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Recreation Report
By Staff Reports
Saturday, October 03, 2009 | No comments posted.
SIUSLAW RIVER: Fall Chinook anglers are having slow to fair success. Anglers are catching coho, but only adipose fin-clipped coho may be retained. Fishing for resident and sea-run cutthroat trout is fair to good.
COOS COUNTY LAKES: Fishing for largemouth bass and yellow perch should improve as the days get shorter and water temperatures cool down.
COOS RIVER BASIN: There have been a few sea-run cutthroat trout caught. Trout season is open until Oct. 31.
Harvest of fall Chinook has slowed down, but there are still plenty of fish to be caught. Harvest has been almost a 50-50 split between jacks and adult Chinook. The best places for boat fishing are in the Marshfield Channel, Coos River and South Fork Coos River. Harvest of Chinook by bank anglers has picked up at the Coos Bay City Boardwalk, the mouth of Catching Slough, the mouth of Daniels Creek and the upper end of Isthmus Slough near the House of Confusion.
Fishing for rockfish, surfperch and greenling in the lower Coos Bay estuary has been good.
The entire Oregon Coast is closed to recreational mussel and clam harvest due to elevated levels of PSP toxins according to the Oregon Department of Agriculture. Crabs are not affected by this level of toxin and are safe to eat.
Recreational crab harvest inside the bay is good. Red rock crabs are the main harvest at the Charleston and Empire docks but there are a few legal Dungeness crabs being harvested as well.
COQUILLE RIVER BASIN: Fall Chinook fishing has been decent the past week on the lower Coquille. Chinook adults made up the majority of the catch. The mouth of Sevenmile Creek is a good place to fish from the bank. A few Chinook have been harvested downstream from the town of Coquille.
The wild coho fishery in the Coquille River runs through Nov. 30 or until a quota of 1,500 wild coho has been caught. The best wild coho fishing has been between Bandon and Rocky Point Boat Ramp.
Recreational crab harvest near Bandon is good.
ELK/SIXES RIVER: Chinook fishing should kick off toward the middle part of October.
PACIFIC OCEAN AND BEACHES: When the ocean has been calm, fishing for rockfish, greenling and lingcod has been good. Fishing from shore for rockfish and greenling has been decent. Fishing for adipose fin-clipped coho has been slow. Crab harvest for Dungeness crabs in the ocean has been excellent.
ROGUE RIVER, LOWER: Boat and bank anglers are focusing on the estuary around the mouth of Indian Creek as hatchery Chinook start to stage, waiting for enough water to move up Indian Creek. Expect coho numbers to improve through early October.
Summer steelhead and half pounders are scattered throughout the Lower Rogue, but fishing has been slow.
TENMILE LAKES: On Sept. 18, the Oregon Department of Human Services issued a blue-green algae advisory.
UMPQUA RIVER MAINSTEM: The mainstem remains open year-round for adipose fin-clipped steelhead. Due to warm weather the bite has been slow, so fish during the coolest part of the day. Small mouth angling is good from Scottsburg to the forks. A few jack salmon have been caught above Elkton, and the first coho have crossed Winchester Dam.
WINCHESTER BAY: Fishing for sturgeon is slow. Crabbing has been productive. Chinook and coho are beginning to enter Winchester Bay and anglers are starting to bank fish from Half Moon Bay, Osprey Point and Salmon Harbor. The local STEP program is gathering information about salmon fishing in the Winchester Bay area. Check fish cleaning stations to fill out a survey card.
HUNTING
COOS COUNTY: Occasional wet spells have created good hunting conditions for deer locally. As these weather fronts move in off the ocean, deer become very active. Deer should be found in clear cuts and other forest clearings where brush is beginning to grow.
DOUGLAS COUNTY: Some road closures are in place for the Boze Fire, which is located in the Tiller Ranger District of the Umpqua National Forest. The 12,726 acre fire is burning in the lower French and upper Boze Creek drainages. Check local fire restrictions due to fire danger before hunting.
Deer populations are similar to last year. The cloudy and wet weather this week should help quiet the woods for hunters. Hunters should find deer on the northerly slopes and near water and green up areas.
COOS COUNTY LAKES: Fishing for largemouth bass and yellow perch should improve as the days get shorter and water temperatures cool down.
COOS RIVER BASIN: There have been a few sea-run cutthroat trout caught. Trout season is open until Oct. 31.
Harvest of fall Chinook has slowed down, but there are still plenty of fish to be caught. Harvest has been almost a 50-50 split between jacks and adult Chinook. The best places for boat fishing are in the Marshfield Channel, Coos River and South Fork Coos River. Harvest of Chinook by bank anglers has picked up at the Coos Bay City Boardwalk, the mouth of Catching Slough, the mouth of Daniels Creek and the upper end of Isthmus Slough near the House of Confusion.
Fishing for rockfish, surfperch and greenling in the lower Coos Bay estuary has been good.
The entire Oregon Coast is closed to recreational mussel and clam harvest due to elevated levels of PSP toxins according to the Oregon Department of Agriculture. Crabs are not affected by this level of toxin and are safe to eat.
Recreational crab harvest inside the bay is good. Red rock crabs are the main harvest at the Charleston and Empire docks but there are a few legal Dungeness crabs being harvested as well.
COQUILLE RIVER BASIN: Fall Chinook fishing has been decent the past week on the lower Coquille. Chinook adults made up the majority of the catch. The mouth of Sevenmile Creek is a good place to fish from the bank. A few Chinook have been harvested downstream from the town of Coquille.
The wild coho fishery in the Coquille River runs through Nov. 30 or until a quota of 1,500 wild coho has been caught. The best wild coho fishing has been between Bandon and Rocky Point Boat Ramp.
Recreational crab harvest near Bandon is good.
ELK/SIXES RIVER: Chinook fishing should kick off toward the middle part of October.
PACIFIC OCEAN AND BEACHES: When the ocean has been calm, fishing for rockfish, greenling and lingcod has been good. Fishing from shore for rockfish and greenling has been decent. Fishing for adipose fin-clipped coho has been slow. Crab harvest for Dungeness crabs in the ocean has been excellent.
ROGUE RIVER, LOWER: Boat and bank anglers are focusing on the estuary around the mouth of Indian Creek as hatchery Chinook start to stage, waiting for enough water to move up Indian Creek. Expect coho numbers to improve through early October.
Summer steelhead and half pounders are scattered throughout the Lower Rogue, but fishing has been slow.
TENMILE LAKES: On Sept. 18, the Oregon Department of Human Services issued a blue-green algae advisory.
UMPQUA RIVER MAINSTEM: The mainstem remains open year-round for adipose fin-clipped steelhead. Due to warm weather the bite has been slow, so fish during the coolest part of the day. Small mouth angling is good from Scottsburg to the forks. A few jack salmon have been caught above Elkton, and the first coho have crossed Winchester Dam.
WINCHESTER BAY: Fishing for sturgeon is slow. Crabbing has been productive. Chinook and coho are beginning to enter Winchester Bay and anglers are starting to bank fish from Half Moon Bay, Osprey Point and Salmon Harbor. The local STEP program is gathering information about salmon fishing in the Winchester Bay area. Check fish cleaning stations to fill out a survey card.
HUNTING
COOS COUNTY: Occasional wet spells have created good hunting conditions for deer locally. As these weather fronts move in off the ocean, deer become very active. Deer should be found in clear cuts and other forest clearings where brush is beginning to grow.
DOUGLAS COUNTY: Some road closures are in place for the Boze Fire, which is located in the Tiller Ranger District of the Umpqua National Forest. The 12,726 acre fire is burning in the lower French and upper Boze Creek drainages. Check local fire restrictions due to fire danger before hunting.
Deer populations are similar to last year. The cloudy and wet weather this week should help quiet the woods for hunters. Hunters should find deer on the northerly slopes and near water and green up areas.
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