South Reef
44.60°N · 124.09°W
Species
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Current regulations
In effect nowWhat you can keep at this spot today
- Daily limit
- 2 per day
- Possession
- 2 in possession
- Gear
- Angling with a single line, no more than 2 hooks, or by spear. Functional descending device required onboard.
- Annual quota
- 6 per year
- Other
- Depth: inside the 40-fathom line. Nearshore season (shore to 40-fathom regulatory line), applies if either all-depth season closes early; seven days per week, or until quota is caught. No length limit. Possession: 1 daily bag limit at sea, 3 on land. Annual limit 6. Stonewall Bank YRCA closed to halibut fishing.
- Season
- May 1 to Oct 31
Source: ODFW · Marine Zone Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain · synced today
Seasonality
52-week view · today highlightedWhen Halibut is best at this spot
SPOT PROFILE
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About South Reef
South Reef is an outer-exposed sand flat off Newport, Oregon, running 20 to 45 feet deep in open water beyond the harbor. The flat holds Chinook Salmon at their peak from May through September and Coho Salmon from June into October, with both taken by trolling cut-plug herring, whole herring, anchovies, or flashers with hoochies across the sand. Pacific Halibut move through from March to July, worked with drift fishing over the bottom using herring, salmon bellies, octopus, or squid. Black Rockfish are present from March through August, responding to jigging with metal jigs, leadhead jigs, and swimbaits close to the sand. The open, unstructured bottom favors covering water on the troll for salmon and drifting bait through the halibut window.
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