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Best score today · 9 AM · Chinook salmon
- Now
- 5912 PM PDT
- Best window
- 6 PM-12 AMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing5.5 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
Monday, Oct 5 · 9 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: FloodingCurrent: 0.6 kn floodWind & pressure
ECMWF
100Wind: 4 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
90Water temp: 57°F, warmLight: DawnSolunar: Major periodSeason & habitat · Kelp greenling
Species seasonality
83Season: 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, Pacific halibut and cabezon. It is peak season now for Chinook salmon and coho salmon, and shoulder season for Pacific halibut, cabezon, kelp greenling and rockfish. Chinook salmon peak from July through September. Pacific halibut peak from May through July. 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.
- Pacific halibut
- Halibut sit on sand and gravel bottoms near drop-offs, bars and pinnacles, most often in 90 to 500 feet in Alaska and on the shelf off Washington, Oregon and far northern California. Anchor up-current of a likely edge and fish herring, squid, octopus or a salmon head on a circle hook with 24 to 32 ounces of weight, or bounce a large jig on the bottom. The best bite usually comes in the hour around slack tide.
- 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
- Ilwaco Channel57
Channel · 3.7 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 57
- Pacific halibut 55
- Surfperch 46
5 kt WNWL 5:24 PM · 2.5 ftH 10:57 PM · 6.4 ft
- Middle Grounds56
Bar · 2.0 mi
Top: Pacific halibutShoulder season- Pacific halibut 56
- Chinook salmon 50
- Cabezon 44
5 kt WNWL 4:40 PM · 3.6 ftH 10:37 PM · 7.0 ft
- Deadmans Hollow55
Bay · 1.9 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 55
- Pacific halibut 52
- Surfperch 50
5 kt WNWL 4:23 PM · 2.7 ftH 10:26 PM · 6.2 ft
- Dead Mans Cove55
Bay · 2.1 mi
Top: Chinook salmonPeak season- Chinook salmon 55
- Pacific halibut 53
- Surfperch 50
5 kt WNWL 4:49 PM · 3.1 ftH 10:40 PM · 6.8 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 WDFW before you keep a fish.