Bandon Fishing report
Local lakes: Last week, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife restocked Empire Lakes in Coos Bay with the last of its two-pound trophy trout and legal-sized rainbow trout. The reports I received from the Bites on Tackle shop in Empire were o...
 3.5K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 124.0 Storms affect fishing and hunting
Salmon fishing on the Lower Rogue River in Gold Beach still is producing good numbers of coho and jack Chinook. Adult Chinook are returning to the Indian Creek area with larger numbers being caught this past week. Most of the salmon being caught on t...
3.7K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 79.0 Storms affect fishing and hunting
Salmon fishing on the Lower Rogue River in Gold Beach still is producing good numbers of coho and jack Chinook. Adult Chinook are returning to the Indian Creek area with larger numbers being caught this past week. Most of the salmon being caught on t...
3.7K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 79.0 Bandon Fishing Report
Local lakes: Last week, Bradley Lake near Bandon was stocked with 1,000 2-pound trophy-size rainbow trout. Plenty of anglers fished the lake last weekend, but we hadn t received any updated reports as of Tuesday. Five 20-foot lengths of floating doc...
2.8K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 124.0 State OKs shellfish harvest on South Coast
SALEM (AP) Health officials have reopened Pacific coastal beaches for recreational razor clamming from the south jetty of Yaquina Bay down to the California border. The state Monday also approved recreational mussel harvesting from Bastendorff Beac...
0.8K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 882.0 Take advantage of good crabbing
Salmon fishing on the Coquille River still is producing good catches of both coho and Chinook, and we ve taken about 35 percent of our quota of wild coho in this fishery. The bite is short lived and seems to be the best about an hour or so before hig...
3.9K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 158.0 Bandon Fishing Report
Local lakes: Bass anglers are reporting an increase in largemouth bass action on local lakes and ponds. Anglers fishing early mornings and evenings have gone back to using top-water baits to catch aggressive bass. Two anglers told me they have been ...
3.3K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 205.0 Clam harvesting is OK in bays
The Oregon Department of Agriculture has reopened recreational and commercial clam harvesting in all bays along the entire Oregon Coast, from the mouth of the Columbia River to the California border. However, all recreational and commercial razor cla...
1.8K - Oct. 6, 2009; scored 660.0 Bandon Fishing report
Local lakes: Fishing for largemouth bass should continue to get better as the days get shorter and water temperatures in area lakes cool down. Look for these fish to become more aggressive in their feeding habits as winter approaches. Fishing top-wat...
3.4K - Oct. 1, 2009; scored 124.0 Three rivers closed for wild coho
The first wild coho season in 15 years was a success and the quotas have been met on three of the four rivers. The season is now closed on the Yaquina, Nehalem and Coos rivers and the Coquille remains open until the quota of 1,500 adult fish is met. ...
3.7K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 79.0 Bandon Fishing Report
Local lakes: We re still receiving strong reports from anglers fishing for rainbow trout on South Coast lakes. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will complete its final stocking of rainbow trout for 2009 during the week of Oct. 5. Bradley L...
3.0K - Sep. 25, 2009; scored 124.0 Oregon clam chowder
Local shellfish expert Bill Lackner has sent us a unique recipe for Oregon Clam Chowder. Here it is: Oregon s clams specifically the use of gaper clams or razor clams distinguishes Oregon s Clam Chowder from other well known styles of clam chowders. ...
7.3K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 79.0 Toxins shut mussel, clam
PORTLAND (AP) The state Department of Agriculture has closed the entire Oregon coast to recreational mussel and clam harvesting, because of the risk of toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning. Agency spokesman Bruce Pokarney said Monday tha...
1.0K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 408.0 Toxins shut mussel and clam harvesting
PORTLAND (AP) The state Department of Agriculture has closed the entire Oregon coast to recreational mussel and clam harvesting because of the risk of toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning. Agency spokesman Bruce Pokarney said Monday that...
1.0K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 408.0 Oregon clam chowder
Local shellfish expert Bill Lackner has sent us a unique recipe for Oregon Clam Chowder. Here it is: By Bill Lackner Oregon s clams specifically the use of gaper clams or razor clams distinguishes Oregon s Clam Chowder from other well known styles of...
7.2K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 79.0 Bandon Fishing Report
Local lakes: We ve experienced our regular large fall hatch of flying termites in the past week. Look for rainbow trout and pan fish to be feeding on the surface. Anglers fly fishing in the early evenings have been reporting good action on local lak...
3.7K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 124.0 Learn to clam and crab
If you re interested in learning how to dig clams, head over to the Charleston Marina RV recreation room on Labor Day to learn some basics. Jim Heinrich, a shellfish sampler at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, will conduct a seminar on Mon...
1.2K - Sep. 5, 2009; scored 124.0 Mussels safe on South Coast
South of Agate Beach in Newport to the California border is now open for all recreational mussel harvest, as announced by the Oregon Department of Agriculture. Shellfish samples taken last week indicate levels of Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) t...
0.9K - Sep. 5, 2009; scored 183.0 State OKs mussel harvest
The state has opened the recreational mussel harvest from Newport to the California border. Shellfish samples taken last week show paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins have dropped below the alert level. Mussel harvesting north of Newport s Agate Bea...
1.0K - Sep. 2, 2009; scored 525.0 Clam classes begin next week
Jim Heinrich of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is presenting a short Introduction to clamming/crabbing seminar class at 8 a.m. on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 7-8, at the Charleston Marina RV recreation room. Be sure to bring a shellfish l...
0.5K - Sep. 2, 2009; scored 79.0 | 
