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Hump 3.6 km NW of Seal Rocks

44.53°N · 124.11°W

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Best score for the day · 10 AM
85/100
GOOD

Now 84 · 12 PM PDT

BEST WINDOW
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Tide flooding
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Conditions
Time
12 PM
Now
Score
84
Good
Tide
5.5 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
8 kn
WSW · steady
Sea state
Rough
4.2 ft
Air temp
60°
Mild
Weather
Overcast
100% cloud
Hour 12 PM. Score 84 Good. Tide 5.5ft Rising ▲. Current +1.4kn Flood. Wind 8kn WSW G10. Sea 4.2ft Rough. Air 59.7°.
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
Single line, no more than 2 hooks; or spear
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Depth: inside the 40-fathom line. Nearshore Season — activates only if either all-depth season closes early (shore to the 40-fathom regulatory line). Seven days per week, or until the quota is caught. Possession limit: 1 daily bag limit at sea, 3 daily bag limits on land. Annual limit: 6. Stonewall Bank YRCA closed to halibut fishing. No length limit.
Season
May 1 to Oct 31
Other species here
Yelloweye Rockfish Retention openLingcod Retention openBocaccio ClosedChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openCod 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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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
43-95 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed

Hump 3.6 km NW of Seal Rocks is an outer-exposed rocky pinnacle off Newport, Oregon, rising through water that runs 45 to 95 feet deep. The structure holds a strong groundfish community, with lingcod peaking in February and March and Pacific halibut moving through from March into July, alongside resident Canary Rockfish, Yelloweye Rockfish, Bocaccio, and Pacific Cod. Lingcod respond to jigging with metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs worked close to the rock, while halibut come to drift fishing with herring, salmon bellies, octopus, or squid across the deeper edges. The site also draws salmon over open water, with Chinook peaking May through September on trolled cut-plug herring, whole herring, anchovies, or flashers with hoochies, and Coho running June through October on trolling spoons, flashers, herring, and hoochies. The pinnacle's rise and outer exposure concentrate fish along its steep faces, making depth control and drift direction the key variables when working the structure.

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