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Fishing maps/Kachemak Bay

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Kachemak Bay fishing maps and surveyed sections

Quality-assured Kachemak Bay sections combine exact NOAA boundaries, survey-native depth, ADF&G fish evidence, measured fishing spots, forage guidance, verified access and live regulation links.

1 live section6 supported target species1 verified public access site

Built for bay scale

Why Kachemak Bay is split into sections

Exact NOAA named-water polygons keep Kachemak Bay's remote lagoons, coves, harbors and tide-limited entrances at useful scale while every child independently clears shoreline, survey and editorial gates. A near-miss such as Peterson Bay's 5.14% unsupported water stays held because the production ceiling is 5%.

Quality-assured and searchable

Choose a Kachemak Bay fishing-map section

NOAA survey contours · native MLLW97% measured

Halibut Cove Lagoon

131-acre Halibut Cove Lagoon fishing map with NOAA H12084/H09884 survey contours in native MLLW (97.16% measured), stocked-Chinook timing, measured fishing spots, public-dock access and high-tide entrance guidance.

Recorded max
223 ft
Species
Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Pink Salmon, Chum Salmon
Public access
1 attached site
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Source-backed, datum-explicit

What is included on every live page

  • Depth: direct NOAA hydrographic survey nodes and soundings, with unsupported water visible and no interpolation.
  • Datum: depth below source-survey MLLW—not live tidal depth, current water depth or navigation guidance.
  • Fish and forage: exact evidence is separated from broader Kachemak occurrence; seasonal windows are search cues requiring visible confirmation.
  • Spots: source-traceable rocks become recommendations only where they align with directly measured bathymetry.
  • Access and rules: official Alaska State Parks access plus current ADF&G Southcentral regulations and emergency-order links.

NOAA H12084 survey·ADF&G Kachemak guide·Alaska State Parks access guide

Not published prematurely

Sections still on survey-quality hold

These exact named waters stay out of search, the public manifest and the sitemap until direct authoritative coverage clears the fixed unsupported-water gate.

  • China Poot Bay: Direct NOAA native-MLLW surveys support 21.91% of exact-boundary 50 m water cells and leave 78.09% unsupported; no coverage waiver or interpolation is applied.
  • Moss Harbor: Direct NOAA native-MLLW surveys support 73.29% of exact-boundary water cells and leave 26.71% unsupported; no coverage waiver is applied.
  • Neptune Bay: Direct NOAA surveys support 27.81% of exact-boundary water cells and leave 72.19% unsupported; no interpolation or coverage waiver is applied.
  • Peterson Bay: Direct NOAA surveys leave 5.14% of exact-boundary water cells unsupported—0.14 point above the fixed 5% ceiling—so the page remains held without a near-miss waiver.
  • Seldovia Bay: Direct NOAA native-MLLW surveys support 87.97% of exact-boundary water cells and leave 12.03% unsupported; no coverage waiver is applied.
  • Seldovia Harbor: Direct NOAA surveys support 89.47% of exact-boundary water cells and leave 10.53% unsupported; no coverage waiver is applied.

Kachemak Bay map questions

Frequently asked questions

Why is Kachemak Bay divided into separate fishing-map pages?

Kachemak Bay's named lagoons, bays and harbors differ in tide access, depth coverage, habitat and fishing evidence. Each exact NOAA named-water child must independently pass shoreline, survey, fish, forage, access, regulation and SEO gates.

Which Kachemak Bay section is available now?

Halibut Cove Lagoon is the current quality-assured child page. China Poot Bay, Moss Harbor, Neptune Bay, Peterson Bay, Seldovia Bay and Seldovia Harbor remain unpublished survey-coverage holds.

What do the Halibut Cove Lagoon depths mean?

They are depth below the source surveys' Mean Lower Low Water reference surface, built from NOAA H12084 BAG nodes and H09884 direct soundings. They are not live tide or current water depth and are not for navigation.

What fish evidence supports the lagoon page?

ADF&G documents the stocked Halibut Cove Lagoon Chinook return from early May through early July, usually peaking near mid-June. Other listed salmon and Pacific halibut are clearly labeled Kachemak Bay occurrence rather than exact-lagoon catch rates.