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Best score today · 8 AM · Sablefish
- Now
- 3112 PM PDT
- Best window
- 12-3 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing7.3 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 · 12 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
45Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.2 knWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 6 kt NWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
31Water temp: 59°F, hotLight: OvercastSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 4.5 ftSeason & habitat · Sablefish
Species seasonality
22Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
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 today
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
High Point
- Depth
- 1-7 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Inner · Semi-exposedPoint · 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 High Point
High Point is a cape in Columbia River Bar, Oregon. Depth in the nearest water is 1-7 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads point, 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Long Island Slough69
Bay · 2.2 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 69
- Kelp greenling 64
- Cabezon 63
6 kt NWL 4:50 PM · 4.3 ftH 10:39 PM · 9.0 ft
- Chetlo Harbor68
Bay · 3.7 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 68
- Kelp greenling 63
- Cabezon 62
6 kt NWL 4:54 PM · 4.2 ftH 10:40 PM · 8.5 ft
- Smoky Hollow66
Bay · 1.5 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 66
- Kelp greenling 60
- Surfperch 57
6 kt NWL 4:54 PM · 4.2 ftH 10:40 PM · 8.5 ft
- Shoalwater Bay65
Bay · 1.6 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 65
- Kelp greenling 58
- Coho salmon 55
6 kt NWL 5:27 PM · 4.2 ftH 10:42 PM · 7.8 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.