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Best score today · 9 AM · Cabezon
- Now
- 431 PM PDT
- Best window
- 6 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing4.8 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 · 1 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
63Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 6 kt WNWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
23Water temp: 62°F, warmLight: Bright sunSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 5.6 ftSeason & habitat · Cabezon
Species seasonality
60Season: ShoulderHabitat: Structure unmappedDepth: In rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Marine Area 1 (Ilwaco)
Cabezon
Retention open- Daily limit
- 1 per day (9 bottomfish combined)
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- No minimum size.
- Season
- Mar 14 to Oct 17, 2026
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Changes
- Closed from Oct 18
- Other
- On all-depth halibut days with halibut on board, only certain bottomfish may be kept.
From WDFW Columbia River halibut and bottomfish seasons page, read Sep 13
Other species here
- 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 Cabezon is best here
Shoulder season for Cabezon · 31 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Deadmans Hollow
- Depth
- 3-9 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · 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 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, coho salmon and rockfish. It is peak season now for Chinook salmon and coho salmon, and shoulder season for rockfish, Pacific halibut, lingcod and surfperch. Chinook salmon peak from July through September. Coho salmon peak from July through September. Rockfish peak from May through August.
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.
- 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.
- 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 Spit57
Bar · 1.9 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 57
- Coho salmon 56
- Rockfish 52
6 kt WNWL 4:23 PM · 2.7 ftH 10:26 PM · 6.2 ft
- Ilwaco Channel57
Channel · 2.5 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 57
- Pacific halibut 54
- Lingcod 48
6 kt WNWL 5:24 PM · 2.5 ftH 10:57 PM · 6.4 ft
- Dead Mans Cove54
Bay · 1.8 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 54
- Coho salmon 50
- Pacific halibut 50
6 kt WNWL 4:49 PM · 3.1 ftH 10:40 PM · 6.8 ft
- Middle Grounds51
Bar · 2.3 mi
Top: Pacific halibutShoulder season- Pacific halibut 51
- Chinook salmon 47
- Coho salmon 46
6 kt WNWL 4:40 PM · 3.6 ftH 10:37 PM · 7.0 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.