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Qochyax Island

43.34°N · 124.38°W

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Best score for the day · 8 AM
83/100
GOOD

Now 82 · 11 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
7 AM-8 PM
Tide flooding
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Conditions
Time
11 AM
Now
Score
82
Good
Tide
4.2 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
Flood
Wind
9 kn
WSW · steady
Sea state
Rough
4.8 ft
Air temp
60°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 82 Good. Tide 4.2ft Rising ▲. Current +1.5kn Flood. Wind 9kn WSW G13. Sea 4.8ft Rough. Air 59.7°.
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
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
Copper Rockfish ClosedLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openBlack Rockfish ClosedBlue Rockfish ClosedCanary Rockfish Retention open
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Seasonality

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When Halibut is best at this spot

Peak seasonCurrently in peak season for Halibut
~1 more week at peak
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
328-1312 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Peak now
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

Qochyax Island sits off Charleston, Oregon, as an outer-exposed rocky drop-off falling through depths of 330 to 1,310 feet. The steep rock structure holds Chinook and Coho Salmon that peak from June through September, alongside Black Rockfish in the same summer window and Blue Rockfish from April into August. Lingcod concentrate here in the colder months, peaking from January through March and again in December, while Pacific Halibut move onto the deeper ground from May through September. Salmon respond to trolling with cut-plug herring, whole herring, spoons, and hoochies over the exposed edge, with mooching a workable alternative on cut-plug or whole herring. Rockfish and Lingcod come to jigging with metal jigs, leadhead jigs, and swimbaits worked close to the rock, and halibut take drift-fished herring, squid, octopus, or salmon bellies along the drop.

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