Greetings Members and guests:
Fishing/Whale Watching Update, 04/21/10
Migrating Whales
Gray whales are migrating along the
Steelhead angling is fair with best opportunities in the upper river. Catch rates have been fair for both bank and boat anglers around the moonshine park area. A variety of techniques can be productive this time of year as fish tend to be aggressive around the peak spawning season.
Here is the link to watch for fishing regulation changes:
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources/fishing/reg_changes/index.asp
1. Mainstem upstream to painted
boulder located 900 feet downstream
from
including tidewater
• Open
for adipose fin-clipped steelhead
entire year.
• Open
for Chinook salmon April 1-Dec. 31, upstream to
deadline marker at the Moonshine
Park
boat ramp.
• Use
of bait allowed.
2. Mainstem Siletz upstream from 900
feet below
Siletz, South Fork Siletz and
all
tributaries of these streams • Closed.
Local Trout Information:
Here is a link to the local lakes ODFW is stocking:
Here is a link to the stocking schedule:
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources/fishing/trout_stocking_schedules
This link also has valuable tips and best locations.
Your tax dollars and license fees at work!
Chinook
Attention Kayakers!
Here is a link to Northwest Kayak Anglers.com.
Check out their tournament in
2010
The group will camp here during the tournament. Drop
by and talk to them about kayak / and / or local rock fishing. They will be
glad to answer your questions.
http://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/index.php?;tpstart=7
We rent kayaks by the hour, half day or day.
Spring Chinook
Spring Chinook season starts in April. The fall season starts late July.
As you may know, this will be the best fall season in many years.
The return rate four years ago, good river conditions and the high
number of jacks in 2009 support this forecast by ODFW.
Currently the river offers steelhead and sturgeon. The sturgeon fishing is
Best in the deep holes. I notice almost all sturgeon fishers are locals.
Winter steelhead angling picked up a little with a new group of fresh fish
moving in and good fishing conditions. The majority of hatchery fish have
moved into the upper river around Moonshine Park or up into the lower
gorge. Good numbers of native steelhead can be found throughout the river.
River conditions for the week should allow anglers to fish the entire river.
Cutt Throat and Blue Back season opens in May. Some locals reported
hooking and releasing 19 trout at Bull’s Bag while fishing steelhead this past weekend. The biggest was 17”. That may indicate a good trout season coming.
Clamming is fair to good with more good clamming tides coming in a few weeks.
Crabbing is almost always good in the Siletz Bay. Some neighbors reported on a
recent crabbing outing the crabs were good and sweet and pretty full but a
little soft shelled. They limited out.
Currently there are no regulation changes for any species.
I will post any changes as I get them.
I would like to thank 12 Mile Mike for advising me on this update.
Mike is the man who worked in our bait shop last year. He is a guru
on all aspects of fishing and an expert on the Siletz, where he lives.
We look forward to fishing with him in 2010.
That’s all I have for now. I’ll keep you posted on any changes.
Make your reservations. Let’s go fishing!
Ralph