Posted by Webmaster on Dec 25, 2010 in
General Siuslaw River: The winter steelhead return is under way. Plunking can be very effective during higher murky flows.
Chetco River: River levels are running high. Plunking for steelhead should start getting good this weekend as the water drops.
Coos River Basin: Steelhead fishing is good. Bright fish are moving into the river systems with each rain and fishing should continue to get better in the next month. Steelhead are being caught on the East Fork Millicoma, West Fork Millicoma and the South Coos River.
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Tags: Coos Bay, fishing, Oregon, recreation report, south coast
Posted by Webmaster on Dec 18, 2010 in
Fishing With river levels on both the Elk and Sixes stabilizing this past week, Chinook fishing was excellent. Both bank and drift boat anglers reported catching many chrome bright fish, and last week a 13-year-old bank fisherman was able to land a 51-pound Chinook.
Successful steelhead fishing was reported on the South Fork Coquille River last week by a few local anglers. They caught three nice steelhead and the largest weighed around 14 pounds. I also had reports that winter steelhead were showing up in the Millicoma and South Coos rivers.
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Tags: Chinook, Elk River, fishing, sixes river
Posted by Webmaster on Dec 8, 2010 in
Fishing Our recent rains allowed the Elk and Sixes rivers to rise, and the fall Chinook were coming in larger numbers this past week – both boat anglers and drift boaters reported very good fishing.
Many local folks and out-of-town visitors used the Thanksgiving weekend as an opportunity to fish both rivers, and they were not disappointed. With chrome bright fish and good numbers, these fisheries have really taken off.
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Tags: chinook. elk, Oregon, river, Sixes, southern oregon coast
