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Seal Rocks Hump

44.53°N · 124.11°W

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
86
Good
Tide
6.4 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
6 kn
NW · steady
Sea state
Lumpy
4 ft @ 6 s NW
Air temp
62°
Mild
Weather
Clear
9% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 86 Good. Tide 6.4ft Rising ▲. Current +1.2kn Flood. Wind 6kn NW G8. Sea 4 ft @ 6 s NW Lumpy. Air 62.4°.
Why this score
Current
0.4 kn light
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

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 by 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 quota is caught. Possession limit: 1 daily bag limit at sea, 3 daily bag limits on land. Annual limit: 6. No length limit. Stonewall Bank YRCA closed to halibut fishing. Managed and enforced based on port of landing.
Season
May 1 to Oct 31
Other species here
Yelloweye Rockfish Retention openLingcod Retention openBocaccio Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Catch & releaseCanary Rockfish Retention open
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Source: ODFW · Marine Zone Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain · 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
43-95 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Beaver Creek Boat Launch
2.1 mi away
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Pinnacle
Outer Exposed
BOAT LAUNCHES NEARBY

Distances are in a straight line, not by water.

Seal Rocks Hump 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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