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Best score today · 9 AM · Sablefish

71/100Great

Now: 2711 AM PDT
Best window: 6-11 PMFlood tide
Tide now: High5.7 ft

Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine

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Best days to fish

Best: Mon · 76

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Conditions · 11 AM · now

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Time11ANOW

Score27Fair

Tide5.7 ftHigh

CurrentFlood0.3 kn · toward N

Wind5 kn NWgusts 7 · steady

Sea stateRough5.8 ft · 11 s

Air temp60°Mild

WeatherClear14% cloud

Water60°FObserved

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Current regulations

What you can keep here today

Marine Area 1 (Ilwaco)

IN EFFECT NOW

Sablefish

Retention open

Daily limit: 9 bottomfish combined per day
Possession: Not published
Size: Not published
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. Counts toward the 9 bottomfish daily limit. WDFW's page lists no separate limit for this species; check the pamphlet.

From WDFW Columbia River halibut and bottomfish seasons page, read Sep 13

Other species here

Cabezon Retention open (1 per day (9 bottomfish combined))
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))
Sockeye salmon Closed (No retention)
Surfperch Retention open (12 per day)

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Source: WDFW · synced today

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When Sablefish is best here

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Spot profile

Deadmans Hollow

Depth: 3-9 ftNearest water
Structure: Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · flat bottom
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 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 kelp greenling. 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. Kelp greenling peak from October through November.

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.
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.

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