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Albacore tunaPeak seasonCape · Oregon
Cape Falcon
45.77°N · 123.98°W · Cape · Coastal waters from Cape Falcon to Cape Foulweather OR out 10 nm
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Best score today · 12 PM · Albacore tuna
- Now
- 4411 AM PDT
- Best window
- 11 AM-2 PMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding6.1 ft ▲
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 11 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
73Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
80Wind: 1 kt NNWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
33Water temp: 56°F, coldLight: OvercastSolunar: Major periodSeas: 5.8 ftSeason & habitat · Albacore tuna
Species seasonality
90Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Marine Area 1 (Ilwaco)
No rule for Albacore tuna is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with WDFW before you keep a fish.
Species rules here
- Cabezon Retention open (1 per day (9 bottomfish combined))
- Chinook salmon Closed (No retention)
- Chum salmon Closed (No retention)
- Coho salmon Closed (No retention)
- Kelp greenling Retention open (9 bottomfish combined per day)
- Lingcod Retention open (2 per day (9 bottomfish combined))
- Pacific cod Retention open (9 bottomfish combined per day)
- Pacific halibut Retention open (1 per day)
- Pink salmon Closed (No retention)
- Rockfish Retention open (7 per day (9 bottomfish combined))
- Sablefish Retention open (9 bottomfish combined per day)
- Sockeye salmon Closed (No retention)
- Surfperch Retention open (12 per day)
Source: WDFW · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Albacore tuna is best here
Peak season for Albacore tuna · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Cape Falcon
- Depth
- Up to 50 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Outer · ExposedPoint · drop-off
- Season
- Peak seasonAlbacore tuna
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 14 on a 3.4 m grid. Depths are feet below the DEM vertical datum, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing Cape Falcon
Cape Falcon is a cape in Coastal waters from Cape Falcon to Cape Foulweather OR out 10 nm, Oregon. Depth in the nearest water is up to 50 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads point, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 12 species here; the best right now are kelp greenling, cabezon and lingcod. It is peak season now for albacore tuna, Chinook salmon and coho salmon, and shoulder season for kelp greenling, cabezon, lingcod and Pacific halibut. Kelp greenling peak from October through November. Cabezon peak from May through August. Lingcod peak from April through June.
Tackle & technique
- Albacore tuna
- Albacore hold 30 to 100 miles off Oregon and Washington in clear blue water around 60 to 65 degrees, usually along a temperature break. Troll clones, cedar plugs and diving plugs at 6 to 8 knots until a fish hits, then stop and work the school near the surface with live anchovies, swimbaits or iron. Bar conditions and the long run decide most trips before the fish do.
- Kelp greenling
- Kelp greenling are solitary bottom fish of rocky shores, jetties and kelp beds, usually in water shallower than 60 feet. Use a small number 4 to 6 hook with sand shrimp or marine worms, or a small lead-head grub, dropped to the bottom and reeled up slightly. Larger fish show in October and November when they spawn close to shore, and mornings tend to fish best.
- Cabezon
- Cabezon sit in rock crevices, kelp beds and jetty boulders from the intertidal zone to about 100 feet and feed mostly on crabs and small fish. Fish a fish-finder rig with sand shrimp, squid or crab right on the bottom in the rocks, or drag a lead-head grub slowly through the kelp. Expect snags, and do not eat the roe, which is toxic.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Smuggler Cove63
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Kelp greenlingShoulder season- Kelp greenling 63
- Surfperch 57
- Cabezon 55
1 kt NNWH 11:59 AM · 6.5 ftL 5:56 PM · 2.7 ft
- Devils Cauldron63
Bay · 1.2 mi
Top: Kelp greenlingShoulder season- Kelp greenling 63
- Surfperch 57
- Cabezon 55
1 kt NNWH 11:59 AM · 6.5 ftL 5:56 PM · 2.7 ft
- Treasure Cove63
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: Kelp greenlingShoulder season- Kelp greenling 63
- Surfperch 57
- Cabezon 55
1 kt NNWH 11:59 AM · 6.5 ftL 5:56 PM · 2.7 ft
- Nehalem Bay63
Bay · 5.8 mi
Top: Kelp greenlingShoulder season- Kelp greenling 63
- Surfperch 57
- Cabezon 54
1 kt NNWH 12:05 PM · 5.8 ftL 6:18 PM · 1.8 ft
Scores and forecasts are for planning only and can be wrong. Conditions on the water change fast; check the marine forecast before you go. Regulations change during the season, so confirm limits and closures with WDFW before you keep a fish.