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Best score today · 9 AM · Chinook salmon
- Now
- 767 AM PDT
- Best window
- 7-10 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Flooding3.1 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
Thursday, Oct 1 · 7 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
91Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.6 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
76Wind: 2 kt SWPressure: Rising fastWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
77Water temp: 56°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Chinook salmon
Species seasonality
86Season: ShoulderHabitat: Prime 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 yesterday
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, coho salmon and cabezon. It is peak season now for Chinook salmon and coho salmon, and shoulder season for cabezon, rockfish, kelp greenling and lingcod. Chinook salmon peak from July through September. Coho salmon peak from July through September. Cabezon peak from May through August.
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.
- 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.
- 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
- Deadmans Hollow74
Bay · 1.9 mi
Top: Coho salmonPeak season- Coho salmon 74
- Chinook salmon 72
- Cabezon 64
4 kt NNEH 10:26 AM · 5.3 ftL 3:27 PM · 3.4 ft
- Ilwaco Channel74
Channel · 3.7 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 74
- Coho salmon 69
- Lingcod 66
4 kt NNEH 10:57 AM · 5.5 ftL 4:28 PM · 3.2 ft
- Dead Mans Cove73
Bay · 2.1 mi
Top: Coho salmonPeak season- Coho salmon 73
- Chinook salmon 72
- Cabezon 64
4 kt NNEH 11:03 AM · 5.6 ftL 3:59 PM · 3.7 ft
- Middle Grounds68
Bar · 2.0 mi
Top: Coho salmonPeak season- Coho salmon 68
- Chinook salmon 67
- Rockfish 61
4 kt NNEH 10:44 AM · 6.0 ftL 3:47 PM · 4.3 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.