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SablefishRetention openBar · Oregon
Flat Rock
44.81°N · 124.07°W · Bar · Coastal waters from Cape Falcon to Cape Foulweather OR out 10 nm
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Best score today · 7 AM · Sablefish
- Now
- 3412 PM PDT
- Best window
- 1-4 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing6.7 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 12 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
42Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
95Wind: 2 kt NWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
19Water temp: 55°F, hotLight: Partly cloudySolunar: Near a majorSeas: 5.4 ftSeason & habitat · Sablefish
Species seasonality
44Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Sablefish is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with ODFW before you keep a fish.
Source: ODFW · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Sablefish is best here
Shoulder season for Sablefish · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Flat Rock
- Depth
- 15-40 ftDrop-off
- Structure
- Ledge · Outer · ExposedLedge · drop-off
- Season
- Shoulder seasonSablefish
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 Flat Rock
Flat Rock is a bar in Coastal waters from Cape Falcon to Cape Foulweather OR out 10 nm, Oregon. Depth is 15-40 ft, with a drop-off. Its profile reads ledge, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 12 species here; the best right now are kelp greenling, cabezon and Pacific halibut. It is peak season now for albacore tuna, Chinook salmon and coho salmon, and shoulder season for kelp greenling, cabezon, Pacific halibut and surfperch. Kelp greenling peak from October through November. Cabezon peak from May through August. Pacific halibut peak from May through July.
Tackle & technique
- Sablefish
- Sablefish live on soft bottoms along the continental slope, and sport anglers find adults in 700 to 2,000 feet. Fish a multi-hook deep-drop rig with glow squid skirts and squid or herring on circle hooks, using several pounds of weight and an electric reel. It takes a long run offshore and a calm day to keep the line near vertical, so most trips happen in summer.
- 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
- North Reef59
Bar · 0.3 mi
Top: Kelp greenlingShoulder season- Kelp greenling 59
- Cabezon 57
- Pacific halibut 56
2 kt NWL 4:55 PM · 2.6 ftH 10:46 PM · 7.5 ft
- Government Point58
Cape · 1.6 mi
Top: Kelp greenlingShoulder season- Kelp greenling 58
- Pacific halibut 57
- Cabezon 56
2 kt NWL 4:55 PM · 2.6 ftH 10:46 PM · 7.5 ft
- Pirate Cove57
Bay · 0.8 mi
Top: Kelp greenlingShoulder season- Kelp greenling 57
- Surfperch 54
- Cabezon 49
2 kt NWL 4:55 PM · 2.6 ftH 10:46 PM · 7.5 ft
- Whale Cove57
Bay · 1.3 mi
Top: Kelp greenlingShoulder season- Kelp greenling 57
- Surfperch 54
- Cabezon 49
2 kt NWL 4:55 PM · 2.6 ftH 10:46 PM · 7.5 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 ODFW before you keep a fish.