Oregon fishing reports
384 reports for Oregon — what's biting, water temps, and where to focus.
Full Moon Tides Set the Timing on the Oregon Coast
South Beach's NOAA tide station is reading 57.7°F this morning while Astoria, inside the Columbia River entrance, runs warmer at 64.6°F — a reminder that the estuary and open coast are behaving differently as we roll into a full moon week. That extra pull is already showing in the tide tables: both stations are stacking a strong high overnight against a sharp low by mid-morning, the kind of exchange that moves bait and current hard through river-mouth structure. Posts on IFish.net Fishing Reports this week track that activity indirectly, with anglers describing brisk boat traffic and gear losses in the Buoy 10 corridor, at Nehalem, and out of Garibaldi — a sign the coast stays busy even as the calendar turns toward fall.
Full-Moon Tides Set the Pace on the Oregon Coast
NOAA CO-OPS station 9435380 read 57°F this morning while station 9439040, also monitoring the Oregon Coast, came in noticeably warmer at 63.7°F, a reminder that water temperature here still swings hard by location and exposure this late in September. Today's full moon is amplifying the tide cycle, with the next high at station 9435380 predicted for 12:24 p.m. local and at station 9439040 around 1:26 p.m.
Oregon Coast tides swing hard under this week's Full Moon
NOAA tide station 9435380 logged 56.3°F water early this morning, while station 9439040 read a warmer 62.2°F, a real gradient along the coast as the fall transition gets underway. Tonight's Full Moon is driving stronger tidal exchange at both gauges: station 9435380 shows a low near 6:00 AM Pacific ahead of a 12:24 PM high, and station 9439040 runs a low near 7:12 AM into a 1:26 PM high. Spring tides like these move more water in a shorter window, which typically sharpens feeding activity right around the turn.
Deschutes headwaters run cold as basin steelhead numbers hit historic lows
USGS gauge 14070621, near the Metolius headwaters, read 39°F this afternoon, with nearby gauge 14070624 at 40°F and gauge 14070900 farther downstream at 43°F. Flows stayed low across all three, from 6.1 to 18.6 cfs, consistent with the cold, spring-fed character of this stretch of the Deschutes system heading into fall. Hatch Magazine reports the Columbia and Snake River steelhead run is tracking as the smallest ever recorded, with just over 52,000 fish counted above Bonneville Dam since counting began July 1, worth noting for anyone planning a fall steelhead push into Deschutes-basin water this year.
Columbia steelhead run tracks toward record lows this fall
Columbia River flow held near 75,700 cfs and 67°F at USGS gauge 14105700 this week, with tributary gauge 14113000 running cooler at 54°F and 631 cfs and gauge 14103000 at 61°F and 4,590 cfs. Steelhead numbers remain the story: per Hatch Magazine, this year's Columbia and Snake river steelhead run is tracking as the smallest ever recorded, with just over 52,000 fish counted above Bonneville Dam since counting began July 1.
Historic low steelhead run tests Columbia anglers this fall
USGS gauges across the watershed show a split picture this week: gauge 14211542 is running clear and cool at 12.6 cfs and 57°F, gauge 14211550 sits at 17 cfs and 56°F, while gauge 14211720 is running much higher at 11,100 cfs and 64°F. That warmer, higher-volume flow matters against the backdrop Hatch Magazine reported this week — the Columbia and Snake steelhead run is shaping up to be the smallest ever recorded, with just over 52,000 fish counted above Bonneville Dam since counting began July 1. For anglers working steelhead water this fall, that's the number to plan around.
Fall tide swings set up the bite window on the Oregon Coast
Water conditions are split down the Oregon Coast this week: our open-coast tide station reads 55.6°F while the estuary-influenced station near the river mouth runs noticeably warmer at 65.3°F, a gap driven by tidal mixing and lingering warm freshwater. Low tide bottoms out around 5:26 AM PDT and builds to a midday high near 11:55 AM, a solid incoming window for working structure as the tide fills in. Chatter on IFish.net points to steady trolling effort and boat traffic around the lower river and Buoy 10 this week, with several lost-gear posts (a net near marker #1, a rod and reel found off Nehalem) hinting at a busy fleet working that stretch.
Waxing moon builds toward bigger tide swings on the Oregon Coast
Water temperatures along the Oregon Coast are split across two read points this week: NOAA CO-OPS station 9435380 shows 59°F, while station 9439040 reads a warmer 64.4°F, reflecting the range of conditions anglers are working with along this stretch. On the water, IFish.net Fishing Reports carries steady chatter from Buoy 10 south to the Garibaldi and Nehalem area, including posts about gear lost overboard while trolling — a sign that boats are out working the tide lines rather than sitting idle.
Oregon Coast dials in around a strengthening morning flood
Oregon Coast water temperatures read cool and split narrowly this morning: NOAA CO-OPS station 9435380 logged 60.3°F near dead low, while station 9439040 to the north held at 63°F. Both stations show tide bottoming out before dawn and building toward a late-morning high, a rhythm worth planning a session around this week as the water continues its seasonal cool-down through the equinox.
Historic-low steelhead run has Deschutes anglers adjusting
Headwater gauges feeding the Deschutes system are running cold and lean this week: 42°F at 10.1 cfs on one monitored tributary, 39°F at 6.1 cfs on a second, and 38°F at 18.6 cfs on a third, with the mainstem gauge offline. Hatch Magazine reports this year's Columbia and Snake river steelhead run is shaping up to be the smallest ever recorded, with just over 52,000 fish counted above Bonneville Dam since tallying began July 1, making 2026 the worst migration on record for the system that feeds these waters.
Fall transition builds on the Oregon Coast as tides swing bigger
NOAA CO-OPS station 9435380 near the open coast is reading 54.7°F this afternoon, while station 9439040 at the Columbia mouth shows a notably warmer 65.5°F, a reminder that the river-influenced water runs well above the open coastal temperature this week. Both stations are building toward a high: 9435380 peaks near 10:57am Pacific and 9439040 near 11:52am, with 9435380 easing back to a low around 4:18pm. Anglers on IFish.net Fishing Reports describe steady boat traffic at the mouth of the Columbia near Buoy 10 and around Garibaldi and Nehalem this week, including several lost-gear reports that point to crews working that water hard.
Fall tide swings set the pace on the Oregon Coast
NOAA's Astoria station (9439040) read 63.7°F this morning while the South Beach gauge (9435380) sat a few degrees cooler at 60.8°F, a typical north-to-south spread for the Oregon Coast heading toward the equinox. Both stations are tracking the same tidal rhythm: an early-morning low giving way to a late-morning high, then a slow fall through the afternoon. That swing is worth building a trip around this week — the turn around the tide peak is usually when a bite window opens along beaches, jetties and river mouths up and down this stretch of coast.