REEDSPORT — A long-time 4-H member has beat out the competition at the 2016 Douglas County Fair to become grand master showman of the horse category.
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Willamette Valley – It’s still early on the mainstem Columbia, for fall Chinook anglers in the Portland/Metro area to get too excited about pursuing these fresh run fish. If you ask estuary anglers, they’re already calling the run a bust but those with reliable fish finders are stating that the fish are there, they just aren’t biting. Passage numbers at Bonneville would back that up. Trollers are anxious for a repeat of last year, when anglers working pro-trolls and Brad’s lures were doing very well in October and November. Wobbler dunkers should start to see improving action, starting with the Kalama and mouth of the Cowlitz fisheries but anglers working the I-5 area as well as Bonneville should also start to see improving catches.
Low, warm water has all but stopped fish passage at Willamette Falls. The best bet for action in the lower Willamette is for warmwater fish, particularly smallmouth. They have an affinity for warmer water temperatures and are actively feeding where current and rocks can be found together.
It’s a good thing the McKenzie serves many different types of anglers but is a haven for fly fishers. These wielders of the long rod don’t mind low water and there’s plenty of it here.
With good populations of salmon and steelhead now, this is a good time to hit the North or South Santiam although it will benefit anglers to be prepared for skinny water conditions here.
On the Clackamas River, anglers nay expect to see little difference although levels will actually drop a little more in the coming week. Try fishing it early for best results.
Pro guide Jeff Stoeger of O2BFISHN Guide Service (503-704-7920) reports, the sandy is still producing some fish. Although some of the Chinook are dark, there are still plenty of bright ones left to catch.
Northwest Oregon – Action remains quiet for much of this region, even though we should be seeing peak catches for the Nehalem Bay summer Chinook fishery. Fish are present in Nehalem Bay and catches are coming from the Wheeler to Nehalem area but success rates are down from the previous three summers. This fishery is sub-par right now and will likely remain that way through the end of the month before the fall run comes on. Believe it or not, this fishery is the highlight for the north coast right now.
Fall Chinook should start to kick in near bay entrances in the coming weeks. About 8 Chinook were reportedly taken behind the south jetty out of Tillamook Bay last weekend, by trollers working plug cut herring on the bottom of the shallow water. That’s far from a white-hot bite but a good sign that the coastal fall Chinook might still come on strong versus what we’re seeing in other fisheries this year. Tillamook Bay itself hasn’t produced any measureable results but with the extreme tide series we’re on right now, it’s not out of the realm of possibility, especially in the upper bay.
Offshore action for halibut, tuna and salmon has been quiet out of most northern ports, with the weather and the distance needed to travel the two major factors. Bottomfish are keeping the charter boat fleet happy, at least for the moment. Most are hopeful that they’ll be able to finish strong this season, given the extra regulations that they’ve had to endure for the benefit of more sensitive stocks of fish.
Summer steelhead action will take a hit this weekend, when temperatures warm the coast to unusual temperatures. They’re already stressed under these low, clear water conditions, action likely will be subdued.
Offshore weather doesn’t look all that promising for the all-depth opener on Friday and Saturday. Not only is the swell forecast to be high, but high winds will likely further hamper comfort for the long ride out to the halibut grounds. Hopefully, September will provide some additional opportunity.
Not a great week for crabbing, given the extreme tide series. The lower Columbia remains incredibly slow but more southerly estuaries are producing some catches. It should improve when tides moderate. Ocean crabbing is good however, but there remains a high percentage of soft-shells.
Central & South Coast Reports – If you’re lucky enough to be able to launch out of one of Oregon’s ports for the ocean, be sure to take some crab pots as ocean crabbing is good and getting better.
All-depth Halibut will continue Friday and Saturday this week of the central Oregon coast while nearshore halibut fishing is ongoing seven days a week inside 240 feet of water.
Popular Oregon Angler and blogger, Pete Heley (peteheley.com) reports from Reedsport, “The biggest news at Winchester Bay is the improved crabbing success by dock-bound crabbers. Of course, boat crabbers in the lower portion of Half Moon Bay and in the ocean at depths of 50 to 60 feet are doing even better.
Expect to find heavy pressure at Winchester Bay as optimists in boats are seeking early season Chinook. They are not finding them yet so your time and budget are best spent elsewhere for now.
Offshore tuna fishers are traveling great distances – sometimes 0 miles or more – to find their quarry. While many anglers look forward to this time as the peak of the albacore season, comfort may be taken that it will continue well into September.
Despite good catches of rockfish out of Gold Beach when boats have been able to get out, catches of ling c9od have slowed. Also slowing slightly this week are catches of Chinook in the bay. Lower Rogue fishing is slow while it is poor on the middle river. Chinook and steelhead continue to be taken on the upper Rogue.
Fishing is still good at Diamond Lake for those using bait rather than trolling.
Central & Eastern – Trout fishing has been slow to fair on the lower Deschutes with those studying insect patterns and matching hatches doing the best. Steelheading is slow.
East Lake has been productive again this week with preferred patterns changing frequently but the locally-hatching Chironomids would be a good place to start.
Smallmouth bass fishing is producing jaw-dropping numbers of smallmouth bass for John Day anglers who may not catch the biggest fish of the year in August but may catch 100 or more in a day.
For those who know the ins and out of the tricky Metolius, fishing has been fair too good. For those not so familiar, this can be a challenging river. Try nymphs!
Odell Lake is producing decent numbers of kokanee. The preferred method here is jigging although they say trollers have the upper hand in August.
Detroit Reservoir has gotten so low that, while the ramp at Mongold is still useable, it isn’t possible to use the dock for boats at that location.
SW Washington – Cowlitz River anglers, particularly boat anglers, are still finding good success for summer steelhead from Mission Bar and upstream. Those working the mouth are also taking a few fish. Some fall Chinook are starting to show but more serious Chinook anglers will be sticking to the mainstem Columbia.
There were some steelhead also taken from the North Fork of the Lewis system as well.
Virtually all Drano Lake anglers are catching either a salmon or steelhead for their effort. Steelhead still make up the bulk of the catch and many of those fish are wild, requiring release. Chinook action should continue to pick up however, as numbers improve at the Bonneville facility.
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The biggest news at Winchester Bay is the improved crabbing success by dockbound crabbers. Of course, boat crabbers in the lower portion of Half Moon Bay and in the ocean at depths of 50 to 60 feet are doing even better. With the continued decrease in Umpqua River flows, sublegal crabs are a decreasing nuisance as the salinity of the lower river gradually increases. Large, but unkeepable female crabs continue to be a nuisance.
Ocean salmon anglers can only keep Chinook salmon of at least 24-inches in length and ocean salmon fishing has been disappointing. Salmon fishing on the Umpqua River between Winchester Bay and Reedsport has generally been slow, but some of the Chinook salmon recently hooked have been hogs. Last Saturday, several salmon were landed that weighed more than 30 pounds. A few of the salmon have had their upriver migration thwarted by warm water near Reedsport and have been in the river long enough to start showing color.
Anglers casting spinners from the bank at such locations as near the Gardiner Boat Ramp, Half Moon Bay and Osprey Point are hooking a few salmon each day. Some of these salmon, virtually all of which have been Chinooks, have been big and most have escaped, sometimes after a lengthy battle with plenty of witnesses. But not all of them have got away.
Last Saturday, Mike Yeoman of Eugene used a green one ounce spinner to hook and land a bright 32 pound Chinook while fishing at Osprey Point. Fishing should continue to improve as coho salmon will begin supplementing the yet to peak Chinook fishery.
While visiting the ODFW office in Charleston last Friday, I was quickly convinced that there was absolutely no chance of there being a wild coho season on Oregon’s coastal rivers I was also convinced that there would not be a quota adjustment to the upcoming nonselective ocean coho season, despite the fact that ninety four percent of the 26,000 ocean finclipped coho quota were uncaught. The quota for the upcoming nonselective ocean coho season will remain at 7,500 cohos and the season will begin on September 3rd. Good fishing conditions may mean it will be a very short season.
Quite a few anglers have bought 2-rod fishing licenses now that they are legal on the lower Umpqua River and other rivers on the Oregon coast. I can hardly wait to see how different fishing the “Mud Hole”, where Winchester Creek enters Winchester Bay’s East Boat Basin, will be when most of the peope fishing it will be using two rods. Some will be casting spinners or spoons while fishing a bobber and bait rigged second rod and others will be using two bobber and bait rods – perhaps one using salmon roe and one using sand shrimp or anchovies. It should be interesting and crowded when the salmon arrive.
Tuna have moved farther offshore and will most likely not be a viable option for anglers fishing the upcoming summer halibut opener this Friday and Saturday. Only 9,482 pounds of haliubut were landed on the first two day summer opener and 40,062 pounds, or 81 percent of the summer all-depth quota remains.
The nearshore halibut season, which opened June 1st has 9,000 pounds or 36 percent of the quota remaining. The nearshore halibut taken this season have averaged 27 pounds in weight – which is quite a bit heavier than the average halibut taken during the all-depth season. However, it is difficult to effectively target nearshore halibut and they are usually an incidental catch by anglers targeting other fish species.
Steelhead guides on central Oregon’s Deschutes River are complaining that this season they are catching more smallmouth bass than they are summer steelhead. Warmer water temperatures in the lower Deschutes is the likely reason that many Columbia River smallmouths have moved up into the lower Deschutes. Some central Oregon anglers are blaming changes made to the way water now leaves Lake Billy Chinook and Lake Simtustus to aid the new salmon program intended to bring salmon back to the Deschutes River system above Lake Billy Chinook.
Usually when a state record bass record is broken, it is broken by a few ounces – so it was most unusual that the new record Largemouth bass for Washington State caught last Thursday from Bosworth Lake beat the previous state record from Banks Lake by more than 15 ounces. Even more unusual, the 12.53 pound lunker was an incredibly chunky post-spawn fish that only measured 23-inches in length and bit a Senko-type lure.
Bosworth Lake is a 103 scre Snohomish County lake that is relatively deep with a seasonal closure. If the seasonal closure was a factor in producing the state record bass, it bodes well for Oregon’s next state record coming from Crane Praire or Wickiup reservoirs which also have seasonal closures.
For most of the last six decades, Washington’s state record largemouth has been heavier than Oregon’s. But since 2002, a 12 pound 1.6 ounce largemouth from Ballenger Pond in Springfield, Oregon topped anything Washinton has produced. But now, once again, Oregon is trailing Washington when it comes to the size of its state record largemouth bass.
There is hope. The state record largemouth bass from Massachusetts, considered by most to be a northern state, is 15 pounds eight ounces – and it was caught by an angler fishing through the ice. So it is unlikely that Oregon’s largemouth bass record is maxed out.
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REEDSPORT — Coastal Douglas Arts and Business Alliance (CDABA) presents Scott Cossu, world renowned pianist accompanied by guitarist Lonnie Mardis in concert on Sept. 16.
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REEDSPORT — Money will now be distributed from DuneFest’s charity auction to local organizations, according to DeeDee Murphy of the Reedsport/Winchester Bay Chamber of Commerce.
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Entering this last weekend, fishing for Chinook salmon at Winchester Bay was very inconsistent, with a few happy anglers scattered among scores of disappointed anglers.
On Saturday, several thirty pound plus Chinooks were taken between Winchester Bay and Reedsport. In the last week, anglers casting spinners from the bank at Winchester Bay have hooked one or two large salmon daily. Most of these salmon have escaped after lengthy battles, but a few were not so lucky.
This 32# Chinook was landed last Saturday by Mike Yeoman, of Eugene, while casting a one ounce green spinner at Osprey Point.
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REEDSPORT – This year’s Barnyard fundraiser for Camp Millennium will take place Aug. 27 and 28 at Eslick Creek Farms, 9882 Lower Smith River Rd., Reedsport.
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Willamette Valley – With summer steelhead petering out, metro anglers are anxiously awaiting their opportunity to take advantage of a robust fall Chinook run almost at their doorsteps. It’ll still be a few weeks before fishing becomes a bit more consistent but action in the estuary is far from “on fire,” so plenty of biters should be making it through, assuming Chinook change their attitudes by the time they get higher up in the system. It’ll only be a matter of weeks before anglers have a realistic chance at fair to good action.
Willamette water level and flow dropped a bit over the past week with fish passage indicting the end is nigh for springer and summer steelhead runs. Springer fishing is over in the lower Willamette and shad fishing is done. Try for warmwater gamefish.
Despite another drop in level and flow, the waters of the McKenzie River are inviting to fly anglers. Redsides and summer steelhead await anglers here.
Fishing has been good on the South Santiam and North Santiam doe summer steelhead and, spring Chinook.
Clackamas water is low and clear but that shouldn’t discourage steelheaders from giving it a try. While steelhead numbers are fair to good, there are few springers here.
The brief respite in water clarity on the Sandy River, afforded by cooler weather earlier this month, has passed, along with the break in air temperatures. Anglers are advised to fish high on the system and, unlike the Clackamas, there are springers to catch here.
Northwest Oregon – Ocean coho season south of Cape Falcon is now closed, boy, was it unimpressive. Anglers will now await what is likely to be abundant numbers of fall chinook, awaiting the fall’s first rain freshet to head up most north coast river systems. Until then, the Nehalem should provide some sport for summer Chinook as mid-August is peak season here. The action has been less than the previous few years but this fishery offers the smaller boat operator a fair chance at a nice Chinook salmon.
Newport was the highliner port for the all-depth halibut opener last weekend. Plenty of halibut quota remains, with the next opener on August 19th and 20th. Meanwhile, the nearshore fishery (inside of 40 fathoms) is also producing best out of Newport but Garibaldi certainly offers up options as well. The bottomfishing out of Garibaldi remains very productive.
Tuna remain far offshore, out of most anglers reach. With a strong Chinook run finally making a showing on the lower Columbia, interest has faded, for now at least.
The Buoy 10 fishery is finally starting to heat up. Michael O’ Leary, Nic Callero, Meredith Shield, Amy Baird and Charlie Burr all took their 1 Chinook limits by 9:15 on Thursday morning, trolling sardines and herring from the Astoria/Megler Bridge to Tongue Point in 40 to 50 foot of water. That’s right, sardines are producing very well but are sparsely interspersed with the fresh anchovies available at World Class Fishing by calling (503) 741-1407. If you can find sardines, even frozen in another market, it seems to be producing the best. The Tongue Point bite produced well on Wednesday but not so well on Thursday.
The ocean fishery opens up to a 2 Chinook limit starting August 16th. Fishing remains mediocre off of the Long Beach Peninsula but coho seem fairly abundant SW of the Columbia River Buoy in 250 to 300 foot of water. Many of the coho are wild however, requiring release.
Ocean crabbing is best out of Garibaldi but fair out of the mouth of the Columbia. The lower Columbia River itself is terrible.
Catch and release sturgeon fishing remains an option but no one cares since the salmon are running.
Central & South Coast Reports – The ocean season for hatchery coho ended on August 7th, with a little over seven percent of the 26,000-fish quota taken. Following this disappointing fishery, the ODFW stated that this fishery “mercifully closed last Sunday.”
We’ve been told that “the nonselective ocean coho season will still run from September 3rd through September 30th, or until the 7,500 coho salmon quota is caught – if earlier. With good coho numbers and decent fishing conditions, this season could be very short.” Non-selective refers to hatchery or wild; either may be kept to make up a limit.
Bottom fishing has been great out of most Oregon ports but observers have seen others venturing out too far in search of rockfish and ling cod. The depth limit is 20 fathoms (120 feet).
Nearshore halibut fishing will continue off the central Oregon coast, as will all-depth halibut fishing which is open alternate Thursdays and Fridays with the next opportunity August 18th and 19th.
Tuna are still being caught by a few boats properly sized and equipped to ravel as many as 120 miles or more round trip to find fish no9w as albacore have moved farther offshore.
Charter and sport boats were able to launch out of Gold Beach over the past weekend following 22 days of high winds and rough seas. Rogue Bay has been producing Chinook for trollers but the lower River is slow due to poor water conditions. Steelheaders on the middle river are catching a few while the upper Rogue has continued to be productive for late-season springers and steelhead.
When boats have been able to launch out of the Port of Brookings (which has been difficult in rough seas over the past two weeks), bottom fishing has been very good just outside the harbor.
Trout fishing has held up well at Diamond Lake this week, slowing only a little over past weeks.
Central & Eastern – An ODFW bulletin this week stated that the Lower Deschutes River that borders the Warm Springs Reservation will be open April 22-Dec. 31 in 2017.
Fishing has been fair doe trout at Crane Prairie, slow for bass. There are no hellgrammites available anywhere in the area this year.
While John Day is producing scores of smallmouth bass for nearly everyone who fishes it, larger fish are harder to come by than they were in springtime.
The ODFW has issued a warning to residents of John Day to be on the lookout for scavenging bears. This warning can also apply to visitors in the area.
For months. Trollers at Green Peter have been saying there are plenty of Kokanee in Green Peter but they are all small. Good news this week is the overall size of kokes seems to be improving.
SW Washington – The Cowlitz River continues to produce good numbers of summer steelhead, especially for boaters. Creel checks over the weekend yielded nearly a fish per boat average. Bank anglers are doing fair as well.
Although the Lewis River is a distant 2nd for summer steelhead success, it is far less crowded.
The Drano Lake fishery is producing excellent numbers of steelhead and some fall Chinook already. Boaters are trolling plugs for chinook success while those plunking prawns are faring best for steelhead.
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There has been a surprising number of recent changes regarding Oregon fishing. While a lot of people are excited about now being able to fish with two rods on additional Oregon coastal rivers, the 2-rod license on the Umpqua River only extends from the Umpqua River Bar upriver to the Scottsburg Bridge. While a boat with one or two anglers can benefit by trolling with more baits in the water, the advantage will decrease as more anglers are in the boat.
This fall, there will almost certainly be anglers fishing Siltcoos, Tahkenitch and Tenmile Lakes that will not realize that their 2-rod licenses are not valid on these three lakes from October 1st through December. I’ve already heard salmon anglers excitedly talk about using their 2-rod licenses to fish for salmon in the ocean. However, 2-rod licenses are definitely not valid for ocean fishing, but since people tend to hear what they want to hear and decide what they read really means, I envision some citations in the future.
Had some tough questions asked recently by anglers towing their boats into Oregon from other states. Motorized boats not registered in Oregon need to pay $22.00 for an invasive species permit, but according to the Oregon Marine Board, they have up to 60 days before they have to get the boater education card that Oregon residents need to have to legally operate motorized craft in Oregon waters.
Crabbing in the ocean remains productive when the ocean is accessible. This year it seems the most productive depth has been 50 to 55 feet, but in past years it was 25 to 35 feet. So far this summer, crabbing in Half Moon Bay has been good, but suffers a noticeable dropoff if one goes even a short distance farther upriver.
Fishing for Chinook salmon on the Umpqua River below Reedsport was terrible the weekend of July 30th and 31st, but much improved this last week. They are still catching some good-sized Chinooks below Reedsport, but the lower Umpqua near the bar and at spots like Half Moon Bay and Osprey Point are starting to produce salmon more consistently and are suffering the increased fishing pressure that comes with the improved fishing.
Consistent ocean winds have greatly limited the fishing pressure directed at tuna and halibut and it is very likely that there will be an additional halibut opener on August 19th and 20th.
The finclipped ocean coho season closed Sunday evening with barely seven percent of the 26,000 quota caught. Because of a less than rosy coho salmon forecast, despite limited catches from ocean coho anglers, the ODFW decided last week to not have a season on Oregon’s coastal rivers for wild or unclipped coho salmon (nonselective). Anglers can still pursue finclipped coho salmon, which are legal fare in the Umpque River all year, but the nonselective coho season was the easiest way for a bank angler to hook and be able to keep a coho salmon.
It appears that the nonselective ocean coho season will still run from September 3rd through September 30th, or until the 7,500 coho salmon quota is caught – if earlier. With good coho numbers and decent fishing conditions, this season could be very short.
There are a few anglers still unaware that bottomfishing is no longer allowed in ocean waters deeper than 120 feet.
Cathy Reiss, of Ringo’s Lakeside Marina on South Tenmile Lake reported that big bass are being reported almost daily and that one boat caught several yellow perch in the ten inch class and a 31-inch rainbow trout (possibly a very tardy steelhead) while fishing near the large railroad trestle crossing North Tenmile Lake. She also reported the good fishing for brown bullheads in June and July has dropped off and the bluegills that were spawning near their marina in June had moved to deeper water. Hopefully, Tenmile’s bluegill fishery will rebound to its former level of productivity.
While the larger coastal lakes have a few planted, native and searun trout still in them, they are seldom active except in the early morning. Trout plants for the Reedsport area will resume when Lake Marie gets 800 trophy rainbows during the week beginning August 22nd and 500 legals the following week. Other trout prospects include the Siltcoos River between the lake and the dam located about three miles below the lake and the faster-flowing, more narrow sections of Tenmile Creek.
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