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Coastal Chills, Chinook Chasing, and Crab Catching - Your Oregon Coast Fishing Report
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Artificial Lure here with your Sunday, November 2nd, 2025, fishing report for the mighty Pacific, up and down the Oregon Coast.
Early November has brought classic coast weather—chilly, damp mornings and a break from the real heavy rain we saw last week. This morning we started with cloudy skies and a stiff breeze out of the south. Forecasts show lighter winds by midday, but bring your rain gear just in case—it’s been one of those socked-in weeks, but those showers can bring the bite on. Sunrise today was at 7:13AM and sunset will be at 4:47PM, so get your lines wet early if you want to hit those prime hours.
Tide-wise, at Pacific City and Nestucca Bay we had a low at 3:26AM around 1.1 feet, a high swinging in at 9:07AM peaking at over seven feet, with another ebbing out late afternoon[Surfline/Pacific City]. That gives a solid incoming tide through mid-morning, which is always a sweet window for salmon staging and rockfish pushing close.
Salmon anglers working the lower Nestucca, Trask, and Alsea have been picking up some late-season Chinook, though most are now up in the rivers staging or already showing those signs of color. Table quality is hit or miss this late, but the Wilson and Kilchis systems are still producing a few chrome-bright kings for folks putting the time in. Coho are mostly spent, but the occasional dime-bright fish is getting wrestled to hand for catch and release[The Guide’s Forecast].
Nearshore and off the beach, ocean opportunity for halibut and Chinook has closed as of October 31st, but you can still fill a limit with black rockfish and lingcod—just remember, the daily bag limit is now three for rockfish. Lingcod are hitting swimbaits and larger curly tails bounced along the rocky reefs offshore from Garibaldi and Depoe Bay. If you’re braving the surf, sand shrimp and clam necks on a basic hi-lo rig have been the ticket for redtail surfperch.
With mussel harvesting now back on from Cascade Head south, gatherers are back at it, but always double-check the Shellfish Safety Hotline before you head out because biotoxin levels can change overnight[Oregon Dept. of Agriculture].
Hot baits and tactics—troll the last of your hatchery Chinook with plug-cut herring or spinner rigs in tidewater, and for steelhead, drift beads, soft worms, or yarn balls under a float are all solid bets in rising river conditions. Offshore bottom bouncers are still doing damage with white jigs tipped with squid for lingcod and larger plastics for those stubborn cabezon.
For you crabbers, ocean crabbing’s still closed after October 15th, so don’t bring the pots, but bay crabbing in Tillamook or Netarts can reward you with some hard-shelled Dungeness—try chicken or fish carcasses for best soak.
A couple of hot spots today:
- The mouth of the Trask River for those last strong Chinook, especially at that morning high tide.
- The reefs off Pacific City for stable rockfish and a shot at a quality ling just before the next storm blows in.
That’s the round-up from Pacific waters. Bundle up, mind your tides, and target that window from sunrise to about noon for best results. As always, thanks for tuning in and make sure you subscribe for the freshest tides, bites, and coastal insight.
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This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Early November has brought classic coast weather—chilly, damp mornings and a break from the real heavy rain we saw last week. This morning we started with cloudy skies and a stiff breeze out of the south. Forecasts show lighter winds by midday, but bring your rain gear just in case—it’s been one of those socked-in weeks, but those showers can bring the bite on. Sunrise today was at 7:13AM and sunset will be at 4:47PM, so get your lines wet early if you want to hit those prime hours.
Tide-wise, at Pacific City and Nestucca Bay we had a low at 3:26AM around 1.1 feet, a high swinging in at 9:07AM peaking at over seven feet, with another ebbing out late afternoon[Surfline/Pacific City]. That gives a solid incoming tide through mid-morning, which is always a sweet window for salmon staging and rockfish pushing close.
Salmon anglers working the lower Nestucca, Trask, and Alsea have been picking up some late-season Chinook, though most are now up in the rivers staging or already showing those signs of color. Table quality is hit or miss this late, but the Wilson and Kilchis systems are still producing a few chrome-bright kings for folks putting the time in. Coho are mostly spent, but the occasional dime-bright fish is getting wrestled to hand for catch and release[The Guide’s Forecast].
Nearshore and off the beach, ocean opportunity for halibut and Chinook has closed as of October 31st, but you can still fill a limit with black rockfish and lingcod—just remember, the daily bag limit is now three for rockfish. Lingcod are hitting swimbaits and larger curly tails bounced along the rocky reefs offshore from Garibaldi and Depoe Bay. If you’re braving the surf, sand shrimp and clam necks on a basic hi-lo rig have been the ticket for redtail surfperch.
With mussel harvesting now back on from Cascade Head south, gatherers are back at it, but always double-check the Shellfish Safety Hotline before you head out because biotoxin levels can change overnight[Oregon Dept. of Agriculture].
Hot baits and tactics—troll the last of your hatchery Chinook with plug-cut herring or spinner rigs in tidewater, and for steelhead, drift beads, soft worms, or yarn balls under a float are all solid bets in rising river conditions. Offshore bottom bouncers are still doing damage with white jigs tipped with squid for lingcod and larger plastics for those stubborn cabezon.
For you crabbers, ocean crabbing’s still closed after October 15th, so don’t bring the pots, but bay crabbing in Tillamook or Netarts can reward you with some hard-shelled Dungeness—try chicken or fish carcasses for best soak.
A couple of hot spots today:
- The mouth of the Trask River for those last strong Chinook, especially at that morning high tide.
- The reefs off Pacific City for stable rockfish and a shot at a quality ling just before the next storm blows in.
That’s the round-up from Pacific waters. Bundle up, mind your tides, and target that window from sunrise to about noon for best results. As always, thanks for tuning in and make sure you subscribe for the freshest tides, bites, and coastal insight.
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI