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Recreation Report for August 2, 2008
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FISHING
MID COAST LAKES: Rainbow trout stocking for the mid coast lakes has ended for the season.
SMITH RIVER: The mainstem river is open to adipose-fin-clipped steelhead from the mouth to Spencer Creek and on the North Fork from the mouth to Johnson Creek. Trout season is also open through September, and striped bass season is open year-round, with a limit of two fish per 24 hours, 30-inch minimum size.
WINCHESTER BAY: Fishing remains slow for sturgeon. Sport fishing for ocean coho is open, but only adipose-fin-clipped coho can be harvested.
LAKE MARIE: Lake Marie at Umpqua Lighthouse State Park near Winchester Bay has been stocked with about 4,000 catchable trout to date.
UMPQUA RIVER: The mainstem Umpqua is closed to wild steelhead harvest, but remains open year-round for adipose fin-clipped steelhead.
TENMILE LAKES: Trout have been caught throughout the lakes, mainly from the public fishing dock at the county boat ramp, and largemouth bass fishing has been excellent.
DIAMOND LAKE: Fishing’s been good. ODFW stocked 15,000 catchable trout last week, in addition to the 72,000 trout the lake has been stocked with this year, 6,000 of which were trophy sized. Anglers have reported they’re catching trout in the 14-to-17-inch range, although in a recent tournament a 4-pounder was hooked.
This is in addition to the 50,000 “fingerlings” stocked in 2007 that are now 12-15 inches long and ready for harvest.
LOON LAKE: Loon Lake has been stocked with about 7,000 catchable trout to date. In addition, there were almost 6,000 sub-legal trout stocked last fall that should be ready for harvest.
COOS COUNTY LAKES: Empire Lakes was stocked on July 18 with 3,500 legal-sized trout.
COOS RIVER BASIN: Trout season is open, but is restricted to artificial flies and lures above tidewater.
Sturgeon are still being caught in the Coos River Basin. A popular sturgeon fishing area is downstream of the forks of the Millicoma River and South Fork Coos River.
COQUILLE RIVER BASIN: Trout season is open but is restricted to artificial flies and lures above tidewater.
BEN IRVING RESERVOIR: The reservoir has been stocked with about 4,000 trout to date.
FLORAS LAKE: No reports.
ELK & SIXES RIVERS: Cutthroat trout are spread throughout both rivers.
GARRISON LAKE: Trout are scattered throughout the lake.
LIBBY POND: Fishing has slowed.
LOWER ROGUE RIVER: Chinook fishing picked up over the weekend. Most of the Chinook have been caught downstream of the Highway 101 bridge. The afternoons have been the best lately with the minus tides in the morning moving most of the Chinook back into the ocean.
CHETCO RIVER: Cutthroat are spread throughout the Chetco River with the estuary or upper Chetco producing the best.
SOUTH COAST STREAMS: Trout season is open in the Umpqua tributaries, Smith River, South Umpqua, North Umpqua tributaries and Cow Creek basins.
PACIFIC OCEAN AND BEACHES: With sport catch of some rockfish higher than anticipated, the marine fish bag limit for anglers went from six to five. Sport anglers may still retain two lingcod, but that fishery also is restricted inside of 20 fathoms.
HUNTING
BEAR: Bear and cougar seasons opened yesterday in Coos, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine and Curry Counties. Populations in Coos County are reported to be healthy with the heaviest concentration of bears living in the northwest portion of the county. Predator calling may be the best tactic for finding bears in the first week of the season.
Bears generally feed heavily on berries in August on the coast, but this year the berry crop seems to be late, likely due to the extended winter-like conditions we saw this year. Bears may not be using blackberry stands heavily in the first weeks of the General Fall Bear season. However, they will start feeding on blackberries once the berries begin to ripen.
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Information from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
MID COAST LAKES: Rainbow trout stocking for the mid coast lakes has ended for the season.
SMITH RIVER: The mainstem river is open to adipose-fin-clipped steelhead from the mouth to Spencer Creek and on the North Fork from the mouth to Johnson Creek. Trout season is also open through September, and striped bass season is open year-round, with a limit of two fish per 24 hours, 30-inch minimum size.
WINCHESTER BAY: Fishing remains slow for sturgeon. Sport fishing for ocean coho is open, but only adipose-fin-clipped coho can be harvested.
LAKE MARIE: Lake Marie at Umpqua Lighthouse State Park near Winchester Bay has been stocked with about 4,000 catchable trout to date.
UMPQUA RIVER: The mainstem Umpqua is closed to wild steelhead harvest, but remains open year-round for adipose fin-clipped steelhead.
TENMILE LAKES: Trout have been caught throughout the lakes, mainly from the public fishing dock at the county boat ramp, and largemouth bass fishing has been excellent.
DIAMOND LAKE: Fishing’s been good. ODFW stocked 15,000 catchable trout last week, in addition to the 72,000 trout the lake has been stocked with this year, 6,000 of which were trophy sized. Anglers have reported they’re catching trout in the 14-to-17-inch range, although in a recent tournament a 4-pounder was hooked.
This is in addition to the 50,000 “fingerlings” stocked in 2007 that are now 12-15 inches long and ready for harvest.
LOON LAKE: Loon Lake has been stocked with about 7,000 catchable trout to date. In addition, there were almost 6,000 sub-legal trout stocked last fall that should be ready for harvest.
COOS COUNTY LAKES: Empire Lakes was stocked on July 18 with 3,500 legal-sized trout.
COOS RIVER BASIN: Trout season is open, but is restricted to artificial flies and lures above tidewater.
Sturgeon are still being caught in the Coos River Basin. A popular sturgeon fishing area is downstream of the forks of the Millicoma River and South Fork Coos River.
COQUILLE RIVER BASIN: Trout season is open but is restricted to artificial flies and lures above tidewater.
BEN IRVING RESERVOIR: The reservoir has been stocked with about 4,000 trout to date.
FLORAS LAKE: No reports.
ELK & SIXES RIVERS: Cutthroat trout are spread throughout both rivers.
GARRISON LAKE: Trout are scattered throughout the lake.
LIBBY POND: Fishing has slowed.
LOWER ROGUE RIVER: Chinook fishing picked up over the weekend. Most of the Chinook have been caught downstream of the Highway 101 bridge. The afternoons have been the best lately with the minus tides in the morning moving most of the Chinook back into the ocean.
CHETCO RIVER: Cutthroat are spread throughout the Chetco River with the estuary or upper Chetco producing the best.
SOUTH COAST STREAMS: Trout season is open in the Umpqua tributaries, Smith River, South Umpqua, North Umpqua tributaries and Cow Creek basins.
PACIFIC OCEAN AND BEACHES: With sport catch of some rockfish higher than anticipated, the marine fish bag limit for anglers went from six to five. Sport anglers may still retain two lingcod, but that fishery also is restricted inside of 20 fathoms.
HUNTING
BEAR: Bear and cougar seasons opened yesterday in Coos, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine and Curry Counties. Populations in Coos County are reported to be healthy with the heaviest concentration of bears living in the northwest portion of the county. Predator calling may be the best tactic for finding bears in the first week of the season.
Bears generally feed heavily on berries in August on the coast, but this year the berry crop seems to be late, likely due to the extended winter-like conditions we saw this year. Bears may not be using blackberry stands heavily in the first weeks of the General Fall Bear season. However, they will start feeding on blackberries once the berries begin to ripen.
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Information from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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