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Best score today · 9 AM · Sablefish
- Now
- 3512 AM PDT
- Best window
- 7 AM-12 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing6.2 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Monday, Sep 28 · 6 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.0 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 6 kt WPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC
39Water temp: 63°F, hotLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeason & habitat · Sablefish
Species seasonality
17Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Sablefish is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with ODFW before you keep a fish.
Source: ODFW · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Sablefish is best here
Shoulder season for Sablefish · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Devils Elbow
- Depth
- 5-10 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Channel · Inner · ProtectedChannel · 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 Devils Elbow
Devils Elbow is a bend in Columbia River Bar, Oregon. Depth is 5-10 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads channel, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 11 species here; the best right now are Chinook salmon, kelp greenling and Pacific halibut. It is peak season now for Chinook salmon and coho salmon, and shoulder season for kelp greenling, Pacific halibut, surfperch and lingcod. Chinook salmon peak from July through September. Kelp greenling peak from October through November. Pacific halibut peak from May through July.
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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Red Slough59
Gut · 4.0 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 59
- Pacific halibut 54
- Kelp greenling 53
4 kt WSWL 6:42 AM · 0.0 ftH 12:40 PM · 5.7 ft
- Clifton Channel59
Channel · 4.1 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 59
- Pacific halibut 54
- Cabezon 47
4 kt WSWL 6:42 AM · 0.0 ftH 12:40 PM · 5.7 ft
- Prairie Channel59
Channel · 4.7 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 59
- Pacific halibut 54
- Lingcod 48
4 kt WSWL 6:18 AM · 0.3 ftH 12:21 PM · 6.5 ft
- Jim Crow Sands (historical)56
Bar · 1.9 mi
Top: Pacific halibutShoulder season- Pacific halibut 56
- Chinook salmon 53
- Cabezon 47
4 kt WSWL 6:12 AM · 0.2 ftH 12:13 PM · 5.9 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 ODFW before you keep a fish.