Rockfishing at Depoe Bay

[Sublime]

A friend of mine went over to Depoe today to fish for seabass and lings. The weather was great, however he only had one bite and no fish. He said the swells were up just a bit higher than he normally likes, but he didn't have a whole ton of time to fish anyway. Just thought i'd let anyone know.

Sublime

[Born to be Wild]

Was he fishing off the rocks or out in a boat?

Fishing out in the boats has been hot! One charter is already in from his second trip after limiting twice. Talked to him at Dockside Charters at about 2:00PM.

I'm getting ready to go out in a whaler at 3:00 after being invited by one of the local business owners. The wind started to blow as forecast but then died about 1, 1:30 and is nice right now. Expect to go out and have a bunch of fish in the boat within the hour.

Dan

[Fish_N_Russ]

I probably saw your friend there Sublime :smile:

Me and the wife were there about 9am and tried the rocks for a while. NICE weather, but the swells were quite big and there was only a few areas were the waves were not washing over the rocks.........course the low tide was around 12 I think, so it might have been better then. Got down right next to the bank and gave it some good casts but no luck..............lost a few jigs so went up to 76 station to buy some of Dan's jigheads lol.

[Woody]

My wife, Vickie and I drove over to Depoe Bay as well today. We didn't get there until 11 or so. The wind was kicking up pretty good by then, but I did manage to hook one nice sized black sea bass. Saw Dan and his Dog too!!

[Born to be Wild]

After Woody and his wife left, the wind let off and it got real nice (like it wasn't suppose to do) and as I was leaving I bumped into one of the newer business owners in Depoe bay and got invited to go out in his small whaler at about 3:30.

After trying his spot that had been producing but wasn't, I talked him into showing him south reef and north reef.

Here's Tad pulling a bass over the side (south reef).



Then it was my turn and this was a nice bass.



Tad caught a pretty little ling that was about 25" and you can see the Depoe Bay bridge in the back ground (mid left hand side).



We only fished for an hour or hour and a half and we caught 8 bass and one ling and lost a few.
This is why I have pointed out in some articles that fishing rockfish out of Depoe Bay is so unique and special. You don't have to go very far at all to catch fish. You won't find a better place on the Oregon Coast to fish rockfish in a small boat!

Dan

[Fish_N_Russ]

Im going to be over at Siletz Bay next Wed and Thurs for vacation......plan on going down to Depoe one or both of those days, so maybe my luck will change then :smile:

[Born to be Wild]

Look me up Russ!

I just posted a new topic on the community forum for some of us possibly getting together in early June for rock and boat fishing.

Dan