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Coastal fishing conditions and tides

Twenty Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific zones scored for today using water temperature, tide movement, wind, swell, clarity, pressure, moon phase and the seasonal pattern that normally runs at that time of year.

Sample dataUpdated October 19, 2026

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Every lake and coastal zone on BizkFish, coloured by today's score.

Barnegat Bay, New Jersey — 87/100Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts — 77/100Cape Hatteras & the Outer Banks, North Carolina — 80/100Charleston Harbor & Lowcountry, South Carolina — 81/100Columbia River Mouth (Buoy 10), Oregon — 93/100Galveston Bay, Texas — 88/100Lower Chesapeake Bay, Virginia — 80/100Lower Laguna Madre, Texas — 93/100Montauk Point, New York — 83/100Monterey Bay, California — 85/100Mosquito Lagoon & Indian River, Florida — 81/100Puget Sound, Washington — 95/100San Diego Kelp Beds, California — 89/100San Francisco Bay, California — 83/100Strait of Juan de Fuca (Neah Bay), Washington — 90/100Tampa Bay, Florida — 92/100The Florida Keys, Florida — 82/100Tillamook Bay, Oregon — 82/100Venice & the Louisiana Marsh, Louisiana — 93/100Blue Mesa Reservoir, Colorado — 78/100Bull Shoals Lake, Arkansas — 87/100Chickamauga Lake, Tennessee — 87/100Clear Lake, California — 90/100Devils Lake, North Dakota — 93/100Flathead Lake, Montana — 75/100Grand Lake o' the Cherokees, Oklahoma — 86/100Green Bay (Lake Michigan), Wisconsin — 83/100Kentucky Lake, Kentucky — 79/100Lake Amistad, Texas — 87/100Lake Billy Chinook, Oregon — 72/100Lake Champlain, New York — 85/100Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho — 81/100Lake Fork Reservoir, Texas — 95/100Lake Guntersville, Alabama — 84/100Lake Havasu, Arizona — 86/100Lake Kissimmee, Florida — 79/100Lake Lanier, Georgia — 85/100Lake Mead, Nevada — 86/100Lake Murray, South Carolina — 81/100Lake Norman, North Carolina — 91/100Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri — 82/100Lake Okeechobee, Florida — 90/100Lake Powell, Utah — 79/100Lake St. Clair, Michigan — 81/100Lake Tahoe, California — 79/100Lake Texoma, Texas — 84/100Lake Washington, Washington — 82/100Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin — 81/100Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota — 93/100Oneida Lake, New York — 85/100Pickwick Lake, Alabama — 90/100Raystown Lake, Pennsylvania — 84/100Ross Barnett Reservoir, Mississippi — 88/100Sam Rayburn Reservoir, Texas — 81/100Santee Cooper Lakes (Marion & Moultrie), South Carolina — 86/100Shasta Lake, California — 85/100Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia — 84/100Table Rock Lake, Missouri — 85/100Toledo Bend Reservoir, Louisiana — 88/100

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Hover or tab to any marker to see today's conditions. Green markers are the best conditions in the country right now, red the slowest.

  • Excellent (82+)
  • Very good (70–81)
  • Good (58–69)
  • Fair (44–57)
  • Slow (under 44)

1 location outside the map frame (Alaska and the Keys) are listed below.

20 of 20 zones

Puget Sound

Washington · Pacific coast

9.5Excellent

Deep glacial fjord with 11 ft tides, resident coho, blackmouth and year-round shore access

Water
53°F
Tide
Outgoing (ebb)
Next
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Best bet today: Coho Salmon

Columbia River Mouth (Buoy 10)

Oregon · Pacific coast

9.3Excellent

The largest salmon funnel on the West Coast, where the Columbia meets the Pacific

Water
55°F
Tide
Outgoing (ebb)
Next
—

Best bet today: Fall Chinook Salmon

Lower Laguna Madre

Texas · Gulf coast

9.3Excellent

One of only a few hypersaline lagoons on earth — clear water, seagrass and tailing redfish

Water
74°F
Tide
Outgoing (ebb)
Next
Low 4:21 AM

Best bet today: Redfish

Venice & the Louisiana Marsh

Louisiana · Gulf coast

9.3Excellent

Bull redfish in the Mississippi Delta marsh and the richest estuary in the Gulf

Water
69°F
Tide
Outgoing (ebb)
Next
Low 2:59 AM

Best bet today: Redfish

Tampa Bay

Florida · Gulf coast

9.2Excellent

Grass flats, bridge structure and one of the strongest snook and redfish fisheries in the Gulf

Water
76°F
Tide
Outgoing (ebb)
Next
Low 2:52 AM

Best bet today: Snook

Strait of Juan de Fuca (Neah Bay)

Washington · Pacific coast

9.0Excellent

Where the Pacific pours into the inland sea: halibut, lingcod and ocean-bright salmon

Water
52°F
Tide
Outgoing (ebb)
Next
—

Best bet today: Chinook Salmon

San Diego Kelp Beds

California · Pacific coast

8.9Excellent

Giant kelp forests holding calico bass, yellowtail and white seabass within sight of downtown

Water
63°F
Tide
Outgoing (ebb)
Next
—

Best bet today: Calico Bass (Kelp Bass)

Galveston Bay

Texas · Gulf coast

8.8Excellent

Shell reefs, jetties and a bay system built on wind tides and shrimp

Water
71°F
Tide
Outgoing (ebb)
Next
Low 3:51 AM

Best bet today: Speckled Trout

Barnegat Bay

New Jersey · Atlantic coast

8.7Excellent

A shallow back bay with an inlet that funnels everything moving up the Jersey coast

Water
58°F
Tide
Outgoing (ebb)
Next
Low 2:54 AM

Best bet today: Striped Bass

Monterey Bay

California · Pacific coast

8.5Excellent

A deep submarine canyon a mile from shore, rockfish reefs and upwelling-driven salmon

Water
57°F
Tide
Outgoing (ebb)
Next
—

Best bet today: Rockfish (mixed)

Montauk Point

New York · Atlantic coast

8.3Excellent

The rips at the end of Long Island and the most famous fall run in the Northeast

Water
56°F
Tide
Incoming (flood)
Next
High 7:37 AM

Best bet today: Striped Bass

San Francisco Bay

California · Pacific coast

8.3Excellent

Enormous tidal exchange, striped bass, halibut and sturgeon under the bridges

Water
58°F
Tide
Outgoing (ebb)
Next
—

Best bet today: Striped Bass

The Florida Keys

Florida · Atlantic coast

8.2Excellent

Flats, patch reefs and a barrier reef with bluewater a few miles off the beach

Water
79°F
Tide
Slack low
Next
Low 2:17 AM

Best bet today: Tarpon

Tillamook Bay

Oregon · Pacific coast

8.2Excellent

Fall Chinook, big tide swings and five rivers feeding one shallow Oregon bay

Water
53°F
Tide
Outgoing (ebb)
Next
—

Best bet today: Fall Chinook Salmon

Charleston Harbor & Lowcountry

South Carolina · Atlantic coast

8.1Very Good

Spartina marsh, oyster bars and tailing redfish on the flood tide

Water
66°F
Tide
Outgoing (ebb)
Next
Low 2:52 AM

Best bet today: Redfish

Mosquito Lagoon & Indian River

Florida · Atlantic coast

8.1Very Good

Wind-driven skinny water and the most famous sight-fishing for redfish in the country

Water
73°F
Tide
Incoming (flood)
Next
High 6:38 AM

Best bet today: Redfish

Cape Hatteras & the Outer Banks

North Carolina · Atlantic coast

8.0Very Good

Where the Labrador Current meets the Gulf Stream and the surf fishing is the best in America

Water
66°F
Tide
Slack low
Next
High 8:17 AM

Best bet today: Red Drum

Lower Chesapeake Bay

Virginia · Atlantic coast

8.0Very Good

Bridge-tunnel structure, red drum schools and the largest estuary in the country

Water
62°F
Tide
Slack low
Next
Low 2:46 AM

Best bet today: Striped Bass

Kachemak Bay (Homer)

Alaska · Pacific coast

7.9Very Good

Tides over 17 feet, halibut grounds and the salmon-rich waters off the Homer Spit

Water
45°F
Tide
Slack high
Next
—

Best bet today: Pacific Halibut

Cape Cod Bay

Massachusetts · Atlantic coast

7.7Very Good

Migratory striped bass, bluefin tuna and the deepest tide swings on the Northeast coast

Water
53°F
Tide
Slack low
Next
High 8:16 AM

Best bet today: Striped Bass

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