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Needle Rock

42.45°N · 124.49°W

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Conditions
Time
11 AM
Now
Score
86
Good
Tide
4.1 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
4 kn
SSW · steady
Sea state
Easy
2.5 ft @ 6 s NW
Air temp
53°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 86 Good. Tide 4.1ft Rising ▲. Current +0.4kn Flood. Wind 4kn SSW G5. Sea 2.5 ft @ 6 s NW Easy. Air 52.7°.

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
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
Widow Rockfish Retention openYelloweye Rockfish Retention openLingcod Retention openShortfin Mako Shark Rules not loaded yet · Check ODFW ↗Copper Rockfish Retention openChinook Salmon Closed
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Source: ODFW · Marine Zone Humbug Mountain to OR/CA Border · synced today

Seasonality

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When Halibut is best at this spot

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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
52-64 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Mid

About Needle Rock

Needle Rock is a rocky drop-off off Gold Beach, Oregon, where the bottom falls through 50 to 65 feet at mid-range exposure. The structure holds Lingcod, which peak in January and February, alongside Pacific Halibut through the long March-to-August window and Chinook Salmon that arrive in strength from July into September. Anglers work the rock edges for Lingcod with metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs, or drop live greenling and herring tight to the structure. Halibut come on drifted herring, salmon bellies, and squid across the deeper edge of the slope, while Chinook respond to trolled cut-plug herring, whole anchovy, and flashers over the same ground. Yelloweye, widow, and copper rockfish share the rock bottom, with Pacific cod and shortfin mako shark rounding out the catch.

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