Yaquina Reef
44.62°N · 124.08°W
Species
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Why this score
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 Yaquina Reef
Yaquina Reef is an outer-exposed sand flat off Newport, Oregon, running through depths of 20 to 50 feet. The flat holds Pacific Halibut through its peak from March to July, Lingcod during a tight February–March window, and Black Rockfish that stay active from March through August. Chinook Salmon move through from May to September and Coho follow from June into October, while Cabezon peaks over the summer from June to September. For halibut, drift fishing with herring, salmon bellies, octopus, or squid works the open sand, and jigging with metal jigs and swimbaits takes lingcod, black rockfish, and cabezon over the same ground. Salmon come to trolling here, with cut-plug herring, anchovies, and flashers with hoochies for Chinook and trolling spoons or hoochies for Coho.
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