Coastal Conditions Ripe for Salmon, Tuna and Bottomfish in Oregon's Pacific - Artificial Lure's Friday Fishing Report

Good morning anglers, this is Artificial Lure coming to you with the Friday, August 8, 2025 fishing report for the Oregon Pacific. The sun came up today at 6:19 a.m. and will slip behind the horizon at 8:10 p.m., giving a long summer stretch to wet a line. As for the weather, coastal conditions are mild and mostly clear, with patchy fog in the morning fading to blue skies as the day wears on—perfect for getting out on the water.

Today’s tides at Nestucca Bay roll in with a low at 7:16 a.m. at -0.7 feet, rising to a high at about 1:45 p.m. with a 5.6-foot swing, and back to a low at 6:30 p.m. around 3.2 feet. These swinging midsummer tides make for productive windows, especially morning and early afternoon for surf and jetty fishing, with offshore movement perking up right after the turn.

The ocean salmon bite is still strong out of key coastal ports—Pacific City, Depoe Bay, and Newport have all reported hot coho action. According to the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, selective coho season is open from Cape Falcon south, with an average of about 0.88 salmon per angler last week and top boats pushing over a fish per rod most days. Remember, Chinook retention is closed south of Cape Falcon, but fin-clipped coho are fair game up to two per person per day. Standard gear includes chartreuse or pink hoochies behind a flasher or cut-plug herring; UV flashers are especially effective on cloudier mornings.

Albacore tuna chasers found solid luck offshore on those clear, calm stretches. Recent catches were best 25-40 miles out, trolling cedar plugs, silver jigs, and white swimbaits at surface temp breaks. Don't forget polarized glasses—you’ll spot birds working and maybe even jumpers. Tuna numbers aren’t like boom years, but when the warm water’s in, the action goes fast.

If you’re after bottomfish, the offshore long-leader fishery remains open. Limits are generous with 10 mixed rockfish per angler—think canary, blue, deacon, bocaccio, and more. Lingcod are still being caught on nearshore reefs and headlands, especially at Haystack Rock and Three Arch Rocks. Large swimbaits, jigged scampi tails, and herring are the baits of choice. For the surf and jetty crowd, pile perch and greenling are solid on sand shrimp or Gulp sandworms.

And for halibut, the central and southern Oregon coast subareas are open for all-depth fishing. As of mid-July, quotas are holding up, but expect pressure to stay high as long as the weather allows boats to get out. Use large herring, squid, or double-hook rigs bouncing near rocky structure or dropoffs.

Two local hotspots worth your time:
- Pacific City’s Nestucca Bay entrance for early coho action right as the tide turns.
- The reefs straight off Depoe Bay for a mixed bag of rockfish and lings—get on the drift as the tide floods late morning.

Wrapping it up, a few reminders: stay current on regulations—bag limits, species closures, and bar restrictions can change on short notice. And always keep an eye on the weather; those northwest winds can pick up fast in the afternoon on the Pacific.

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