Finfish / Nearshore
Finfish: Nearshore
Ophiodon elongatus
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Open
Year-round
Best
Dec–Apr
Firm white meat year-round, but males move shallow to guard nests in winter–spring, bringing the fishery within reach of the jetties and rocks.
signal · Swell/sea state and tide for rocky-shore access (NOAA CO-OPS); water temp (modeled)
Plate No. 048 · Finley & Bohlman
Managed, mind the rules
A healthy nearshore stock under size and bag limits, but you share the rocks with constrained deep-reef species (yelloweye, canary). Know the bottomfish rules, and use a descending device on released fish.
The read
The jetty prize: firm, sweet, white meat and a mouthful of teeth. Males move shallow to guard nests through the cold months, within reach of the rocks.
The event: A calm, low ocean over rocky structure; best when winter–spring fish hold shallow.
What we watch: live feeds
What informs Lingcod in particular. The shared feeds it reads (tides, weather, water temp) are the live feeds above.
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