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CabezonClosedBay · Oregon
Nestucca Bay
45.17°N · 123.96°W · Bay · Coastal waters from Cape Falcon to Cape Foulweather OR out 10 nm
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Best score today · 7 AM · Cabezon
- Now
- 201 AM PDT
- Best window
- 5-8 AMHigh slack
- Tide now
- Flooding-0.3 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
Friday, Nov 13 · 3 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
100Tide: EbbingWind & pressure
ECMWF
57Wind: 10 kt ENEPressure: Falling very fastWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
94Water temp: 54°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Cabezon
Species seasonality
47Closed season · capped at 20Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Marine Area 1 (Ilwaco)
Cabezon
Closed- Daily limit
- No retention
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Not published
- Season
- Oct 18, 2026 to Mar 12, 2027
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Changes
- Check regulations from Mar 13
- Other
- Closed until the 2027 season opens.
From WDFW Columbia River halibut and bottomfish seasons page, read Sep 13
Other species here
- Chinook salmon Check regulations
- Chum salmon Check regulations
- Coho salmon Check regulations
- Kelp greenling Closed (No retention)
- Lingcod Closed (No retention)
- Pacific cod Closed (No retention)
- Pacific halibut Closed (No retention)
- Pink salmon Check regulations
- Rockfish Closed (No retention)
- Sablefish Closed (No retention)
- Sockeye salmon Check regulations
- Surfperch Retention open (12 per day)
Source: WDFW · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Cabezon is best here
Shoulder season for Cabezon · 25 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Nestucca Bay
- Depth
- Up to 1 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonCabezon
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 Nestucca Bay
Nestucca Bay is a bay in Coastal waters from Cape Falcon to Cape Foulweather OR out 10 nm, Oregon. Depth is up to 1 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 9 species here; the best right now are chum salmon, Chinook salmon and coho salmon. It is peak season now for chum salmon and kelp greenling, and shoulder season for cabezon, lingcod and rockfish. Chum salmon peak in November. Chinook salmon peak from July through September. Coho salmon peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- Chum salmon
- Chum stage off stream mouths and hatchery beaches in late fall in Puget Sound and Hood Canal and in midsummer in Southeast Alaska. Fish from the beach or a skiff in 5 to 30 feet with a green or cerise jig under a float, a large fly or a spoon. They fight hard, so step up to 12 to 20 pound line.
- Chinook salmon
- Chinook hold near bait off points, kelp edges and tide rips, usually suspended 20 to 120 feet down and deeper as the sun gets higher. Troll slowly, under 2 mph, with a flasher and herring, hoochie or spoon on a downrigger, or mooch a plug-cut herring at the depth where the sounder shows bait. Winter blackmouth and feeder kings sit within 10 feet of the bottom in 60 to 200 feet.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Roads End Point60
Cape · 10 mi
Top: Chum salmonPeak season- Chum salmon 60
- Chinook salmon 35
- Coho salmon 35
3 kt EH 5:26 AM · 5.5 ftL 10:34 AM · 2.9 ft
- Siletz Reef58
Bar · 15 mi
Top: Chum salmonPeak season- Chum salmon 58
- Chinook salmon 35
- Coho salmon 35
3 kt EH 6:04 AM · 5.3 ftL 11:30 AM · 2.7 ft
- Tacklebuster Reef58
Bar · 15 mi
Top: Chum salmonPeak season- Chum salmon 58
- Chinook salmon 35
- Coho salmon 35
3 kt EH 6:04 AM · 5.3 ftL 11:30 AM · 2.7 ft
- Wells Cove52
Bay · 12 mi
Top: Chum salmonPeak season- Chum salmon 52
- Chinook salmon 35
- Coho salmon 35
3 kt EH 6:33 AM · 5.5 ftL 11:55 AM · 3.0 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.