, across King County. It is a bay: the deepest point measured is 610 feet (185.9 m). Our records hold 6 species for this water.

Depth: down to 610 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 610 ft (185.9 m). We hold 16,847 depth contours for this water, drawn from 36,821 soundings.

6 target fish, led by Brown Rockfish

  • Brown Rockfish — Feeding water: 55–65°F.
  • Shiner Perch — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Pacific Dover Sole — Feeding water: 50–60°F.
  • Copper Rockfish — Feeding water: 50–60°F.
  • Chinook Salmon — Feeding water: 50–60°F.
  • Coho Salmon — Feeding water: 50–60°F.

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 boat ramps.

  • Elliott Bay Marina — Seattle. 2601 West Marina Place, Seattle 98199
  • Don Armeni 1222 Harbor Avenue Southwest · website seattle.gov/parks/allparks/don-armeni-boat-ramp · hours: Su-Sa 06:00-22:00

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 2 places in this list: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

What is hard here

Only 2 public ramps are on file, so the launch decides where you fish.

Where this data comes from

  • USACE eHydro — USACE eHydro channel surveys: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • NOAA NOS Hydro — NOAA NOS hydrographic survey archive: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • NOAA ENC — NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts: soundings: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • NOAA ENC — NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • NOAA National Bathymetric Source (S-102 ed3.0.0) — NOAA S-102 bathymetric surfaces: contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.