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Best score today · 7 AM · Chinook salmon
- Now
- 718 PM PDT
- Best window
- 8-9 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing5.6 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
Saturday, Sep 26 · 6 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.9 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 6 kt WNWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
74Water temp: 57°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 5.4 ftSeason & habitat · Coho salmon
Species seasonality
80Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Marine Area 1 (Ilwaco)
Chinook salmon(hatchery-marked)
Closed- Daily limit
- No retention
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Not published
- Season
- Sep 9 to Sep 30, 2026
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Changes
- Check regulations from Oct 1
- Other
- Closed to salmon fishing. Possession of salmon on board a vessel is prohibited.
From WDFW emergency rule: Marine Area 1 salmon season update (Sept. 1, 2026), read Sep 13
Other species here
- Cabezon Retention open (1 per day (9 bottomfish combined))
- 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 Chinook salmon is best here
Peak season for Chinook salmon · 1 more week at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Deadmans Hollow
- Depth
- 3-9 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Peak seasonChinook salmon
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 Deadmans Hollow
Deadmans Hollow is a bay in Columbia River Bar, Oregon. Depth in the nearest water is 3-9 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 11 species here; the best right now are Chinook salmon, cabezon and coho salmon. It is peak season now for Chinook salmon and coho salmon, and shoulder season for cabezon, kelp greenling, Pacific halibut and surfperch. Chinook salmon peak from July through September. Cabezon peak from May through August. Coho salmon peak from July through September.
Tackle & technique
- 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.
- 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.
- Coho salmon
- Coho feed in the top 30 to 50 feet along tide rips, kelp edges and bait schools, and often hit within a few feet of the surface. Troll faster than for Chinook, 2 to 4 mph, with a small flasher and hoochie, bucktail fly or herring, or cast spinners and flies from beaches near stream mouths as fish stage in late summer. The hour around a tide change is often the best window.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Peacock Spit75
Bar · 1.9 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 75
- Pacific halibut 67
- Coho salmon 66
9 kt NL 2:27 AM · 1.1 ftH 9:32 AM · 4.8 ft
- Ilwaco Channel72
Channel · 2.5 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 72
- Pacific halibut 64
- Cabezon 60
9 kt NL 3:28 AM · 0.9 ftH 10:03 AM · 5.0 ft
- Dead Mans Cove71
Bay · 1.8 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 71
- Cabezon 64
- Pacific halibut 64
9 kt NL 2:41 AM · 1.2 ftH 10:21 AM · 5.3 ft
- Middle Grounds67
Bar · 2.3 mi
Top: Pacific halibutShoulder season- Pacific halibut 67
- Chinook salmon 66
- Cabezon 59
9 kt NL 2:36 AM · 1.4 ftH 9:55 AM · 5.6 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.