About Green Rock

Green Rock is an outer-exposed rocky drop-off off Eureka, California, where the bottom falls steeply through depths of 330 to 1,300 feet. Chinook Salmon run here from May through September and Coho Salmon from May into November, both taken by trolling anchovies, herring, spoons, or hoochies, with mooching cut-plug or whole herring as a supporting approach. Pacific Halibut hold over the structure from March through August and respond to drift fishing with live baitfish, herring, squid, or shrimp, and jigging metal jigs or swimbaits works the same water. Lingcod concentrate on the rock from January through April and again in September, where jigging metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs covers the drop-off, backed by live greenling or rockfish and bait such as squid or octopus. Black Rockfish, Blue Rockfish, and Pacific Cod also occupy the rocky terrain, holding tight to the deeper edges of the structure.