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Oregon Coast Rockfish & Lingcod Report: Swing Tides, Moving Water & Strong Bottomfish Action
Published 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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Hey folks, Artificial Lure here with your Pacific Ocean, Oregon fishing report.
We’re sitting in a small swing-tide pattern this morning. NOAA’s Taft/Siletz Bay and Garibaldi bar predictions show an early **high** just after 2 a.m., dropping to a skinny **low** around 9 a.m., then building back to an afternoon high in the mid‑2 p.m. range. That gives you sweet moving water at first light and again early afternoon.
Sunrise along the north and central coast is right around **6:45 a.m.**, with sunset close to **6:10 p.m.**, so you’ve got decent light both sides of the day to work that tide.
According to OceanWeather’s offshore briefing, we’ve got a weak warm front sliding through with relatively mild SW winds, seas in the 5–7 foot range and a longer-period swell. That’s fishable in the lee of the headlands and inside the bays, but bar conditions will still be the boss—check with the Coast Guard and ODFW marine page before you launch.
**Fish activity & recent catches:**
Charter skippers out of Garibaldi, Depoe Bay, and Newport have been picking away at good **rockfish** numbers with a mix of blacks, blues, and a few chunky canaries in 60–120 feet, plus some nice **lingcod** off the rock piles. Englund Marine’s coastal roundup reports limits or near-limits on many recent trips when the bar’s let folks outside.
Closer in, surf folks around Pacific City and Newport beaches have been sliding a few **surfperch** onto the sand on the flooding tide, with scattered **greenling** and the odd cabezon around the rocky pockets when the swell backs off.
Salmon are still off the table, and ocean halibut hasn’t kicked open yet, so most of the action is bottomfish with a side of surf species.
**Best lures and baits:**
For rockfish and lings:
- A 4–6 oz leadhead with a **white or rootbeer curly-tail grub** has been hot on the reefs.
- Knife jigs and metal like P-Line Laser Minnows in 3–6 oz are putting bigger lings in the box—drop to bottom, three fast cranks, and yo‑yo.
- Bait anglers are doing well with **herring or sand shrimp** strips on standard two‑hook droppers.
For surfperch:
- Fishbites or Gulp! sandworm in camo or bloody are top dogs.
- Natural **sand shrimp, clam neck, or mole crabs** are still king if you’re willing to dig.
Inside the bays, smaller swimbaits and 1–2 oz jigheads tipped with herring are finding resident rockfish and the occasional ling on jetty edges during that incoming push.
**Hot spots to consider:**
- **Tillamook Bay / Garibaldi reef line:** The outer reefs straight off the south jetty have been steady for rockfish and lings when the bar is green‑lighted. Work 70–110 feet with heavy jigs on the first part of the flood.
- **Depoe Bay / Lincoln City stretch:** The hard structure north and south of Depoe Bay—those jagged pinnacles in 60–90 feet—have been giving up a nice grade of black rockfish and some early‑season lings. Launch out of Depoe for quick access if the swell cooperates.
If you’re bank‑bound, the **south jetty at Newport** and the **north jetty at Barview** are both worth a look on the smaller tides—fish jigs tight to the rocks on the incoming and keep a handful of gear; the rocks will eat it.
That’ll do it for today’s rundown from the Oregon Pacific. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report.
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This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
We’re sitting in a small swing-tide pattern this morning. NOAA’s Taft/Siletz Bay and Garibaldi bar predictions show an early **high** just after 2 a.m., dropping to a skinny **low** around 9 a.m., then building back to an afternoon high in the mid‑2 p.m. range. That gives you sweet moving water at first light and again early afternoon.
Sunrise along the north and central coast is right around **6:45 a.m.**, with sunset close to **6:10 p.m.**, so you’ve got decent light both sides of the day to work that tide.
According to OceanWeather’s offshore briefing, we’ve got a weak warm front sliding through with relatively mild SW winds, seas in the 5–7 foot range and a longer-period swell. That’s fishable in the lee of the headlands and inside the bays, but bar conditions will still be the boss—check with the Coast Guard and ODFW marine page before you launch.
**Fish activity & recent catches:**
Charter skippers out of Garibaldi, Depoe Bay, and Newport have been picking away at good **rockfish** numbers with a mix of blacks, blues, and a few chunky canaries in 60–120 feet, plus some nice **lingcod** off the rock piles. Englund Marine’s coastal roundup reports limits or near-limits on many recent trips when the bar’s let folks outside.
Closer in, surf folks around Pacific City and Newport beaches have been sliding a few **surfperch** onto the sand on the flooding tide, with scattered **greenling** and the odd cabezon around the rocky pockets when the swell backs off.
Salmon are still off the table, and ocean halibut hasn’t kicked open yet, so most of the action is bottomfish with a side of surf species.
**Best lures and baits:**
For rockfish and lings:
- A 4–6 oz leadhead with a **white or rootbeer curly-tail grub** has been hot on the reefs.
- Knife jigs and metal like P-Line Laser Minnows in 3–6 oz are putting bigger lings in the box—drop to bottom, three fast cranks, and yo‑yo.
- Bait anglers are doing well with **herring or sand shrimp** strips on standard two‑hook droppers.
For surfperch:
- Fishbites or Gulp! sandworm in camo or bloody are top dogs.
- Natural **sand shrimp, clam neck, or mole crabs** are still king if you’re willing to dig.
Inside the bays, smaller swimbaits and 1–2 oz jigheads tipped with herring are finding resident rockfish and the occasional ling on jetty edges during that incoming push.
**Hot spots to consider:**
- **Tillamook Bay / Garibaldi reef line:** The outer reefs straight off the south jetty have been steady for rockfish and lings when the bar is green‑lighted. Work 70–110 feet with heavy jigs on the first part of the flood.
- **Depoe Bay / Lincoln City stretch:** The hard structure north and south of Depoe Bay—those jagged pinnacles in 60–90 feet—have been giving up a nice grade of black rockfish and some early‑season lings. Launch out of Depoe for quick access if the swell cooperates.
If you’re bank‑bound, the **south jetty at Newport** and the **north jetty at Barview** are both worth a look on the smaller tides—fish jigs tight to the rocks on the incoming and keep a handful of gear; the rocks will eat it.
That’ll do it for today’s rundown from the Oregon Pacific. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report.
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