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Government Point

44.83°N · 124.07°W

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Conditions
Time
11 AM
Now
Score
86
Good
Tide
4.2 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
6 kn
SE · steady
Sea state
Flat
1.5 ft @ 13 s SW
Air temp
51°
Cold
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 86 Good. Tide 4.2ft Rising ▲. Current +0.3kn Flood. Wind 6kn SE G9. Sea 1.5 ft @ 13 s SW Flat. Air 50.7°.

Why this score

Current
0.4 kn light
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
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
Whiting Rules not loaded yet · Check ODFW ↗Canary Rockfish Retention openCoho Salmon ClosedCabezon Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openLingcod Retention openBlack Rockfish Retention openBlue Rockfish Retention open
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Source: ODFW · Marine Zone Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain · synced today

Seasonality

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When Halibut is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
260-660 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

About Government Point

Government Point is an outer-exposed rock drop-off off Depoe Bay, 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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