Today's best fishing in Astoria: 7 AM to 10 AM

This page is full of real data to show you what you can see with ReelCaster in Astoria.

The next 14 days in Astoria

Data from: ECMWF + GFS + BlueCaster

Two weeks ahead
Most forecasts stop at the weekend. This one runs a full 14 days, so you can pick the day before you book the time off.
One number, out of 100
The best score anything in Astoria reaches that day. Green is good, amber is fair, red is slow, and you can read it from across the room.
3,024 scores behind it
9 spots, every hour of every day, out to 14. This row is the best of them.

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Hour by hour today at Hump at 46.34514, -124.23125

All times PDT

One real spot
A city has no tide or wind of its own, so this is Hump at 46.34514, -124.23125, the most fished mark in Astoria, scored for Halibut.
Six readings, one clock
Tide, current, wind, sea, air and sky, all lined up on the same hour, so you can see what is actually driving the score.
Currents, not just tides
Modelled flow for the water off Astoria, so you can see slack coming before you leave the dock.

Conditions · now

Time

11 AM

Now

Score

Good

Tide

3.2 ft ▲

Flooding

Current

—

Flood

Wind

7 kn

WSW · steady

Sea state

Rough

4.1 ft

Air temp

58°

Mild

Weather

Overcast

100% cloud

The spots people actually fish in Astoria

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A year of catch reports
The order here is how much each mark actually gets fished, not today's guess. The busiest water in Astoria comes first.
Today's number too
Beside each name is the best score that spot reaches today, so you can weigh a proven mark against a good forecast.
Every mark has a page
Its own chart, its own species and its own rules, worked out the same way as everything above.

Every spot we score in Astoria

Bathymetry: NONNA-10 + NRCan

Real charted seabed
Depth soundings, not a stock map. The banks, reefs and drop-offs are where you can see them.
9 marks, all scored
Every spot we cover around Astoria, each one carrying its own number for today.
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The name, how busy a mark it is, and the tide, sea and seabed at its best hour.

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What you can keep in Astoria today

HalibutKeep1 a dayOpen at all 9 spots we cover
LingcodKeep3 a day · min 22"Open at all 9 spots we cover
Rockfish (Aggregate)Keep4 a dayOpen at all 3 spots we cover
Chinook SalmonClosedShut at all 9 spots we cover
Coho SalmonClosedShut at all 8 spots we cover
Dungeness CrabClosedShut at all 1 spot we cover
Black RockfishClosedShut at all 2 spots we cover

Rules differ between marine zones and change in season. Check ODFW for the marine zone you are fishing before you keep anything.

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Every spot on this map, hour by hour, two weeks out, with alerts when your water crosses the score you set.

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When to fish Astoria

Each row is shaded against that species' own best month here, so a dark cell means a good month for that fish rather than a comparison between them.

Relative abundance by month for each species around Astoria
Species	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
Chinook Salmon
Coho Salmon
Halibut
Lingcod
Dungeness Crab
Black Rockfish
Rockfish (Aggregate)

Chinook Salmon. Astoria's Chinook show a spring run building through April-June (spring Chinook staging at the Columbia mouth) and a dominant fall run peaking late July through August as returning adults stack up in the estuary before the September upriver push. Abundance drops sharply through fall and bottoms out in winter when few adults remain in these lower-river waters.
Coho Salmon. Coho are absent inshore through winter, with a modest late-spring pulse of feeder/ocean fish building along the Columbia mouth from June-July. Peak biological abundance hits late August through mid-September (weeks 34-37) as adult coho stage off Astoria before the fall river run, tailing off sharply by late October once fish push upriver and out of nearshore waters.
Halibut. Pacific halibut move onto the nearshore banks and Columbia River mouth grounds off Astoria in spring as they migrate from deeper offshore winter spawning habitat, peaking roughly March–May when the largest concentrations stage on the shelf. Abundance stays elevated through summer while feeding, then declines through fall as fish retreat to deeper offshore waters for winter, leaving low but non-zero presence in the accessible fishery zone during December–February.
Lingcod. Lingcod are resident, structure-oriented fish near Astoria's nearshore reefs and jetties year-round, so abundance never hits zero. The strongest concentration is late winter through early summer (Feb–June) when males guard nests in shallow rocky habitat and fish move up onto reefs, with a secondary bump in early fall as post-spawn fish feed heavily before winter dispersal to deeper water.
Dungeness Crab. Dungeness crab are resident year-round in the Astoria/Columbia estuary and nearshore, so abundance never hits zero, but the curve dips in late spring/early summer (weeks 12-18) when adult males molt to soft-shell and are lighter and less abundant on the grounds. Peak abundance and quality occur late summer through fall (weeks 33-40) once crabs have hardened and filled out, sustaining strong numbers into the winter commercial season.
Black Rockfish. Black rockfish are non-migratory reef residents present year-round off Astoria, so the curve stays broad and flat with no true zeros. Abundance peaks in summer (Jul–Aug) when adults move shallower to feed and warmer, calmer nearshore water concentrates fish, with a slight winter dip as some fish hold deeper during storms.
Rockfish (Aggregate). Rockfish are resident, long-lived structure-oriented fish present in Astoria's nearshore reefs and ocean waters year-round, so the curve stays broad with no true biological absence. Abundance peaks in summer (June–August) when calmer seas, warmer water, and aggregation over reefs concentrate fish nearshore, while winter storms and offshore dispersal thin nearshore presence to a lower baseline.

Before you go

Management areas

Water around Astoria falls into one area, and the rules can differ between them. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife sets them.

Leadbetter Point to Cape Falcon

Fishing Astoria

Astoria sits at the mouth of the Columbia River on Oregon's north coast, with access to a spread of offshore humps and rocky structure along the outer coast toward Tillamook Rock. The waters here hold Chinook Salmon, which peak from March through April and again from May into September, alongside Pacific Halibut that run strong from March through August and Lingcod that turn on from January through March. Most of the fishing spots cluster around exposed offshore humps and reef features scattered across the open water off the headlands, where depth and bottom structure concentrate fish. Coho Salmon extend the salmon calendar from July into October, keeping the fishery active through the summer and early fall. Anglers targeting Chinook here work these waters primarily by trolling.

The next 14 days in Astoria

Two weeks ahead

One number, out of 100

3,024 scores behind it

Hour by hour today at Hump at 46.34514, -124.23125

One real spot

Six readings, one clock

Currents, not just tides

The spots people actually fish in Astoria

A year of catch reports

Today's number too

Every mark has a page

Every spot we score in Astoria

Real charted seabed

9 marks, all scored

Point at any of them