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Nehalem Bank

45.60°N · 124.26°W

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Best score for the day · 8 AM
84/100
GOOD

Now 84 · 11 AM PDT

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Tide flooding
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Conditions
Time
11 AM
Now
Score
84
Good
Tide
3.7 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
8 kn
W · steady
Sea state
Rough
4.3 ft
Air temp
57°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
78% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 84 Good. Tide 3.7ft Rising ▲. Current +1.5kn Flood. Wind 8kn W G10. Sea 4.3ft Rough. Air 57.4°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
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
Single line, no more than 2 hooks, or by spear
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Depth: inside the 40-fathom line. Nearshore Season — activates only if either all-depth season closes early (spring or summer). Shore to the 40-fathom regulatory line. Seven days per week, or until the quota is caught. At-sea possession limit: 1 daily bag limit (2); on land: 3 daily bag limits (6). Annual limit: 6. Stonewall Bank YRCA closed to halibut fishing. No length limit.
Season
May 1 to Oct 31
Other species here
Sablefish Retention openEnglish Sole ClosedLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openCod Closed
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Source: ODFW · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
150-300 ft
Sand
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Flat
Outer Exposed

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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