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Qochyax Island

43.34°N · 124.38°W

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Conditions
Time
10 AM
Now
Score
86
Good
Tide
3.8 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
4 kn
SE · steady
Sea state
Easy
2.5 ft @ 5 s NW
Air temp
48°
Cold
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 10 AM. Score 86 Good. Tide 3.8ft Rising ▲. Current -0.1kn Slack. Wind 4kn SE G5. Sea 2.5 ft @ 5 s NW Easy. Air 48.2°.

Why this score

Current
Slack
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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, or by spear. Functional descending device required onboard.
Annual quota
6 per year
Other
Depth: inside the 40-fathom line. Nearshore season (shore to 40-fathom regulatory line), applies if either all-depth season closes early; seven days per week, or until quota is caught. No length limit. Possession: 1 daily bag limit at sea, 3 on land. Annual limit 6. Stonewall Bank YRCA closed to halibut fishing.
Season
May 1 to Oct 31
Other species here
Canary Rockfish Retention openBlack Rockfish Retention openCoho Salmon ClosedLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCopper Rockfish Retention openBlue Rockfish Retention open
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Source: ODFW · Marine Zone Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain · synced today

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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
328-1312 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

About Qochyax Island

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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