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

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The next 14 days in Garibaldi

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 Garibaldi reaches that day. Green is good, amber is fair, red is slow, and you can read it from across the room.
5,040 scores behind it
15 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 Crab Rock

All times PDT

One real spot
A city has no tide or wind of its own, so this is Crab Rock, the most fished mark in Garibaldi, scored for Lingcod.
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 Garibaldi, so you can see slack coming before you leave the dock.

Conditions · now

Time

11 AM

Now

Score

Good

Tide

3.4 ft ▲

Flooding

Current

—

Flood

Wind

8 kn

SW · steady

Sea state

Rough

3.8 ft

Air temp

58°

Mild

Weather

Overcast

100% cloud

The spots people actually fish in Garibaldi

9 more on the map

A year of catch reports
The order here is how much each mark actually gets fished, not today's guess. The busiest water in Garibaldi 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 Garibaldi

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.
15 marks, all scored
Every spot we cover around Garibaldi, 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 Garibaldi today

Chinook SalmonKeep in places2 a day · min 24"Open at 13 of 15 spots we cover
LingcodKeep3 a day · min 22"Open at all 15 spots we cover
HalibutKeep in places2 a dayOpen at 12 of 14 spots we cover
CabezonKeep in places1 a day · min 16"Open at 4 of 6 spots we cover
Coho SalmonReleaseCatch and release at all 15 spots we cover
Black RockfishClosedShut at all 8 spots 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 Garibaldi

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 Garibaldi
Species	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
Chinook Salmon
Coho Salmon
Lingcod
Halibut
Black Rockfish
Cabezon

Chinook Salmon. Garibaldi Chinook peak in late summer (Aug–early Sep) as ocean and Tillamook Bay fall runs stage before the fall river push into the Trask, Wilson, and Kilchis systems. A modest spring shoulder (May–June) reflects offshore/nearshore ocean-caught Chinook, while winter shows lowest abundance as adults have spawned and migrated out.
Coho Salmon. Coho are absent through winter/early spring, then ocean-feeding fish build offshore of Garibaldi through summer as they stage near Tillamook Bay. Abundance peaks sharply in September (weeks 36-38) during the fall run into the bay and Trask/Wilson river systems, then tapers off by late October as spawners move upriver and out of the fishery.
Lingcod. Lingcod are resident year-round on Garibaldi's nearshore reefs and jetty structure, so abundance never drops to zero. The strongest peak is late winter through spring (Feb–Apr) when males guard nests in shallow rocky habitat and fish concentrate on structure, with a secondary bump in early fall as cooling water and bait pushes draw actively feeding fish back to accessible reefs; midsummer and late fall are slightly lower as some fish disperse to deeper offshore rock.
Halibut. Pacific halibut off Garibaldi are most abundant in late spring through early summer (roughly May–July) as fish move onto nearshore feeding grounds after spawning in deeper offshore waters over winter. Peak abundance occurs May–June (weeks 18–24) with a gradual decline through fall as fish return to deeper offshore banks; some fish remain nearshore year-round, so abundance never drops fully to zero.
Black Rockfish. Black rockfish are resident, structure-oriented fish off Garibaldi and are present year-round, so the curve stays relatively flat. Abundance rises through spring and summer as fish move shallower onto nearshore reefs with warming water and stable ocean conditions (peak mid-summer), then eases in fall/winter as some fish shift deeper and winter storms scatter aggregations, but they never fully leave.
Cabezon. Cabezon are resident, non-migratory nearshore reef and jetty dwellers around Garibaldi and the Tillamook jetties, so abundance stays fairly flat year-round with no true absence. The spring peak (roughly April–June) reflects males moving shallow to guard nest sites during the winter-spring spawn and post-spawn feeding, while slightly lower late-winter numbers reflect fish holding deeper in colder, rougher water.

Before you go

Management areas

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

Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain
Tillamook Bay

Fishing Garibaldi

Garibaldi sits on the north Oregon coast at the edge of Tillamook Bay, opening onto the open Pacific and the reefs and headlands beyond the harbor mouth. The fishery centers on Chinook Salmon from June through September and Coho Salmon from June through October, with Lingcod peaking in February and March and Pacific Halibut running from March into August. Most of the fifteen spots cluster around exposed offshore structure, from rocky capes and pinnacles to the scattered humps and rises that break the seabed southwest and west of the outer rocks. Anglers work the salmon runs by trolling across these grounds through the summer, while the deeper reef marks hold lingcod and bottomfish into the cooler months. Together these waters carry a fishery that stays active across much of the year, shifting with the seasons from spring halibut to peak summer salmon.

The next 14 days in Garibaldi

Two weeks ahead

One number, out of 100

5,040 scores behind it

Hour by hour today at Crab Rock

One real spot

Six readings, one clock

Currents, not just tides

The spots people actually fish in Garibaldi

A year of catch reports

Today's number too

Every mark has a page

Every spot we score in Garibaldi

Real charted seabed

15 marks, all scored

Point at any of them