Artificial Lure here with your Pacific Ocean, Oregon fishing report for Thursday, November 20, 2025. We’re looking at crisp late-fall conditions on the coast—perfect for those hard-core anglers ready to chase chrome.

**Tides** are moderate today. Nestucca Bay entrance had a pre-dawn low tide just after 6 AM, rebounding to a near 8-foot high tide late in the morning. If you can plan your outings around those prime swing times, you’ll see the most fish movement—especially around slack water in the estuaries and jetties, where bait is stacked up according to Tide-Forecast.com.

**Weather** along the central and north coast is classic November: overcast skies, brisk northwest winds, and cool temps in the upper 40s to low 50s, reported by NOAA. Ocean conditions are choppy but manageable for small craft nearshore, with an improving trend midday as winds drop and the high tide fills in.

**Sunrise** is at 7:17 this morning, **sunset** 4:41 this evening—so you’ve got a solid window for first and last light bites.

**Now to the catch:** Local boats and shore casters are still finding **coho and chinook salmon** near river mouths and on the jetties, as confirmed by recent dock totals from SportfishingReport.com. The biggest pulses are tapering as the main runs wind down, but you’ll still find aggressive late-season hatchery coho and occasional chinook pushing up tidewater. Best reports for salmon came from the Yaquina Bay jetty and Tillamook Head, where large spoons, spinners (like Blue Fox Vibrax), and 4–6” herring are outproducing smaller offerings. For the pluggers, Mag Lips and Kwikfish in chrome/green or ‘cop car’ patterns have enticed the last push of kings.

**Rockfish and lingcod** action is steady, especially during the high tide. Lingcod are holding tight to rocky structure just outside most major jetties and reefs—especially at Depot Bay’s outer break and Twin Rocks off Garibaldi. Plastic swimbaits in rootbeer and white, 4–6 oz. metal jigs, and live sand shrimp are the current local favorites.

**Dungeness crab** is on the minds of many—though commercial pots are still waiting for the official opener (ODFW announces this Friday). Recreational crabbing is open, and folks tossing rings from Garibaldi and Waldport piers are pulling up solid numbers on incoming tides. Chicken and shad have out-fished most other baits for crab.

**Steelhead** are still a couple weeks out from a major push, but diehards working the lower Wilson and Trask are landing the odd early winter-run fish swinging pink worms and yarnies, according to Northwest Best Steelhead Fishing.

**Recent catches** this past week included a 21 lb chinook from the Siletz tidewater on a cut plug herring, limits of rockfish (mostly blacks and a few chunky blues) off Cape Meares, and plenty of surf perch on the beaches near Pacific City on motor oil grub jigs, as shared by local captains and trip logs.

**Best lures and bait:** For salmon: 1/2–3/4 oz. spinners, size 4–6 spoons, plug-cut herring. For rockfish/lingcod: 5–8” curly tail plastics, 2–4 oz. metal jigs like the Gomame Jig, and sand shrimp or whole squid for bait. For surf perch: 2–3” grubs in camo or motor oil, tipped with shrimp.

**Hotspots today:**
- **Garibaldi South Jetty** (great mixed-bag action around the tide swing)
- **Yaquina Bay North Jetty** (late coho and surprise chinook in the wash)

If you’re targeting salmon, low light and a fresh incoming tide are still the ticket. For rockfish and lingcod, focus on deeper edges right as the tide turns high.

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