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Island Rock

42.67°N · 124.48°W

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Conditions
Time
11 AM
Now
Score
86
Good
Tide
4.3 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
4 kn
S · steady
Sea state
Easy
2.5 ft @ 5 s NW
Air temp
52°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 86 Good. Tide 4.3ft Rising ▲. Current +0.4kn Flood. Wind 4kn S G4. Sea 2.5 ft @ 5 s NW Easy. Air 51.8°.

Why this score

Current
0.4 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, and by spear. Functional descending device required onboard when fishing for halibut (use when releasing rockfish beyond 30-fathom line).
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Seven days per week, or until quota is caught. No length limit. Possession: 1 daily bag limit at sea, 3 daily bag limits on land. Annual limit: 6. Halibut may only be landed in ports within areas open to halibut retention.
Season
May 1 to Oct 31
Other species here
Lingcod Retention openYelloweye Rockfish Retention openCanary Rockfish Retention openBlue Shark Rules not loaded yet · Check ODFW ↗Coho Salmon ClosedChinook Salmon ClosedWidow Rockfish Retention open
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Source: ODFW · Marine Zone Humbug Mountain to OR/CA Border · synced today

Seasonality

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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
0-50 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

About Island Rock

Island Rock is an outer-exposed rocky drop-off off Gold Beach, Oregon, where the bottom falls through the 0 to 50 foot range and holds structure that concentrates both salmon and groundfish. Chinook Salmon peak from July through September and Coho Salmon run from June into October, both taken by trolling cut-plug herring, spoons, and flashers along the edge, with mooching whole or cut-plug herring as a supporting approach. Pacific Halibut move through from March into August and respond to drift fishing with herring, salmon bellies, squid, or leadhead jigs worked over the rock. Lingcod hold near the structure and peak in January and February, with jigging metal jigs and swimbaits the primary method, backed by live greenling or drifted squid and cut bait. The reef also draws Canary, Yelloweye, and Widow Rockfish, Pacific Cod, and Blue Shark across the season.

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