Whalehead Island
42.14°N · 124.36°W
Species
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Current regulations
In effect nowWhat you can keep at this spot today
- 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
Source: ODFW · Marine Zone Humbug Mountain to OR/CA Border · synced today
Seasonality
52-week view · today highlightedWhen Halibut is best at this spot
SPOT PROFILE
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About Whalehead Island
Whalehead Island sits off Brookings, Oregon, where an outer-exposed rock drop-off falls through depths of 330 to 1310 feet. Chinook and Coho Salmon run through the warmer stretch from May to October, both taken primarily by trolling cut-plug herring, whole herring, trolling spoons, and flashers with hoochies. The rock structure holds Lingcod, best at their January-to-March peak, along with Rockfish from April through September, both worked with metal jigs, leadhead jigs, and swimbaits over the hard bottom. Pacific Halibut move onto the deeper drop from April to August, where drift fishing herring, squid, and salmon bellies covers the descending contours. Pacific Cod, Cabezon, and Leopard Shark also range across this exposed rock ground.
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