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Rainbow Island

42.09°N · 124.34°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
Lumpy
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 Lumpy. 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
Black Rockfish Retention openLingcod Retention openLeopard Shark Rules not loaded yet · Check ODFW ↗Chinook Salmon ClosedMackerel Rules not loaded yet · Check ODFW ↗Coho Salmon ClosedBlue Rockfish 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
330-1310 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

About Rainbow Island

Rainbow Island sits off Brookings, Oregon, where a rock drop-off on the outer exposed coast falls from 330 to 1,310 feet. Chinook and Coho Salmon run strongest from May through October, taken by trolling cut-plug herring, whole herring, spoons, and flashers with hoochies over the deeper water. Pacific Halibut hold along the bottom structure with peak fishing from April through August, where drift fishing herring, squid, salmon bellies, or octopus works the slope. Lingcod concentrate on the rock from January through March, responding to jigging metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs, while Black Rockfish stack up from May through August on the same structure. The steep gradient and exposed position push anglers to work jigs and drifts tight to the rock across the full depth range.

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