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Nehalem Bank

45.60°N · 124.26°W

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Conditions
Time
11 AM
Now
Score
86
Good
Tide
4.1 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
6 kn
ESE · steady
Sea state
Easy
2.5 ft @ 13 s SW
Air temp
50°
Cold
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 86 Good. Tide 4.1ft Rising ▲. Current +0.3kn Slack. Wind 6kn ESE G6. Sea 2.5 ft @ 13 s SW Easy. Air 50.2°.

Why this score

Current
0.5 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
Coho Salmon ClosedSablefish Retention openEnglish Sole Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openLingcod Retention open
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Source: ODFW · Marine Zone Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain · synced today

Seasonality

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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
150-300 ft
Sand
STRUCTURE
Flat
Outer Exposed

About Nehalem Bank

Nehalem Bank is an outer-exposed sand flat off Garibaldi, Oregon, where the bottom runs from 150 to 300 feet. The flat holds Pacific Halibut through its March to August peak, along with sablefish, Pacific cod, English sole, and Lingcod that turn on across February and March. Chinook Salmon move through from June to September and Coho from June to October, giving the bank a summer salmon window layered over its year-round bottomfish. Halibut come to drift fishing over the sand with herring, salmon belly, octopus, or squid, while jigging with metal jigs and swimbaits works the same depths for Lingcod. Chinook respond to trolling whole herring, anchovies, spoons, and flashers, and the same trolling approach with spoons and hoochies covers Coho when they show.

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