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"October Oregon Coast Fishing: Steady Bites and Late Season Surprises"
Published 6 months ago
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Artificial Lure here with your October 30, 2025 Pacific Ocean, Oregon fishing report.
Sunrise rolled in at 7:52 a.m. and sunset's set for 6:04 p.m. today, so you've got a solid window to hit the water. Tides around Nestucca Bay are on the softer side—a low tide at 1:56 a.m. hits 0.6 feet, followed by a beefier incoming at 8:55 a.m. rushing to 5.9 feet, then out to 2.29 p.m. with a moderate 3.3 feet, and a slow rise again for the evening slack at 7:31 p.m. hitting 5.9 feet. Solunar activity is just below average today, so expect steady but not electric bite windows—late morning and early evening are your best bets.
Weather’s cooperative as pressure builds offshore, making for manageable seas and light westerly breezes; drizzle early but clearing up quick with temps in the high 40s at dawn rising to mid-50s. A cold front is approaching but won’t hit until Friday, so today’s a locally classic Oregon coast morning: misty, brisk, and fishy.
Catch reports from Oregon Fish Reports and regional charters show the salt’s been rich with lingcod, black rockfish, and the last runs of coho salmon heading for home. Ground fishers targeting the reefs near Depoe Bay and Cape Kiwanda have found steady action, with boats bringing in limits of lingcod up to 12 lbs and rockfish up to 8 lbs. Several charters out of Garibaldi also reported decent halibut in deeper water, though numbers are thinning with the season closing. Surf fishers near Pacific City have seen a few redtail surfperch mixed in on sand shrimp and Gulp! sandworms, especially during the flooding tide.
Inside bays, crabbing is just heating up with recreational Dungeness open Nov. 1, but crabbers tuning up pots have already found enough keepers to keep dinner interesting. Reports from the jetties at Tillamook and Newport show a mixed bag: striped bass taking swimbaits and cut anchovy, occasional greenling on shrimp bits, and surprising late-season sea-run cutthroat trout hugging the current slicks.
If you’re heading out, best lures for today in the salt are:
- **Metal jigs and lead-heads** for rockfish and lingcod. Try 3-5 oz models tipped with squid strips or scented plastics.
- **
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
This episode includes AI-generated content.
Sunrise rolled in at 7:52 a.m. and sunset's set for 6:04 p.m. today, so you've got a solid window to hit the water. Tides around Nestucca Bay are on the softer side—a low tide at 1:56 a.m. hits 0.6 feet, followed by a beefier incoming at 8:55 a.m. rushing to 5.9 feet, then out to 2.29 p.m. with a moderate 3.3 feet, and a slow rise again for the evening slack at 7:31 p.m. hitting 5.9 feet. Solunar activity is just below average today, so expect steady but not electric bite windows—late morning and early evening are your best bets.
Weather’s cooperative as pressure builds offshore, making for manageable seas and light westerly breezes; drizzle early but clearing up quick with temps in the high 40s at dawn rising to mid-50s. A cold front is approaching but won’t hit until Friday, so today’s a locally classic Oregon coast morning: misty, brisk, and fishy.
Catch reports from Oregon Fish Reports and regional charters show the salt’s been rich with lingcod, black rockfish, and the last runs of coho salmon heading for home. Ground fishers targeting the reefs near Depoe Bay and Cape Kiwanda have found steady action, with boats bringing in limits of lingcod up to 12 lbs and rockfish up to 8 lbs. Several charters out of Garibaldi also reported decent halibut in deeper water, though numbers are thinning with the season closing. Surf fishers near Pacific City have seen a few redtail surfperch mixed in on sand shrimp and Gulp! sandworms, especially during the flooding tide.
Inside bays, crabbing is just heating up with recreational Dungeness open Nov. 1, but crabbers tuning up pots have already found enough keepers to keep dinner interesting. Reports from the jetties at Tillamook and Newport show a mixed bag: striped bass taking swimbaits and cut anchovy, occasional greenling on shrimp bits, and surprising late-season sea-run cutthroat trout hugging the current slicks.
If you’re heading out, best lures for today in the salt are:
- **Metal jigs and lead-heads** for rockfish and lingcod. Try 3-5 oz models tipped with squid strips or scented plastics.
- **
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
This episode includes AI-generated content.