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Lookout Rock

42.63°N · 124.41°W

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Best score for the day · 3 PM
84/100
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
8 kn
SW · steady
Sea state
Rough
4.7 ft
Air temp
62°
Mild
Weather
Partly cloudy
37% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 82 Good. Tide 4.6ft Rising ▲. Current +1.5kn Flood. Wind 8kn SW G10. Sea 4.7ft Rough. Air 62.2°.
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; 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
Copper Rockfish ClosedLingcod Retention openCabezon Retention openChinook Salmon ClosedCoho Salmon ClosedBlack Rockfish ClosedBlue Rockfish ClosedCanary Rockfish Retention open
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Source: ODFW · synced today

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
330-1310 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

Lookout Rock is an outer-exposed rocky drop-off off Gold Beach, Oregon, where the bottom falls away through depths ranging from 330 to 1,310 feet. The rock structure holds a strong rockfish community, with Black Rockfish peaking June through August and Blue Rockfish running Mars through April and again into summer, both of which respond well to jigging with metal jigs, leadhead jigs, and swimbaits. Chinook Salmon move through from July to September and Coho from June to October, taken by trolling cut-plug herring, spoons, and flashers along the edge. Lingcod concentrate over the rock in January and February and hit jigged metal jigs and swimbaits, while Pacific Halibut hold across the deeper drift zones from March to August, worked with herring, squid, and leadhead jigs. Cabezon fill in the spring and late-summer months over the same rocky bottom, taking leadhead jigs and swimbaits.

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