Pacific Ocean And Beaches Fishing Report


by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
4-26-2016
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Recreational harvest of crab is open along the entire Oregon Coast. It is still recommended you discard the crab viscera (guts/butter) before cooking.

Anglers fishing the beaches from Coos Bay to Bandon have been catching redtail surf perch. Sand shrimp or Berkley Gulp sand worms have been working the best for bait. Surf perch fishing is usually best on the incoming tide.

Recreational ocean salmon fishing from Cape Falcon to Humbug Mt. is open for all salmon except coho salmon. Anglers are allowed two salmon per day with a minimum size for Chinook at 24 inches or larger. The selective coho (fin-clipped) season will open on June 25 with a quota of 26,000 coho.

The first All-Depth Halibut fishing days from Cape Falcon to Humbug Mt. will be May 12-14. The Nearshore Halibut season will not open until June 1.

Fishing for bottom fish is now closed outside of a line approximating the 30-fathom curve. Fishing for black rockfish continues to be very good from Charleston to Bandon when the ocean is calm enough for anglers to get out on the water. Fishing for ling cod has been slow recently.

The marine fish daily bag limit is seven fish and a separate daily limit for lingcod (two). Anglers can only keep 3 blue rockfish and 1 canary rockfish as part of their daily limit and there will be no harvest of China, quillback, or copper rockfish. Retention of cabezon is prohibited from January 1 through June 30.

To help anglers identify common species and comply with the regulations, ODFW has produced several sheets of ID Tips for blue vs. black rockfish and for China, copper and quillback rockfish, as well as a handout titled “What Can I Keep, and How Many?”





OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Tuesday, April 19th, 2016
Empire Lake Upper: Anglers asked to report tagged Empire Lakes trout
: North Coast Lakes Fishing Report
: Mid Coast Lakes Fishing Report
: Alsea River Fishing Report
: Nestucca River Fishing Report
: Salmon River Fishing Report
: Siletz River Fishing Report
: Siuslaw River Fishing Report
: Tillamook Bay Fishing Report
: Trask River Fishing Report
: Wilson River Fishing Report
: Yaquina River Fishing Report
: Agate Lake Fishing Report
: Applegate Reservoir Fishing Report
: Applegate River Fishing Report
: Arizona Pond Fishing Report
: Ben Irving Reservoir Fishing Report
: Burma Pond Fishing Report
: Coos County Lakes Fishing Report
: Coos River Basin Fishing Report
: Coquille River Basin Fishing Report
: Diamond Lake Fishing Report
: Dutch Herman Pond Fishing Report
: Emigrant Reservoir Fishing Report
: Expo Pond Fishing Report
: Fish Lake Fishing Report
: Floras Lake Fishing Report
: Garrison Lake Fishing Report
: Hemlock Lake Fishing Report
: Howard Prairie Reservoir Fishing Report
: Hyatt Lake Fishing Report
: Lake Marie Fishing Report
: Lake Selmac Fishing Report
: Lemolo Lake Fishing Report
: Loon Lake Fishing Report
: Lost Creek Reservoir Fishing Report
: Medco Pond Fishing Report
: Pacific Ocean And Beaches Fishing Report
: Plat I Reservoir Fishing Report
: Reinhart Pond Fishing Report
: Smith River Fishing Report
: Tenmile Basin Fishing Report
: Umpqua High Lakes And Forebays Fishing Report
: Umpqua River, Mainstem Fishing Report
: Umpqua River, North Fishing Report
: Umpqua River, South Fishing Report
: Willow Lake Fishing Report
: Winchester Bay Fishing Report
: Winchester Bay Fishing Report