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Needle Rock

42.45°N · 124.49°W

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Best score for the day · 3 PM
83/100
GOOD

Now 81 · 11 AM PDT

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Conditions
Time
11 AM
Now
Score
81
Good
Tide
4.7 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
9 kn
SW · steady
Sea state
Rough
4.9 ft
Air temp
63°
Mild
Weather
Clear
9% cloud
Hour 11 AM. Score 81 Good. Tide 4.7ft Rising ▲. Current +1.5kn Flood. Wind 9kn SW G12. Sea 4.9ft Rough. Air 62.6°.
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
Cod ClosedYelloweye Rockfish Retention openWidow Rockfish ClosedCopper Rockfish ClosedLingcod Retention openShortfin Mako Shark ClosedChinook Salmon Closed
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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
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonRelease only
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
52-64 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Mid

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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