Oregon Coast Fishing Report: Springtime Bounty in the Pacific

Hey there, anglers! Artificial Lure here with your Pacific Ocean, Oregon fishing report for March 22, 2025.

The tides are looking good today, with a low of 0.5 feet at 6:12 AM and a high of 7.2 feet at 12:24 PM. We've got another low of 1.1 feet at 6:36 PM. Sunrise is at 7:15 AM and sunset at 7:32 PM, giving us plenty of daylight to work with.

Weather-wise, it's a typical Oregon coast day - overcast with a chance of light rain, temps in the mid-50s, and a light westerly breeze around 10 mph. Not too shabby for late March!

Fish activity has been picking up lately as we're getting into prime spring fishing season. Rockfish and lingcod have been biting well, with lots of limits being caught. Some nice-sized black rockfish in the 3-4 pound range have been coming in. Lingcod up to 15 pounds have been landed too.

For those chasing salmon, spring Chinook are starting to show up. A few lucky anglers have hooked into some chrome-bright springers in the 15-20 pound class. It's still early, but numbers should increase in the coming weeks.

Surfperch fishing has been hot along the beaches. Redtails and silvers are abundant, with some real slabs in the mix. Striped perch are also being caught off the jetties.

As for lures, bright colored jigs tipped with squid strips have been deadly on the bottomfish. For salmon trolling, try green labeled herring or anchovies behind a flasher. Surfperch can't resist sand shrimp or Berkley Gulp Sandworms in camo or orange colors.

For bait, fresh anchovies or herring have been working great for salmon and bottomfish. Clam necks or sand shrimp are your best bet for surfperch.

A couple hot spots to check out: Try fishing the reefs off Depoe Bay for some stellar bottomfishing action. For surfperch, hit the beaches near Seaside or Gearhart - they've been producing limits consistently.

Remember to check the regs before heading out, and tight lines to ya!