Man rescued after truck goes into river
DAMASCUS (AP) A 57-year-old man whose pickup drifted off state Highway 224, then crashed down an 80-foot embankment and into the Clackamas River has been plucked to safety by a Clackamas County water rescue team. Oregon State Police said Richard Sa...
 0.7K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 392.0 Fish mouth of Elk River for king salmon
The local hot spot for king salmon has been the mouth of the Elk River. A lot of salmon are starting to stage, preparing for more rain to open the entire river system. A few salmon have started to push their way into the lower Sixes River. Many fishe...
3.6K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 392.0 Chinook season hot in Columbia River
If you want to participate in one of the hottest fisheries in Oregon, you ll need to take a trip to the mouth of the Columbia River as the coho and Chinook season is probably the best they ve ever had. Reports of limits caught in less than 30 minutes...
4.0K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 392.0 Chinook season hot in Columbia River
If you want to participate in one of the hottest fisheries in Oregon, you ll need to take a trip to the mouth of the Columbia River as the coho and Chinook season is probably the best they ve ever had. Reports of limits caught in less than 30 minutes...
4.0K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 392.0 Coast Guard awards lifesavers
CHARLESTON Eight months after rescuing an elderly man near the Coos Bay jetties, two U.S. Coast Guard deputies have emerged from the ranks to receive achievement medals. They call us guardians, because we protect the public, Capt. Scott Kitchen sa...
2.3K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 392.0 Coast Guard awards lifesavers
CHARLESTON Eight months after rescuing an elderly man near the Coos Bay jetties, two U.S. Coast Guard deputies have emerged from the ranks to receive achievement medals. They call us guardians, because we protect the public, Capt. Scott Kitchen sa...
2.3K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 392.0 Nature Guide Journal: Bryozoan colonies spotted
My husband and daughter were quite excited when they came back from snorkeling in Eel Lake last week. They reported observing weird, lumpy masses attached to underwater vegetation at various depths. After questioning them on the masses sizes, shapes...
3.9K - Sep. 12, 2009; scored 392.0 Coast Guard disputes delay at Bandon
BANDON A U.S. Coast Guard rescue case on Saturday has people in Bandon debating whether the agency responded quickly enough to save four kayakers dumped in the water while crossing the Coquille River bar. All four were fine, but some witnesses cont...
3.9K - Sep. 10, 2009; scored 647.0 Bandon Fishing Report
Local lakes: Anglers trout fishing at Bradley Lake have reported an increase in trophy-size rainbow trout. One angler reported catching two rainbows that weighed 5 to 6 pounds each. Slow-trolling a nightcrawler still seems to be the best fishing met...
3.5K - Jul. 27, 2009; scored 392.0 Sea turtles protected since 2001
The National Marine Fisheries Service said a petition by three environmental groups to establish critical habitat for leatherback sea turtles puts additional focus on fisheries that already try to protect turtles. NMFS has had protections in place fo...
4.2K - Jun. 1, 2009; scored 698.0 Landfill will be boat's final port of call
Port officials expect to get state approval this week to pull a sunken boat out of Isthmus Slough. The 72-foot vessel, the Mid Watch, has spent the past two months underwater after it sank in the shipping channel near Millington. State and federal of...
3.9K - Apr. 23, 2009; scored 1000.0 Undeterred, pirates hijack four more ships
MOMBASA, Kenya - Undeterred by U.S. and French hostage rescues that killed five bandits, Somali pirates brazenly hijacked four more ships in the Gulf of Aden, the waterway at the center of the world's fight against piracy. Pirates have vowed to retal...
5.8K - Apr. 14, 2009; scored 505.0 Railroads chugged in and out of history
The Coos Bay jetties help the shipping industry with a safe passage route across the bar. But when the north jetty needed repairs in the late 1930s, it was a different form of transportation that benefited from the work. The U.S. Army Corps of Engine...
3.8K - Mar. 11, 2009; scored 392.0 Rescued man still in hospital
A 73-year-old man remains in the hospital following his rescue by the U.S. Coast Guard after he fell out of a 12-foot boat near the Coos Bay bar Sunday afternoon. Gary Butler was clinging to two lifejackets when a U.S. Coast Guard watchstander spotte...
1.2K - Feb. 25, 2009; scored 392.0 Rain should get steelhead moving
Column by Richard DeChambeau We finally got the rain we needed and our rivers are on the rise! As they start to clear we should see steelhead fishing greatly improve. Tenmile Lakes has a large school of steelhead entering the lakes up the fish ladder...
4.6K - Feb. 14, 2009; scored 647.0 The joy of paddling
Column by Outdoors Editor Joe Hansen One nice thing about being an outdoors person is you don t have to give up owning toys when you become an adult. You just start calling your toys gear. I recently added a 14-foot inflatable boat to my gear collec...
3.5K - Feb. 14, 2009; scored 920.0 You'll have to be stealthy to catch winter steelhead right now
Column by Richard DeChambeau Not very often do you wish for rain when you live on the Southern Oregon coast. This light drizzle is getting old! We need it to just haul off and rain and not tease us with these intermittent showers. Our steelhead river...
4.5K - Feb. 9, 2009; scored 392.0 You ll have to be stealthy to catch winter steelhead right now
Column by Richard DeChambeau Not very often do you wish for rain when you live on the Southern Oregon coast. This light drizzle is getting old! We need it to just haul off and rain and not tease us with these intermittent showers. Our steelhead river...
4.5K - Feb. 7, 2009; scored 392.0 Riding high
BEND Finally, a gust of wind blew hard across the cold white terrain, puffing a swirling cloud of snow into the blue sky on a ridge near the east base of Ball Butte. Tim Carlson took immediate advantage of the wind. His bedsheet-like foil kite flap...
6.4K - Feb. 7, 2009; scored 505.0 It's called 'fishing,' not 'catching'
Column by Joe Hansen, Outdoors Editor We had all the right bait. Ocean and river conditions were good. It was a prime location to catch steelhead. If there was any justice in the angling universe, Wayne and Ty Van Burger and I should have been haulin...
3.6K - Jan. 17, 2009; scored 392.0 | 
