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Cape Arago

43.31°N · 124.40°W

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Best score for the day · 7 AM
83/100
GOOD

Now 81 · 11 AM PDT

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Conditions
Time
11 AM
Now
Score
81
Good
Tide
4.2 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
Flood
Wind
10 kn
SW · steady
Sea state
Rough
4.8 ft
Air temp
59°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 81 Good. Tide 4.2ft Rising ▲. Current +1.5kn Flood. Wind 10kn SW G14. Sea 4.8ft Rough. Air 58.8°.
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; or spear
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Depth: inside the 40-fathom line. Nearshore Season — activates only if either all-depth season closes early (shore to the 40-fathom regulatory line). 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. Stonewall Bank YRCA closed to halibut fishing.
Season
May 1 to Oct 31
Other species here
Lingcod Retention openCabezon Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openCod ClosedBlack Rockfish ClosedBlue Rockfish ClosedCanary Rockfish Retention open
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Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

Peak seasonCurrently in peak season for Halibut
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
261-658 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

Cape Arago sits off Charleston, Oregon, where a rocky drop-off falls away through outer, exposed water into depths of 260 to 660 feet. Chinook and Coho Salmon move through from June to September, while Pacific Halibut runs from May to September and Black Rockfish holds over the structure across the same summer stretch. Lingcod fishing peaks in the colder months from December through March, and Cabezon comes on from November into January over the rock. Salmon anglers work the drop-off by trolling cut-plug herring, whole herring, spoons, and hoochies, with mooching a supporting option for both species. Over the deeper rock, jigging metal jigs, leadhead jigs, and swimbaits covers Lingcod, rockfish, and Cabezon, while drift fishing herring, squid, and octopus targets halibut across the broad depth range.

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