Today's best fishing in Florence: 7 AM to 10 AM

This page is full of real data to show you what you can see with ReelCaster in Florence.

The next 14 days in Florence

Data from: ECMWF + GFS + BlueCaster

Two weeks ahead
Most forecasts stop at the weekend. This one runs a full 14 days, so you can pick the day before you book the time off.
One number, out of 100
The best score anything in Florence reaches that day. Green is good, amber is fair, red is slow, and you can read it from across the room.
2,352 scores behind it
7 spots, every hour of every day, out to 14. This row is the best of them.

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Hour by hour today at Hump at 43.91031, -124.17697

All times PDT

One real spot
A city has no tide or wind of its own, so this is Hump at 43.91031, -124.17697, the most fished mark in Florence, scored for Chinook Salmon.
Six readings, one clock
Tide, current, wind, sea, air and sky, all lined up on the same hour, so you can see what is actually driving the score.
Currents, not just tides
Modelled flow for the water off Florence, so you can see slack coming before you leave the dock.

Conditions · now

Time

11 AM

Now

Score

Fair

Tide

3.7 ft ▲

Flooding

Current

—

Flood

Wind

10 kn

WSW · steady

Sea state

Rough

4.6 ft

Air temp

59°

Mild

Weather

Partly cloudy

62% cloud

The spots people actually fish in Florence

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A year of catch reports
The order here is how much each mark actually gets fished, not today's guess. The busiest water in Florence comes first.
Today's number too
Beside each name is the best score that spot reaches today, so you can weigh a proven mark against a good forecast.
Every mark has a page
Its own chart, its own species and its own rules, worked out the same way as everything above.

Every spot we score in Florence

Bathymetry: NONNA-10 + NRCan

Real charted seabed
Depth soundings, not a stock map. The banks, reefs and drop-offs are where you can see them.
7 marks, all scored
Every spot we cover around Florence, each one carrying its own number for today.
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The name, how busy a mark it is, and the tide, sea and seabed at its best hour.

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What you can keep in Florence today

Chinook SalmonKeep in places2 a day · min 24"Open at 6 of 7 spots we cover
LingcodKeep3 a day · min 22"Open at all 7 spots we cover
HalibutKeep in places2 a dayOpen at 5 of 6 spots we cover
Dungeness CrabKeep12 a day · min 5.7"Open at all 1 spot we cover
Coho SalmonReleaseCatch and release at all 7 spots we cover
Black RockfishClosedShut at all 1 spot we cover
CabezonClosedShut at all 1 spot we cover

Rules differ between marine zones and change in season. Check ODFW for the marine zone you are fishing before you keep anything.

That was one day. Pro opens the next fourteen.

Every spot on this map, hour by hour, two weeks out, with alerts when your water crosses the score you set.

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When to fish Florence

Each row is shaded against that species' own best month here, so a dark cell means a good month for that fish rather than a comparison between them.

Relative abundance by month for each species around Florence
Species	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
Chinook Salmon
Coho Salmon
Lingcod
Black Rockfish
Halibut
Dungeness Crab
Cabezon

Chinook Salmon. Florence sits at the Siuslaw River mouth on the central Oregon coast, where Chinook show a dominant fall run staging offshore and entering the bay from late July through October, peaking late August through September (weeks 30-34) as adults gather before spawning migration. A modest spring shoulder (weeks 6-12) reflects early ocean-feeding Chinook and light spring-run presence, while winter weeks are near-absent as fish are on spawning grounds upriver or dispersed far offshore.
Coho Salmon. Coho off Florence (Siuslaw/central Oregon coast) build through late summer as ocean fish stage, peaking mid-September to early October before fish enter the Siuslaw River to spawn. Weeks 22-32 show a modest early ocean presence of feeding fish, while the deep winter and spring months are biologically absent as the stock is either spawned out in freshwater or too young/dispersed offshore.
Lingcod. Lingcod are resident bottomfish present year-round off Florence, Oregon, so abundance never hits zero. The peak occurs late winter to spring (Feb–Apr) when mature fish move onto nearshore reefs and males guard nests in shallow rocky structure, making them more concentrated and catchable; summer and fall show slightly lower nearshore density as fish disperse to deeper reefs.
Black Rockfish. Black rockfish are resident, long-lived nearshore reef fish off Florence (central Oregon coast) and are present year-round, so the curve stays broad without true zeros. Abundance peaks in late spring through summer (May–August) when calmer seas, upwelling-driven baitfish, and fish moving shallower onto reefs concentrate them, while winter storms push fish deeper and disperse them, lowering catchable nearshore density.
Halibut. Pacific halibut off Florence (central Oregon coast) migrate onto the nearshore/offshore banks from late spring through summer, with peak abundance May–July as fish move shallow to feed after offshore winter spawning; a secondary late-summer bump reflects returning feeding fish before they retreat to deeper offshore waters in fall/winter, when nearshore abundance drops sharply.
Dungeness Crab. Dungeness are resident in Florence's estuary and nearshore waters year-round, so no true zeros. Abundance peaks in fall (Sept–Nov) when crabs are hard-shelled, filled out, and freshly molted-recovered before winter; a soft-shell/molt lull in late spring-early summer dips the curve as crabs shed and hide.
Cabezon. Cabezon are resident nearshore reef/rocky-structure fish off Florence (central Oregon coast) present year-round, so the curve stays near baseline. Abundance rises through spring and summer as fish move onto shallow reefs and jetties to feed and spawn (males guard nests spring into summer), with a secondary fall bump before winter storms push fish deeper and slightly reduce accessible nearshore density.

Before you go

Management areas

Water around Florence falls into 2 areas, and the rules can differ between them. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife sets them.

Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain
Siuslaw Bay

Fishing Florence

Florence sits on the central Oregon coast at the mouth of the Siuslaw River, opening onto Pacific waters that hold seven distinct fishing spots. Chinook Salmon and Coho Salmon drive the summer fishery, with Chinook peaking from June through September and Coho running June into October, while Pacific Halibut fills out the calendar from April through September. The spots range from nearshore points to a scatter of offshore humps and banks across the exposed outer coast, where structure and depth changes concentrate fish. Anglers target the salmon runs by trolling through the warmer months, and the deeper reefs turn over to Lingcod through the winter and early spring, peaking January to April. The heart of the season falls between spring and early fall, when salmon and halibut overlap across the grounds.

The next 14 days in Florence

Two weeks ahead

One number, out of 100

2,352 scores behind it

Hour by hour today at Hump at 43.91031, -124.17697

One real spot

Six readings, one clock

Currents, not just tides

The spots people actually fish in Florence

A year of catch reports

Today's number too

Every mark has a page

Every spot we score in Florence

Real charted seabed

7 marks, all scored

Point at any of them