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Siletz Reef

44.75°N · 124.16°W

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Best score for the day · 11 AM
84/100
GOOD
BEST WINDOW
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Tide flooding
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Conditions
Time
11 AM
Now
Score
84
Good
Tide
4.5 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
Flood
Wind
7 kn
SW · steady
Sea state
Rough
4.3 ft
Air temp
58°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 84 Good. Tide 4.5ft Rising ▲. Current +1.5kn Flood. Wind 7kn SW G10. Sea 4.3ft Rough. Air 57.9°.
Why this score
Current
0.2 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
Yelloweye Rockfish Retention openSablefish Retention openWidow Rockfish ClosedLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCod ClosedCanary Rockfish Retention open
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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
1-48 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

Siletz Reef is a rocky pinnacle rising through 0 to 50 feet of water off Depoe Bay, Oregon, exposed to open ocean on the outer coast. The structure holds a mix of bottomfish and passing salmon, including Yelloweye Rockfish, Sablefish, Widow Rockfish, Canary Rockfish, and Pacific Cod, alongside seasonal targets that define the calendar here. Pacific Halibut peak from March through August and respond to drift fishing with herring, salmon bellies, squid, or octopus, while jigging with leadhead or metal jigs works the same broken bottom. Lingcod hold tight to the rock and peak in February and March, taken on metal and bucktail jigs, live greenling or rockfish, or drifted whole herring and cut bait. Chinook Salmon run through the area from May into September, most consistently on trolled whole herring, anchovies, flashers, and spoons, with cut-plug herring mooching as a slower alternative over the reef.

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