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Best score today · 8 AM · Coho salmon
- Now
- 6711 AM PDT
- Best window
- 6-10 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- High5.2 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
Tuesday, Sep 22 · 9 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 1.0 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
99Wind: 4 kt NNWPressure: RisingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
72Water temp: 58°F, primeLight: DawnSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 6.2 ftSeason & habitat · Coho salmon
Species seasonality
91Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
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
Peacock Spit
- Depth
- 25-30 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Bar · Outer · ExposedBar · 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 Peacock Spit
Peacock Spit is a bar in Columbia River Bar, Oregon. Depth is 25-30 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads bar, outer water and 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
- 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.
- 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
- Ilwaco Channel66
Channel · 3.7 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 66
- Pacific halibut 57
- Cabezon 54
2 kt NWL 4:28 PM · 3.2 ftH 9:57 PM · 6.1 ft
- Deadmans Hollow64
Bay · 1.9 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 64
- Cabezon 57
- Kelp greenling 57
2 kt NWL 3:27 PM · 3.4 ftH 9:26 PM · 5.9 ft
- Dead Mans Cove64
Bay · 2.1 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 64
- Cabezon 57
- Kelp greenling 57
2 kt NWL 3:59 PM · 3.7 ftH 9:42 PM · 6.5 ft
- Middle Grounds59
Bar · 2.0 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 59
- Pacific halibut 58
- Cabezon 52
2 kt NWL 3:47 PM · 4.3 ftH 9:38 PM · 6.7 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.