Siuslaw River: Chinook anglers are having better success as fall rains helped move fish into the lower river. Fishing for cutthroat trout is fair to good.

Coos County lakes: Rainbow trout were stocked last week in Empire Lakes, Bradley Lake, Powers Pond and Saunders Lake. Empire Lakes will receive an additional stocking of rainbow trout later this month, as will Bluebill and Butterfield lakes.

Coos River basin: Trout season is open until Oct. 31.

Harvest of fall Chinook has been steady but slow this past week. Fish in the Coos River, South Fork Coos River and Coos Bay city boardwalk.

Coastal bays along the entire Oregon Coast are open to recreational mussel and clam harvest.

Crab harvest inside the bay has been excellent.

Coquille River basin: Trout season is open until Oct. 31.

Fall Chinook fishing has picked up, but overall fishing is slow. The mouth of Sevenmile Creek is good for bank fishing.

The wild coho fishery runs through Nov. 30 or until a quota of 1,500 wild coho has been caught. The best fishing has been between Bandon and Rocky Point Boat Ramp.

Diamond Lake: A prize fish still may be available from the Kokanee Power Derby. If an angler catches a floy-tagged fish, know the tag number and call the number listed on the tag for more information. Diamond Lake is open to fishing through Oct. 31.

Elk/Sixes River: Chinook fishing should kick off toward the middle part of October.

Garrison Lake: Fly fishing or slow trolling wedding ring spinners are regular trout producers.

Pacific Ocean and beaches: Concentrate your fishing near rocky outcroppings and dropoffs. The ocean is closed for Dungeness crab harvest through Nov. 30.

Rogue River, lower: The mouth of Indian Creek is the hot spot for Chinook and coho in the estuary. Rains this week may move fish out of the lower river and into tributaries or upriver.

Tenmile Lakes: The blue green advisory issued by the Oregon Department of Human Services still is in effect.

Umpqua River mainstem: Coho and Chinook have been on the move and can be found up to River Forks. Small mouth fishing has slowed due to cooler water temperatures.

Winchester Bay: Fishing for sturgeon is slow. Crabbing has been good lately. Some Chinook and coho still are in Winchester Bay. The local STEP program is gathering information about salmon fishing in the Winchester Bay area, so check the fish cleaning stations to fill out a survey card.

SW ZONE HUNTING

Now open: Waterfowl (today), Cascade elk (today), fall turkey (since Thursday).

SW ZONE VIEWING

Coos County: Check out loons and other birds at Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve and locations near Winchester Bay.

Migratory ducks and geese are beginning to appear, and numbers should increase rapidly as the first fall rain storms move onto the coast, pushing migratory geese, generally Aleutian cackling geese, toward the coast.

Shorebirds are common around local bays at low tide. Many of these migrants will move to wintering areas early in the fall. This is a great time to view large groups of western sandpipers and other small shorebirds which are sometimes seen in mixed groups.