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Tides, Winds, and Bounty - Your Pacific City Fishing Report
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Artificial Lure here with your Pacific Ocean, Oregon fishing report for Friday, November 7, 2025.
Sunrise hit at 7:03am, with sunset to follow at 4:54pm. Today’s tides for Pacific City and Nestucca Bay include a high tide just before 2am at about 6.9 feet, a low at 7:03am at 2.6 feet, the next high at 12:43pm peaking at 9.3 feet, and finally a low at 8:12pm with a minus tide of -1.7 feet. These strong midday highs and negative evening lows set up classic windows for both surf and jetty action—timing your efforts around the slack and turn of the tides will give you an edge.
Weatherwise, we’re looking at a classic November pattern. Recent rain has improved river and nearshore conditions, but ocean swells are still keeping surf a bit stirred. Northwest winds are expected in the 15–20 knot range with gusts possible up to 25, and seas at 4 to 7 feet—so small craft advisories are in effect. Shorebound anglers will find less wind in the morning, and inshore bays should offer fishable windows later in the day.
Fish activity is picking up thanks to the fresh flush of rainwater. Down at the mouths, salmon anglers are reporting some Chinook and late coho caught between Charleston and Empire Boat Ramp, with fish moving into the Coos and lower Millicoma rivers—bite is best a couple hours around slack tide. Remember, regulations have changed this year: you can keep up to three salmon per day in the Coos Basin, but check wild Chinook bag limits carefully. Surfperch are strong: look for striped surfperch around the jetties and red-tail surfperch off beaches like Horsefall.
Rockfish and lingcod are producing steady numbers. This year’s marine bag is three fish plus two lingcod. Canary rockfish and cabezon have sub-bag limits—remind yourself of the details before you fill the cooler. Reports show that sand shrimp fished near the bottom around structure and jetties is a top producer for both species right now. Big rubber swimbaits in brown or motor oil, and classic metal jigs, have also been accounting for limits.
For bass and trout on the freshwater side, Agate and Emigrant Lakes are still giving up bass, crappie, and yellow perch, though things slow down as temperatures drop. Trout stocking resumes in February, but holdover rainbows are catchable with PowerBait or worms fished just off the bottom, especially after the rain.
Best lures and baits for the salt? For jetty and rock anglers, 3- to 5-inch curly-tail grubs in white or chartreuse, scented with a little shrimp oil, have been hot. Metal jigs and swimbaits produce lingcod and bigger rockfish. Surfcasters targeting red-tail surfperch score with Berkley Gulp! sandworms, sand shrimp, or clam necks rigged on small hooks and cast just beyond the breakers. Salmon anglers drifting the bay mouths are finding success with spinners in silver/chartreuse or anchovy-wrapped plugs.
If you’re wondering where to fish, here are a couple local hot spots:
- **Nestucca Bay Jetty:** Both inside and outside the bar, this is prime for rockfish, lingcod, and surfperch, especially as the tide starts to go out just after noon.
- **Coos Bay South Jetty:** Reliable for salmon staging just before the low tide; also good for cabezon and black rockfish.
Take care with the swells—November surf can be unpredictable. And remember, recent efforts from the National Marine Fisheries Service are targeting gear modification in the sablefish pot fishery to help prevent whale entanglements, so keep an eye out for new rules if you're setting pots.
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Sunrise hit at 7:03am, with sunset to follow at 4:54pm. Today’s tides for Pacific City and Nestucca Bay include a high tide just before 2am at about 6.9 feet, a low at 7:03am at 2.6 feet, the next high at 12:43pm peaking at 9.3 feet, and finally a low at 8:12pm with a minus tide of -1.7 feet. These strong midday highs and negative evening lows set up classic windows for both surf and jetty action—timing your efforts around the slack and turn of the tides will give you an edge.
Weatherwise, we’re looking at a classic November pattern. Recent rain has improved river and nearshore conditions, but ocean swells are still keeping surf a bit stirred. Northwest winds are expected in the 15–20 knot range with gusts possible up to 25, and seas at 4 to 7 feet—so small craft advisories are in effect. Shorebound anglers will find less wind in the morning, and inshore bays should offer fishable windows later in the day.
Fish activity is picking up thanks to the fresh flush of rainwater. Down at the mouths, salmon anglers are reporting some Chinook and late coho caught between Charleston and Empire Boat Ramp, with fish moving into the Coos and lower Millicoma rivers—bite is best a couple hours around slack tide. Remember, regulations have changed this year: you can keep up to three salmon per day in the Coos Basin, but check wild Chinook bag limits carefully. Surfperch are strong: look for striped surfperch around the jetties and red-tail surfperch off beaches like Horsefall.
Rockfish and lingcod are producing steady numbers. This year’s marine bag is three fish plus two lingcod. Canary rockfish and cabezon have sub-bag limits—remind yourself of the details before you fill the cooler. Reports show that sand shrimp fished near the bottom around structure and jetties is a top producer for both species right now. Big rubber swimbaits in brown or motor oil, and classic metal jigs, have also been accounting for limits.
For bass and trout on the freshwater side, Agate and Emigrant Lakes are still giving up bass, crappie, and yellow perch, though things slow down as temperatures drop. Trout stocking resumes in February, but holdover rainbows are catchable with PowerBait or worms fished just off the bottom, especially after the rain.
Best lures and baits for the salt? For jetty and rock anglers, 3- to 5-inch curly-tail grubs in white or chartreuse, scented with a little shrimp oil, have been hot. Metal jigs and swimbaits produce lingcod and bigger rockfish. Surfcasters targeting red-tail surfperch score with Berkley Gulp! sandworms, sand shrimp, or clam necks rigged on small hooks and cast just beyond the breakers. Salmon anglers drifting the bay mouths are finding success with spinners in silver/chartreuse or anchovy-wrapped plugs.
If you’re wondering where to fish, here are a couple local hot spots:
- **Nestucca Bay Jetty:** Both inside and outside the bar, this is prime for rockfish, lingcod, and surfperch, especially as the tide starts to go out just after noon.
- **Coos Bay South Jetty:** Reliable for salmon staging just before the low tide; also good for cabezon and black rockfish.
Take care with the swells—November surf can be unpredictable. And remember, recent efforts from the National Marine Fisheries Service are targeting gear modification in the sablefish pot fishery to help prevent whale entanglements, so keep an eye out for new rules if you're setting pots.
Thanks for tuning in to your Pacific fishing update from Artificial Lure. Don’t forget to subscribe for the latest on Oregon fishing action and tips. 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 create