Southwest Oregon Fishing Reports The run of female redtail surfperch into the lower Umpqua River above Winchester Bay is going strong. Although it is still early in the run, there have been a number of boat limits caught last weekend. and the run should last through July. A word of caution though, there has been…
Southwest Oregon Fishing Reports Pending news that seems to have everybody’s attention is the decision to reduce the daily limit for wild or unclipped chinook salmon to one fish on many south coast streams. The daily limit will remain at two fish on the Rogue and Umpqua rivers. On the Coos Basin the daily limit…
Southwest Oregon Fishing Reports The hottest thing going right now is shad fishing on the Umpqua River. Half-day catches of 40+ shad are common at a number of locations, but the best spot recently has been at Sawyers Rapids – and as the river drops it will get even better. Sawyer Rapids, at less than…
From ODFW CLACKAMAS, Ore. – Fishermen can keep all the hatchery trout they can catch at Faraday Lake under a new temporary fishing rule that takes effect beginning Feb. 1 and continues through March 31 but don’t delay because this opportunity won’t be around for long. Faraday Lake is a 25-acre reservoir created by an…
From ODF&W The mainstem of the Chetco is pretty warm. Adventurous anglers may be interested in exploring the tributaries for trout through the end of August. Trout fishing in streams above tidewater ends Aug. 31. The daily limit is 2 fish with an 8-inch minimum length. Rainbow trout over 16-inches are considered steelhead. The mainstem…
From ODF&W Bottom Fishing The Family Fun Day, including a kid’s fishing event, at Upper Empire Lake will happen this Saturday, April 28 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Kids age 12 and older will need a fishing license to fish at the event. Empire Lakes was stocked with “pounder” size trout last week and…
From TGF’s friend Pete Heley (PeteHeley.com) Coos County lakes that received trout plants this week include Bradley Lake with 800 14-inch rainbows and Butterfield Lake with 600 14-inchers. Powers Pond and Saunders Lake each received 1,300 14-inch rainbows and Upper and Lower Empire lakes each received 2,000 14-inchers. With the exception of Bradley Lake, which…
From our friend Pete Heley at PeteHeley.com The Pacific halibut nearshore recreational fishery in the Columbia River Subarea will close for the remainder of 2017 effective 11:59 p.m., Friday, June 23. The entire recreational Pacific halibut fishery quota (all-depth and nearshore) for the Columbia River Subarea will have been met by then, according to fishery…
Chinook have been making themselves known at Sherars Falls to the tune of double digits daily with over 70 crossing on October 4th alone to put the cumulative total over 200 as of October 11th. The trap wasn’t operated on October 1st and 2nd. Steelhead passage has improved slightly with about a40 above the falls,…
