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Government Point

44.83°N · 124.07°W

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Best score for the day · 10 AM
85/100
GOOD

Now 85 · 11 AM PDT

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Tide flooding
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Conditions
Time
11 AM
Now
Score
85
Good
Tide
4.6 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
7 kn
WSW · steady
Sea state
Rough
3.9 ft
Air temp
60°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 85 Good. Tide 4.6ft Rising ▲. Current +1.5kn Flood. Wind 7kn WSW G10. Sea 3.9ft Rough. Air 60.1°.
Why this score
Current
0.3 kn light
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

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; spear allowed
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. Annual limit: 6. Possession limit: 1 daily bag limit at sea, 3 daily bag limits on land. No length limit. Stonewall Bank YRCA closed to halibut fishing. Seasons managed/enforced based on port of landing.
Season
May 1 to Oct 31
Other species here
Lingcod Retention openCabezon Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openCod ClosedBlack Rockfish ClosedWhiting ClosedBlue Rockfish ClosedCanary Rockfish Retention open
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Source: ODFW · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Halibut
~1 more week in shoulder
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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonRelease only
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
260-660 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

Government Point is an outer-exposed rock drop-off off Newport, Oregon, where the bottom falls away through depths of 260 to 660 feet. The structure holds Lingcod, which peak from February through March, alongside Pacific Halibut that build from March into July and Black Rockfish through the spring and summer months. Chinook Salmon run strongest May through September and Coho follow from June into October, with Cabezon holding to the rocks from June through September. Anglers work the drop-off for Lingcod with metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs, or drop live greenling and whole herring tight to the structure, while Halibut hold to drift fishing with herring, salmon bellies, octopus, and squid across the deeper water. Salmon come to trolled cut-plug herring, whole herring, and flashers with hoochies over the same exposed edge.

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