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Hunters Island

42.31°N · 124.43°W

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Best score for the day · 2 PM
83/100
GOOD

Now 82 · 11 AM PDT

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Conditions
Time
11 AM
Now
Score
82
Good
Tide
4.6 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
Flood
Wind
7 kn
SW · steady
Sea state
Rough
5.1 ft
Air temp
63°
Mild
Weather
Clear
7% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 82 Good. Tide 4.6ft Rising ▲. Current +1.5kn Flood. Wind 7kn SW G9. Sea 5.1ft Rough. Air 62.8°.
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
Cod ClosedLingcod Retention openCabezon Retention openChinook Salmon ClosedCoho Salmon ClosedBlack Rockfish ClosedBlue Rockfish ClosedCanary Rockfish Retention open
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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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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonRelease only
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
0-48 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

Hunters Island sits off Gold Beach, Oregon, an outer-exposed rocky drop-off where the bottom falls through waters from 0 to 50 feet. The structure holds a strong rockfish and bottomfish population, with Black Rockfish peaking June through August, Blue Rockfish showing in March and April and again through summer, and Cabezon active across much of spring and late summer. Chinook Salmon run best July through September and Coho from June into October, both worked by trolling cut-plug herring, whole anchovy, and trolling spoons behind flashers, with mooching whole or cut-plug herring as a supporting approach. Lingcod turn on in January and February over the rock, where jigging metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs targets fish tight to the drop-off, and the same jigging tactics take Black and Blue Rockfish along with Cabezon. Pacific Halibut move through March into August and respond to drift fishing herring, salmon bellies, squid, and leadhead jigs across the deeper edges of the structure.

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