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

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The next 14 days in Brookings

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 Brookings 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 Mussel Rock

All times PDT

One real spot
A city has no tide or wind of its own, so this is Mussel Rock, the most fished mark in Brookings, scored for Lingcod.
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 Brookings, so you can see slack coming before you leave the dock.

Conditions · now

Time

11 AM

Now

Score

Good

Tide

4.2 ft ▲

Flooding

Current

—

Flood

Wind

6 kn

SSW · steady

Sea state

Rough

4.8 ft

Air temp

62°

Mild

Weather

Partly cloudy

49% cloud

The spots people actually fish in Brookings

3 more on the map

A year of catch reports
The order here is how much each mark actually gets fished, not today's guess. The busiest water in Brookings 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 Brookings

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 Brookings, each one carrying its own number for today.
Point at any of them
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 Brookings today

LingcodKeep3 a day · min 22"Open at all 9 spots we cover
Rockfish (Aggregate)Keep4 a dayOpen at all 7 spots we cover
HalibutKeep2 a dayOpen at all 9 spots we cover
Chinook SalmonClosedShut at all 9 spots we cover
Coho SalmonClosedShut at all 9 spots 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.

That was one day. Pro opens the next fourteen.

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 Brookings

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 Brookings
Species	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
Chinook Salmon
Coho Salmon
Lingcod
Rockfish (Aggregate)
Halibut
Black Rockfish

Chinook Salmon. Brookings sits near the Chetco River mouth, and Chinook abundance peaks strongly in late summer/early fall (Aug–Sep) as ocean-staging adults stack up before the fall river run, driving the strong Chetco bubble fishery. A modest spring/early-summer presence reflects offshore feeder and immature Chinook mixing with returning Rogue and Klamath stocks, while winter weeks show near-absence as adults have entered rivers and few feeders remain nearshore.
Coho Salmon. Coho off Brookings appear as feeder/immature fish building through summer, with peak ocean abundance in September as maturing adults stage near the Chetco and Rogue river mouths before their fall spawning run. Numbers collapse by November once fish enter freshwater and disappear entirely through winter and spring; the modest late-summer build reflects offshore ocean troll-zone presence rather than a true second run.
Lingcod. Lingcod are resident year-round on Brookings' rocky reefs and nearshore structure, so abundance never drops to zero. The strongest concentration is late winter through early spring (Feb–Apr) when males guard nests in shallow water and fish stack on structure, with a secondary bump in fall as calmer post-summer conditions and cooler water bring fish onto accessible reefs.
Rockfish (Aggregate). Rockfish are resident, structure-oriented groundfish present year-round off Brookings, so the curve stays broad and flat near baseline. A modest summer bump (June–September) reflects calmer seas, warmer nearshore water, and greater fish activity/concentration on reefs, while winter storms and cooler temps push fish deeper and slightly reduce nearshore abundance.
Halibut. Pacific halibut off Brookings migrate onto the offshore banks and nearshore feeding grounds as water warms in spring, building through late spring into a broad summer plateau (May–Sept) with a secondary early-fall feeding peak before they retreat to deeper offshore wintering/spawning grounds. Winter abundance in accessible waters is low but not zero, as some fish remain on deeper structure.
Black Rockfish. Black rockfish are resident, non-migratory reef fish present year-round off Brookings, so the curve stays relatively flat and never hits zero. Abundance rises through spring and summer as fish move shallower onto nearshore reefs with warming water and calmer conditions, peaking June–August when post-spawn fish aggregate and forage on baitfish, then gradually tapers in fall/winter as some fish disperse to deeper structure during winter storms.

Before you go

Management areas

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

Humbug Mountain to OR/CA Border

Fishing Brookings

Brookings sits on the far southern Oregon coast, where the mouth of the Chetco River meets the Pacific and a scatter of rocky reefs and offshore islands lines the exposed outer shore. The area holds Chinook and Coho Salmon, both peaking from May through October, along with Lingcod that fish strongest from January through March. The nine spots here concentrate around exposed headlands, submerged humps, and rock formations off the open coast, where deeper structure draws bottom species and salmon move through on their seasonal runs. Trolling accounts for most of the Chinook effort during the warmer months, while the winter reef fishery centers on Lingcod over hard structure. Salmon carry the late spring through fall season, with the bottom fishery filling out the colder stretch of the calendar.

The next 14 days in Brookings

Two weeks ahead

One number, out of 100

3,024 scores behind it

Hour by hour today at Mussel Rock

One real spot

Six readings, one clock

Currents, not just tides

The spots people actually fish in Brookings

A year of catch reports

Today's number too

Every mark has a page

Every spot we score in Brookings

Real charted seabed

9 marks, all scored

Point at any of them