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Siletz Reef

44.96°N · 124.04°W

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Best score for the day · 12 PM
84/100
GOOD

Now 83 · 11 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
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Tide flooding
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Conditions
Time
11 AM
Now
Score
83
Good
Tide
3.3 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
Flood
Wind
7 kn
SW · steady
Sea state
Rough
4.0 ft
Air temp
59°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 83 Good. Tide 3.3ft Rising ▲. Current +1.6kn Flood. Wind 7kn SW G11. Sea 4.0ft Rough. Air 59.4°.
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
Mackerel ClosedYellowtail Rockfish ClosedCopper Rockfish ClosedLingcod Retention openShelf Rockfish ClosedChinook Salmon Retention openCoho 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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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
15-40 ft
Sand
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Flat
Outer Exposed

Siletz Reef is an outer, exposed sand flat off Depoe Bay, Oregon, sitting in 15 to 40 feet of water where open ground draws in both bottomfish and passing salmon. Pacific Halibut moves through from March to August, while Chinook and Coho Salmon peak from May through September, with Coho holding strong into the summer. Copper Rockfish runs from May to September, and Lingcod peaks earlier in the year across February and March. For halibut, drift fishing with herring, salmon bellies, squid, or octopus covers the sand effectively, and jigging with metal jigs or leadhead jigs and swimbaits works the same ground for copper rockfish and lingcod. Salmon are taken by trolling whole herring, anchovies, flashers, and spoons over the flat, with mooching cut-plug or whole herring as a quieter alternative.

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