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Barnacle Rock

42.11°N · 124.36°W

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Best score for the day · 2 PM
83/100
GOOD

Now 82 · 11 AM PDT

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Conditions
Time
11 AM
Now
Score
82
Good
Tide
4.2 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
6 kn
SSW · steady
Sea state
Rough
5.0 ft
Air temp
62°
Mild
Weather
Clear
11% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 82 Good. Tide 4.2ft Rising ▲. Current +1.5kn Flood. Wind 6kn SSW G8. Sea 5.0ft Rough. Air 62.4°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
Prime

Current regulations

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What you can keep at this spot today

Halibut
Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
2 in possession
Gear
Single line, no more than 2 hooks; spear allowed
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Depth: all depths. Seven days per week, or until quota is caught. Possession limit: 1 daily bag limit at sea, 3 daily bag limits on land. Annual limit: 6. No length limit. Functional descending device must be onboard; use required when releasing rockfish beyond 30-fathom line.
Season
May 1 to Oct 31
Other species here
Yellowtail Rockfish ClosedSpiny Dogfish ClosedLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon ClosedCoho Salmon ClosedCod ClosedWhiting ClosedCanary Rockfish Retention open
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Source: ODFW · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
330-1310 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

Barnacle Rock is an outer-exposed rocky drop-off off Brookings, Oregon, where the bottom plunges from roughly 330 to 1,310 feet. The structure draws Chinook and Coho Salmon through their May–Oct peak, while Pacific Halibut hold from Apr–Aug and Lingcod move onto the rock from Jan–Mar. Trolling cut-plug herring, whole herring, spoons, and flashers with hoochies works the upper column for salmon, with mooching cut-plug herring or whole anchovies as a slower alternative. Drift fishing herring, squid, salmon bellies, or octopus over the deeper edges targets halibut, and jigging metal jigs, swimbaits, or leadhead jigs pulls Lingcod off the hard bottom. Canary and Yellowtail Rockfish, Pacific Cod, Pacific Whiting, and Spiny Dogfish share the same rocky relief.

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