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Goat Island

42.06°N · 124.33°W

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Conditions
Time
11 AM
Now
Score
86
Good
Tide
3.6 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
2 kn
SSW · steady
Sea state
Easy
2.5 ft @ 6 s NW
Air temp
53°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 86 Good. Tide 3.6ft Rising ▲. Current +0.4kn Flood. Wind 2kn SSW G3. Sea 2.5 ft @ 6 s NW Easy. Air 52.7°.

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
Angling with a single line, no more than 2 hooks, and by spear. Functional descending device required onboard when fishing for halibut (use when releasing rockfish beyond 30-fathom line).
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Seven days per week, or until quota is caught. No length limit. Possession: 1 daily bag limit at sea, 3 daily bag limits on land. Annual limit: 6. Halibut may only be landed in ports within areas open to halibut retention.
Season
May 1 to Oct 31
Other species here
Lingcod Retention openBlue Shark Rules not loaded yet · Check ODFW ↗Cabezon Retention openChinook Salmon ClosedCoho Salmon ClosedRockfish (Aggregate) Retention open
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Source: ODFW · Marine Zone Humbug Mountain to OR/CA Border · synced today

Seasonality

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When Halibut is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
51-98 ft
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

About Goat Island

Goat Island sits off Brookings, Oregon, marking an outer-exposed drop-off where the bottom falls through depths of 50 to 100 feet. The structure holds Chinook and Coho Salmon from May through October, while Pacific Halibut moves in from April through August and Rockfish stack up April through September. Lingcod fishing peaks in the colder window of January through March, with anglers working the drop-off edges using metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs. Salmon come to trolling along the exposed contours with cut-plug herring, whole herring, trolling spoons, and flashers with hoochies, while halibut respond to drift fishing herring, squid, salmon bellies, and octopus across the deeper stretches. Rockfish and the resident Cabezon take metal jigs and leadhead jigs bounced along the same rocky drop-off that defines the spot.

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