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Black Rock

42.20°N · 124.39°W

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Best score for the day · 1 PM
83/100
GOOD

Now 82 · 11 AM PDT

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Tide flooding
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Conditions
Time
11 AM
Now
Score
82
Good
Tide
4.7 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
Flood
Wind
8 kn
SSW · steady
Sea state
Rough
4.9 ft
Air temp
62°
Mild
Weather
Clear
4% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 82 Good. Tide 4.7ft Rising ▲. Current +1.5kn Flood. Wind 8kn SSW G11. Sea 4.9ft Rough. Air 61.7°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
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: all depths. Seven days per week, or until quota is caught. Possession limit: 1 daily bag limit at sea, 3 daily bag limits on land. Annual limit: 6. No length limit. Functional descending device must be onboard; use required when releasing rockfish beyond 30-fathom line.
Season
May 1 to Oct 31
Other species here
Sablefish Retention openLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon ClosedCoho Salmon ClosedCod ClosedRockfish (Aggregate) Retention openBlack Rockfish ClosedBlue Rockfish Closed
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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
45-77 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

Black Rock is an outer-exposed rocky drop-off off Gold Beach, Oregon, where the bottom falls through 45 to 75 feet of water. The structure holds Pacific Halibut, which peak from March through August, alongside Lingcod that run strongest in January and February and a mix of Black and Blue Rockfish that concentrate through the summer months. Anglers work the rock with metal jigs, leadhead jigs, and swimbaits for lingcod and rockfish, while drift fishing herring, salmon bellies, or squid across the drop-off targets halibut holding along the deeper edges. Chinook Salmon move through from July into September and Coho from June through October, both taken by trolling cut-plug herring, spoons, and flashers over the same exposed water. The steep rock and exposed setting keep bait and predators stacked along the contour where the depth changes quickly.

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