Today's best fishing in Charleston: 7 AM to 10 AM
This page is full of real data to show you what you can see with ReelCaster in Charleston.
The next 14 days in Charleston
Data from: ECMWF + GFS + BlueCasterTwo 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 Charleston reaches that day. Green is good, amber is fair, red is slow, and you can read it from across the room.
3,696 scores behind it
11 spots, every hour of every day, out to 14. This row is the best of them.
Hour by hour today at Jarvis Upper Range B Front Light
All times PDTOne real spot
A city has no tide or wind of its own, so this is Jarvis Upper Range B Front Light, the most fished mark in Charleston, 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 Charleston, so you can see slack coming before you leave the dock.
The spots people actually fish in Charleston
5 more on the mapA year of catch reports
The order here is how much each mark actually gets fished, not today's guess. The busiest water in Charleston 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.
- 86Jarvis Upper Range B Front LightKnown markBest 7 AM–10 AM · Late ebb · Lumpy · Rock reef
- 86Jarvis Upper Range B Rear LightKnown markBest 7 AM–10 AM · Late ebb · Lumpy · Rock reef
- 86Jarvis Upper Range A Front LightKnown markBest 7 AM–10 AM · Late ebb · Lumpy · Rock reef
- 86Jarvis Upper Range A Rear LightKnown markBest 7 AM–10 AM · Late ebb · Lumpy · Rock reef
- 83Cape AragoKnown markBest 7 AM–10 AM · Late ebb · Lumpy · Rock reef
- 83Baltimore RockKnown markBest 7 AM–10 AM · Late ebb · Lumpy · Rock reef
Every spot we score in Charleston
Bathymetry: NONNA-10 + NRCanReal charted seabed
Depth soundings, not a stock map. The banks, reefs and drop-offs are where you can see them.
11 marks, all scored
Every spot we cover around Charleston, 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.
Create custom spots
Our full model on your custom private spots.
- Drop a pinAnywhere on the water. The ledge you found, the bay nobody talks about.
- Name itYour name for it, not ours. It stays private to your account.
- Choose speciesPick what you fish there, and it starts scoring from the next run.
What you can keep in Charleston today
- Chinook SalmonKeep in places2 a day · min 24"Open at 7 of 11 spots we cover
- LingcodKeep3 a day · min 22"Open at all 11 spots we cover
- HalibutKeep in places2 a dayOpen at 7 of 9 spots we cover
- CabezonKeep in places1 a day · min 16"Open at 3 of 7 spots we cover
- Coho SalmonReleaseCatch and release at all 11 spots we cover
- Black RockfishClosedShut at all 10 spots we cover
- Blue RockfishClosedShut at all 9 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 Charleston
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.
| Species | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
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| Chinook Salmon | ||||||||||||
| Coho Salmon | ||||||||||||
| Lingcod | ||||||||||||
| Black Rockfish | ||||||||||||
| Halibut | ||||||||||||
| Blue Rockfish | ||||||||||||
| Cabezon |
Chinook Salmon: January none, February none, March poor, April fair, May good, June peak, July peak, August peak, September peak, October fair, November none, December none. Coho Salmon: January none, February none, March none, April none, May none, June peak, July peak, August peak, September peak, October poor, November none, December none. Lingcod: January good, February excellent, March good, April fair, May fair, June fair, July fair, August fair, September fair, October fair, November fair, December good. Black Rockfish: January poor, February poor, March fair, April fair, May good, June excellent, July excellent, August excellent, September excellent, October good, November fair, December poor. Halibut: January none, February none, March poor, April good, May peak, June peak, July peak, August peak, September excellent, October fair, November poor, December none. Blue Rockfish: January poor, February fair, March fair, April good, May excellent, June excellent, July excellent, August excellent, September good, October fair, November fair, December poor. Cabezon: January good, February good, March fair, April fair, May fair, June fair, July fair, August fair, September fair, October good, November good, December excellent.
- Chinook Salmon. Charleston, Oregon (Coos Bay) ocean Chinook build through spring as fish stage offshore, peaking mid-July through August when mature returning Chinook stack near the bay and coastal shelf ahead of the fall river entry. Abundance tapers sharply through September–October as fish move into the Coos/Millicoma systems, leaving winter months biologically sparse offshore.
- Coho Salmon. Coho Salmon are a Pacific Northwest species with no biological presence in Charleston, South Carolina's warm Atlantic waters; the stock is absent every week of the year.
- Lingcod. Lingcod are resident groundfish on Oregon's nearshore reefs year-round, so abundance never hits zero; the winter/early-spring spawning aggregation (Dec–Apr) draws mature fish onto shallow rocky structure to guard nests, creating the strongest concentrations, while a secondary summer bump reflects active feeding. The late-summer/early-fall period shows the lowest presence as post-spawn fish disperse and some move to deeper water.
- Black Rockfish. Black Rockfish are year-round residents of the nearshore rocky reefs off Charleston, Oregon, so biological abundance never drops to zero. The curve peaks in mid-summer (July–September) when strong coastal upwelling pulls in large schools of baitfish, causing rockfish to heavily aggregate and feed aggressively in shallow nearshore kelp and reef structures. In the winter, heavy Pacific storms and swells cause the fish to disperse and hunker down in slightly deeper water for parturition (giving birth), leading to a lower localized nearshore density.
- Halibut. Charleston (Coos Bay), Oregon halibut abundance peaks in late spring through summer (May–August) as fish move onto nearshore and offshore banks to feed after winter spawning in deeper offshore waters. Numbers thin in fall as fish migrate back to deep water, with lowest presence in winter when the stock is offshore and dispersed.
- Blue Rockfish. As a resident nearshore reef rockfish (interpreting Charleston, OR), Blue Rockfish are present year-round with no true biological absence, so the curve stays broad. Abundance peaks in summer (Jun–Sep) when calmer seas concentrate schooling fish over kelp and reef structure, then tapers through winter storms when fish disperse deeper but remain in the area.
- Cabezon. Cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus) is a Pacific Northeast species ranging from Baja to Alaska and inhabiting rocky reefs and kelp; it does not occur in the warm, sandy Atlantic waters off Charleston, SC, so biological abundance is zero year-round.
Before you go
Water around Charleston falls into 2 areas, and the rules can differ between them. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife sets them.
- Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain
- Coos Bay
Fishing Charleston
Charleston sits on Oregon's southern coast at the mouth of Coos Bay, giving anglers access to both protected estuary channels and the open Pacific beyond the harbor entrance. Chinook and Coho Salmon drive the summer fishery, both peaking from June through September, while Lingcod hold through the winter months with a peak from January to March and into December. The eleven spots here range from marked channel structure near the bay's shipping range to exposed rocky headlands and offshore reefs along the outer coast, where Black Rockfish and Blue Rockfish concentrate around hard bottom. Salmon are worked primarily by trolling through the warmer months, while the rockfish and Lingcod grounds carry the fishery into winter. The calendar stays active year-round, shifting from summer salmon runs to cold-season bottomfishing.