• Oregon Coast Fishing Forecast For May 2025: Chinook, Rockfish, Surfperch Biting

  • May 2 2025
  • Durée: 3 min
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Oregon Coast Fishing Forecast For May 2025: Chinook, Rockfish, Surfperch Biting

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  • This is Artificial Lure with your Pacific Ocean, Oregon fishing report for May 2, 2025.

    Weather this morning kicks off with cool temps in the mid-40s rising to the low 60s by afternoon. Expect partly cloudy skies, light west winds, and manageable ocean swells, making for pretty comfortable boating and shore casting conditions. Sunrise was at 5:58 am and sunset rolls in at 8:18 pm, giving anglers a long day on the water.

    Tides today see a high around 7 am, dropping to a low mid-afternoon. That incoming tide just after lunch often turns up the action for surf perch, lingcod, and rockfish tight to the reefs and jetties.

    The fish bite has picked up lately with ocean conditions stabilizing and more baitfish showing up. Chinook salmon are on the move, with a mix from the Rogue, Columbia, and Snake rivers, and a few early kings already caught trolling anchovies and herring near the mouths of major rivers like the Rogue and Chetco. Folks out of Brookings and Gold Beach have been picking up some chunky spring Chinook, but the main king season kicks off May 16. Coho salmon numbers look promising this year, with huge schools expected just offshore as we hit June, thanks to strong runs from the Columbia River system[5].

    Lingcod and rockfish action remains steady. Limits are common for black rockfish and canary rockfish when the seas lay down. Big lingcod have been biting on large swimbaits and whole herring bounced near rocky structure. Offshore, deep water trips just starting up report good numbers of yellowtail rockfish and the odd halibut.

    For surf anglers, redtail surfperch are running good in the sandy stretches from Bandon down to Brookings, especially on that rising tide. Sand shrimp, clam necks, and Gulp! baits in sandworm patterns are proven favorites.

    Best lures this week for salmon are green or blue hoochies paired with a flasher, or trolling cut-plug herring just above the schools. For bottomfish, 4 to 6 inch swimbaits in dark or motor oil colors rigged on a leadhead jig, and baited shrimp flies both get the job done. Surfcasters will do well with sandworms and curly-tail grubs in camo or motor oil colors.

    Hot spots to try include the reefs outside Gold Beach for lingcod and black rockfish, and the mouth of the Rogue River for early salmon. The south jetty at Brookings is a longtime reliable spot for both bottomfish and a shot at a big Chinook when the tides are right.

    That’s your Pacific Ocean Oregon update for today. Tight lines and see you on the water!
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