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Taking a family trip next week and have decided to take the boat. Does anyone know where to fish, running out of John Wayne marina

Hey Eli,
Gonna run west from A6 and JW Marina to retain chinook,
Still a great location and the sunsets are EPIC!!!]
Go, and go now!

Any area west in particular, the only places I know there are protection island and the light house. Those are the places I halibut fish

Eli. The regs read...

(CHINOOK Selective Fishery)
West of a true north/south line
through the #2 Buoy immediately
east of Ediz Hook
July 1-Aug. 15 CHINOOK - min. size 22". Other SALMON species - no min. size. Daily limit 2
(combined). Release wild CHINOOK, wild COHO, and CHUM. See closures below.
(CHINOOK Release Area)
East of a true north/south line
through the #2 Buoy immediately
east of Ediz Hook
July 1-Aug. 15 No min. size. Daily limit 2 (combined). Release CHINOOK, wild COHO, and CHUM.
See closures below.
ENTIRE AREA Aug. 16-Sept. 30 No min. size. Daily limit 2 (combined). Release CHINOOK, wild COHO, and CHUM.

So if you're planning on fishing for and retaining chinooks then you'll need to be fishing west of the red can off of Ediz Hook, as Nelly said. It is closed in MA6 east of the can so you cannot even retain hatchery chinook near your halibut holes in summer. You'll find boats working from the tip of Ediz Hook down to the Nippon Mill (smoke stacks) concentrating in 100-150ft of water. Most fish the lower third of the water column off "the hook". Most avoid bait and stick with artificials due to bark-sharks, just like in MA9/10. There are other places further west. Do some research on freshwater bay, the humps, and the winter hole as well.

Out of John Wayne, another option is the MA7 side of Hein bank... I've also fished the San Juans out of JWM as well.

Thanks a lot for the info