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Best score today · 9 AM · Chinook salmon
- Now
- 6011 PM PDT
- Best window
- 11 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing6.1 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 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
72Tide: EbbingCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 5 kt SSEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
38Water temp: 58°F, warmLight: NightSolunar: Major periodSeas: 5.1 ftSeason & habitat · Chinook salmon
Species seasonality
84Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: Retention open
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, kelp greenling and cabezon. It is peak season now for Chinook salmon and coho salmon, and shoulder season for kelp greenling, cabezon, Pacific halibut and surfperch. Chinook salmon peak from July through September. Kelp greenling peak from October through November. Cabezon peak from May through August.
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.
- 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
- Peacock Spit64
Bar · 1.9 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 64
- Cabezon 57
- Coho salmon 57
5 kt SSEL 5:01 AM · 0.2 ftH 11:43 AM · 6.1 ft
- Ilwaco Channel62
Channel · 2.5 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 62
- Pacific halibut 55
- Cabezon 52
5 kt SSEL 6:02 AM · -0.0 ftH 12:14 PM · 6.3 ft
- Dead Mans Cove60
Bay · 1.8 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 60
- Kelp greenling 56
- Cabezon 55
5 kt SSEL 5:17 AM · 0.4 ftH 11:59 AM · 6.5 ft
- Middle Grounds57
Bar · 2.3 mi
Top: Pacific halibutShoulder season- Pacific halibut 57
- Chinook salmon 55
- Cabezon 51
5 kt SSEL 5:07 AM · 0.6 ftH 11:48 AM · 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.