Southwest Oregon Fishing Reports From Pete Heley at PeteHeley.com Data regarding the current ocean selective (fin-clipped) coho season has been updated through July 28th and 35.3 percent of the quota has been caught and kept with fishing success running at .83 retained salmon per angler/trip. The most successful port so far continues to be Depoe…
From ODF&W The rockfish bite is back on. Anglers were catching limits or near-limits of rockfish over the weekend. However, lingcod catches remain spotty during the month of September. Reminder that through Sept. 30, the general marine bottomfish fishery is restricted to inside of the 30-fathom regulatory line. The longleader gear fishery outside of the…
One angler who traveled from Wyoming took his 40-footer out of Yaquina this week, traveling 65 miles out with only fair results but mentioned that offshore crabbing was good. Crab quality has improved after the recent molt and their shells are starting to firm up. Nearshore halibut anglers had the best week yet through August…
The selective (fin-clipped only) coho season ended on Sunday, August 9th. Catches came nowhere near the quota limit, it just times out. Ocean Chinook fishing remains open and offshore anglers will have another shot at coho – hatchery or wild – starting September 4th. Hopes are high for the September opener to be good with…
If you are one of the anglers lamenting low, clear, warm water anywhere you’d ordinarily fish, you must have saved a few bucks at this point simply by staying home rather than submitting yourself to these disagreeable conditions. Think of all the money you’ve saved in fuel alone. Why not reward yourself (you deserve it!)…
From the ODFW: SOUTHWEST ZONE ANGLING HOUR RESTRICTIONS – Beginning Saturday, July 18, 2015 until further notice, all waterbodies defined as ‘streams’ in the 2015 Oregon Sports Fishing Regulations will be closed to angling for trout, salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon from 2 P.M. to one hour before sunrise, daily. The following areas will remain open…
“We have never done anything intentionally wrong,” said Tim Harmon, owner of Tradewinds Charters out of Depoe Bay. “We have not changed or done anything differently than we have for 80 years. It’s a misunderstanding.” The owners, employees and ship captains of a Depoe Bay fishing charter company were arrested this week after a Lincoln…
