Fishing Articles

Weather, water lining up for Friday tuna run
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, OCTOBER 4, 2018
Humboldt County Coast

Humboldt tuna fisherman looking for a little redemption may soon get another opportunity. The ocean on Friday is looking good, and the warm water is close – roughly 30 miles northwest of the Eureka entrance. The middle of September produced some of the best tuna fishing anyone can possibly remember, but the fishing since has been mostly a bust. A fleet of boats ventured...
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ODFW Recreation Report Highlights - Fishing
by ODFW, OCTOBER 4, 2018

Best bets for weekend fishing: Ocean rockfish are still on the bite with limits being caught. Fall Chinook fishing is coming into its prime in coastal bays. Trout in Diamond and Willow lakes and Lost Creek Reservoir in the SW Zone. Hatchery summer steelhead in the middle and upper Rogue River. Trout in higher elevation lakes like Detroit, Dexter, Foster and North Fork reservoirs and...
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ODFW seeks candidates for Gillnet Representative on R and E Program Board
by ODFW, OCTOBER 3, 2018

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking qualified applicants to fill a soon to be vacant position on the Fish Restoration and Enhancement (R and E) Program Board. Interested individuals must apply by Oct. 15, 2018 using this form, dfw.state.or.us/fish/RE/docs/board/2017/RE%20Board%20Application%2010-2014%20form%20fill.pdf This position represents gillnetting interests on the R and E Board. The ideal Gillnet Representative candidate will be a resident...
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Water, rain, do we need it?
Trinity River Fishing
by E.B. Duggan, OCTOBER 2, 2018
Trinity River

Yes we have had some rain on the North Coast and some more inland. Saturday Sept. 29 it rained in Willow Creek and over on the coast in Eureka. We are still in the 2018 water year, the 2019/20 (water year starts Monday Oct. 1). It was not a hard rain but a nice wetting type of rain. Hear in...
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Lake Creek (Siuslaw River tributary) closed to salmon fishing Oct. 15-Dec. 31
by CDFW, SEPTEMBER 29, 2018
Stanislaus River

Lake Creek, a tributary of the Siuslaw River, will be closed to salmon fishing from Oct. 15-Dec. 31. No salmon fishing will be allowed from the mouth of Lake Creek to Indian Creek. The closure is due to this year’s low stream flows, which will concentrate fall Chinook salmon in just a few locations, making them more vulnerable to harvest. The...
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Rogue Bay Still Kicking Out Jacks and Jills
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, SEPTEMBER 29, 2018
Rogue Bay

The Rogue bay is still producing enough Chinook to keep boaters trolling in the estuary. The sizes have ranged to jacks to 20-plus pounders. Jacks are by nature, mostly 2-year-old male Chinook under 24 inches. Anything bigger than a jack could be male or female. On Tuesday, I spent the day on the Rogue observing anglers trolling the bay, and catching...
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