Fishing Articles

Tides favorable for surfperch aficionados
Southern Oregon
by Larry Ellis, JUNE 10, 2017
Port of Brookings Harbor

Last week, angers caught a variety surfperch including redtails, striped and calico surfperch. I even saw one group of anglers who had a bucketful of shiner surfperch. But the largest and the most-esteemed food fish of the surfperch kingdom is hands down the redtail surfperch, which last week achieved sizes up to 3 pounds. Surfperch give live birth to miniature replicas...
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Detroit Reservoir: fishing, trout stocking continue under algae alert
by ODFW, JUNE 9, 2017
Detroit Reservoir

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife wants to remind anglers that Detroit Reservoir, near Salem, remains open and safe for fishing, and that trout stocking continues. The reminder comes in light of a recent blue green algae health alert issued by the Oregon Department of Health. According to Elise Kelley, ODFW fish biologist, anglers can continue to safely catch, harvest...
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Eureka Halibut
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, JUNE 8, 2017
Eureka Coast

“After being tied up at the dock for a few days, we finally got back on the water Tuesday,” said Skipper Tim Klassen of Reel Steel Sport Fishing. “The halibut are still biting; we hooked four and landed three, so the fishing is still pretty good. There’s also lots of petrale and sand dabs around as well. Inside Humboldt Bay,...
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Low tides troublesome for Eureka boat ramps
Kenny Priest
by Kenny Priest, JUNE 8, 2017
Eureka Coast

This weekend’s minus tides could be problematic for ocean anglers launching at Eureka’s two public boat ramps. As most boaters are aware, the Eureka public boat ramp off of Waterfront is a muddy mess at low tide. And this weekend’s minus tides fall smack dab in the middle of when the boat launching traffic is typically the heaviest. Saturday’s low...
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ODFW Weekly Recreation Report
JUNE 7, 2017

Fishing’s getting better at the beach Some anglers are catching limits of rockfish and lingcod out of Newport and Depoe Bay; jetties and rocky coastline can be good for rockfish, greenling and lingcod, and the ocean surf off sandy beaches is the place to target surf perch. Check out these and other salty opportunities in the Marine Zone section of the Recreation...
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Columbia River nearshore halibut fishery opens seven days a week
by ODFW, JUNE 7, 2017
Columbia River

The Pacific halibut nearshore sport fishery in the Columbia River Subarea will open to seven days per week, starting this week. The all-depth fishery closed, with approximately 1,000 pounds remaining on the quota. That is not enough to open for additional all-depth days. That remaining quota has been transferred to the nearshore fishery, allowing the additional days per week to be...
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