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Best score today · 9 AM · Surfperch
- Now
- 355 AM PDT
- Best window
- 7 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing1.0 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 · 5 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS + Open-Meteo Marine
18Tide: EbbingCurrent: WeakWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 6 kt NNWPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
23Water temp: 59°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 6.3 ftSeason & habitat · Surfperch
Species seasonality
55Season: ShoulderHabitat: Usable structureDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
Marine Area 2-1 (Willapa Bay)
No rule for Surfperch is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with WDFW before you keep a fish.
Species rules here
- Chinook salmon Retention open (6 salmon combined per day)
- Chum salmon Retention open (6 salmon combined per day)
- Coho salmon Retention open (6 salmon combined per day)
- Pink salmon Retention open (6 salmon combined per day)
- Sockeye salmon Retention open (6 salmon combined per day)
Source: WDFW · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Surfperch is best here
Shoulder season for Surfperch · 1 more week at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Lewis Slough
- Depth
- Up to 1 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · ProtectedBay · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonSurfperch
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 Lewis Slough
Lewis Slough is a bay in Columbia River Bar, Oregon. Depth is up to 1 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bay, inner water and protected.
Waterlands scores 11 species here; the best right now are coho salmon, Chinook salmon and Pacific halibut. It is peak season now for coho salmon and Chinook salmon, and shoulder season for Pacific halibut, kelp greenling, rockfish and cabezon. Coho salmon peak from July through September. Chinook salmon peak from July through September. Pacific halibut peak from May through July.
Tackle & technique
- Surfperch
- Surfperch feed in the troughs and holes within about 30 feet of the waterline, just outside the first set of breakers. Cast a two-hook high-low or Carolina rig with size 4 to 2 hooks and a 1 to 6 ounce pyramid sinker and let the surge work it through the trough. Fish the incoming tide on beaches with a steep drop, and switch to jetties, pilings and bays when the surf is too big.
- 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.
- 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.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Paradise Point56
Cape · 1.8 mi
Top: Coho salmonPeak season- Coho salmon 56
- Chinook salmon 54
- Pacific halibut 50
6 kt NNWH 12:19 PM · 7.9 ftL 5:47 PM · 3.5 ft
- Stanley Channel50
Bay · 1.2 mi
Top: Pacific halibutShoulder season- Pacific halibut 50
- Coho salmon 48
- Chinook salmon 46
6 kt NNWH 12:19 PM · 7.9 ftL 5:47 PM · 3.5 ft
- Kaffee Slough49
Bay · 0.7 mi
Top: Pacific halibutShoulder season- Pacific halibut 49
- Coho salmon 48
- Chinook salmon 45
6 kt NNWH 12:19 PM · 7.9 ftL 5:47 PM · 3.5 ft
- Diamond Point49
Cape · 1.4 mi
Top: Coho salmonPeak season- Coho salmon 49
- Chinook salmon 47
- Pacific halibut 44
6 kt NNWH 12:05 PM · 7.7 ftL 5:34 PM · 3.4 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.
