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Stormy Seas and Bountiful Bites: Your Oregon Coast Fishing Report
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This is Artificial Lure checking in with your November 4th, 2025, Pacific Ocean Oregon coast fishing report. If you’re up bright and early, get ready to dodge some classic fall Oregon weather! The sunrise cracked the horizon around 6:39AM this morning, and sunset is expected at 5:07PM. Right now, we’re smack in the middle of an atmospheric river event—steady rain, hefty winds, and temps are hovering in the low 50s. The National Weather Service and local outlets alike are warning anglers about possible strong gusts and some minor flooding, with this wet pattern likely to hang around all week.
Tidal swings are dramatic today. According to NOAA Tides & Currents, you’ve got a high at 9:27AM—pushing nearly 9 feet—then a minus tide at 4:31PM, ideal for clamming or getting into the rocky holes for bottom fish. Remember, with these fast-moving tides and heavy runoff, surf and river mouths may churn up fast, so use extra caution on jetties and sand spits.
Let’s talk bite: Recent NorCal and Oregon boat reports have been loaded with Dungeness crab and rockfish hauls. Boats working from Crescent City to Astoria continue to limit out on Dungeness crab, averaging a crab per pot and raking in hundreds of rockfish per trip. Lingcod counts are decent but not epic—most boats reporting a handful per trip, with larger fish coming off the deeper reef edges. Emeryville and Berkeley boats logged full limits of Dungeness crab and between 150–280 rockfish per trip this week. Coastal setups north and south have reported nearly identical numbers, so expect solid action on deep reef structure, especially during that morning slack after today’s big high tide.
This is also the tail end of the fall Chinook and coho salmon runs. Rain has jumpstarted fresh fish to push into coastal rivers like the Nehalem, Tillamook, and Nestucca Bays. Larger tides have those estuaries holding bright salmon, with a mix of steelhead starting to show up as well. ODFW and local guides are reporting a handful of surprise sockeye—likely unmarked kokanee flushed out of inland reservoirs over the last couple of years—turning up in the Willamette system, averaging 18–24 inches.
As for lures and bait, it’s hard to beat a 4- to 6-ounce diamond jig or large curly-tail swimbait bounced near the bottom for rockfish and lingcod. Glow-in-the-dark, root beer, and white are standards. Cold and stormy conditions have those fish hugging structure, so tip your jig with a strip of herring or squid for an edge. If you’re crabbin’, chicken backs and fish carcasses remain the most productive bait in pots. For salmon in the bays, plug-cut herring or anchovy, trolled behind a flasher, is money right now—and don’t forget to adjust your depth during tidal swings.
November on the Oregon coast means bass are slowing down, but Wired2Fish recommends you keep a squarebill crankbait, jerkbait, and a 3/8-ounce buzzbait in your arsenal—especially for jetty black rockfish or the few hearty smallmouth still on the move in tidewater.
Today’s top hot spots:
- The south jetty and offshore reefs at Garibaldi: limits of rockfish and decent shot at a surprise ling. Stay mobile, stay safe.
- Tillamook Bay entrance and the Ghost Hole: fresh Chinook pushing in with each tidal surge. Troll plug-cut baits and get ready for a freight train.
- Bandon and Winchester Bays: Dungeness crab hauls are great and bottom fish are biting on the first reef lines once that morning high tide backs off.
Thanks for tuning in to your Oregon coast fishing report—don’t forget to subscribe for more updates! This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
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Tidal swings are dramatic today. According to NOAA Tides & Currents, you’ve got a high at 9:27AM—pushing nearly 9 feet—then a minus tide at 4:31PM, ideal for clamming or getting into the rocky holes for bottom fish. Remember, with these fast-moving tides and heavy runoff, surf and river mouths may churn up fast, so use extra caution on jetties and sand spits.
Let’s talk bite: Recent NorCal and Oregon boat reports have been loaded with Dungeness crab and rockfish hauls. Boats working from Crescent City to Astoria continue to limit out on Dungeness crab, averaging a crab per pot and raking in hundreds of rockfish per trip. Lingcod counts are decent but not epic—most boats reporting a handful per trip, with larger fish coming off the deeper reef edges. Emeryville and Berkeley boats logged full limits of Dungeness crab and between 150–280 rockfish per trip this week. Coastal setups north and south have reported nearly identical numbers, so expect solid action on deep reef structure, especially during that morning slack after today’s big high tide.
This is also the tail end of the fall Chinook and coho salmon runs. Rain has jumpstarted fresh fish to push into coastal rivers like the Nehalem, Tillamook, and Nestucca Bays. Larger tides have those estuaries holding bright salmon, with a mix of steelhead starting to show up as well. ODFW and local guides are reporting a handful of surprise sockeye—likely unmarked kokanee flushed out of inland reservoirs over the last couple of years—turning up in the Willamette system, averaging 18–24 inches.
As for lures and bait, it’s hard to beat a 4- to 6-ounce diamond jig or large curly-tail swimbait bounced near the bottom for rockfish and lingcod. Glow-in-the-dark, root beer, and white are standards. Cold and stormy conditions have those fish hugging structure, so tip your jig with a strip of herring or squid for an edge. If you’re crabbin’, chicken backs and fish carcasses remain the most productive bait in pots. For salmon in the bays, plug-cut herring or anchovy, trolled behind a flasher, is money right now—and don’t forget to adjust your depth during tidal swings.
November on the Oregon coast means bass are slowing down, but Wired2Fish recommends you keep a squarebill crankbait, jerkbait, and a 3/8-ounce buzzbait in your arsenal—especially for jetty black rockfish or the few hearty smallmouth still on the move in tidewater.
Today’s top hot spots:
- The south jetty and offshore reefs at Garibaldi: limits of rockfish and decent shot at a surprise ling. Stay mobile, stay safe.
- Tillamook Bay entrance and the Ghost Hole: fresh Chinook pushing in with each tidal surge. Troll plug-cut baits and get ready for a freight train.
- Bandon and Winchester Bays: Dungeness crab hauls are great and bottom fish are biting on the first reef lines once that morning high tide backs off.
Thanks for tuning in to your Oregon coast fishing report—don’t forget to subscribe for more updates! 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