[Rusty18102]

Hasn't really changed from last year. North is the preferred. Middle grounds still not good with any significant swell.

Thanks much tightlines

 

[NorthPlainsDrifter]

Any reports at all? How about crab? Thinking about saturday

I was out last week and couldn't find the coho, crabbing was great. We set our pots in 40-50' about a mile straight south of the jetty, we caught over 50 in 2 days, still good quality.

 

[Jeb]

I know this is a coho thread...but curious if anyone has been doing well for Chinook and at what depth?

 

[I'd rather fish]

Any reports at all? How about crab? Thinking about saturday

We went last Thursday. 13 in 4 pots @ 4 hours. Wind chop brought us in early.

 

[CabinFever]

Anyone go out today?

 

[Catch n' Fillet]

I'm going to try and sneak out first thing tomorrow (Thursday). Will try and post contemporaneously.

 

[CabinFever]

I'm going to try and sneak out first thing tomorrow (Thursday). Will try and post contemporaneously.

I’ll be out there too, early. It’s open for wild and hatchery chinook too until July 15th right? Obviously coho have to be fin clipped

 

[Rusty18102]

I’ll be out there too, early. It’s open for wild and hatchery chinook too until July 15th right? Obviously coho have to be fin clipped

Yep in ocean
And just called ODFW office for clarification on inside in case we can’t get out inside apparently is 2 salmon everything has to be clipped IN THE BAY

 

[Jeb]

I’ll be out there too, early. It’s open for wild and hatchery chinook too until July 15th right? Obviously coho have to be fin clipped

https://www.dfw.state.or.us/mrp/salmon/Regulations/docs/2025_Ocean_Sport_Salmon_map.pdf

 

[sprigdog]

Here’s a screenshot. I hired 3 lawyers to educate me. All 3 had a different interpretation. So I went with this.

 

[CabinFever]

Right on. We are gonna drop crab pots then go coho fish.

 

[Dungydog]

Do y’all prefer exiting the north hole or south hole?

North is preferred. The south gets gnarly particularly if there is a south wind. You'll know once you get close.

 

[CabinFever]

Been out here since about 6am. Fishing between 225-360 fow. Released 5 wilds. Missed a few bites. Not very good to be honest. Just one here one there

 

[baldicrabber]

Using plastics or bait?

 

[CabinFever]

Using plastics or bait?

Both

 

[Fireguyfish]

Slow day for us so far. Only 1 ling and 1 wild coho released, two other take downs

 

[Mini Raptor]

How’s the wind ?

 

[Elle Belle]

We're staying on the beach just south of Nehalem jetty...it was dead calm this morning at 5 am and stayed nice until about 10:30...sheep have taken over and most of the boats were running south by 11.

 

[CabinFever]

We ended yesterday at 11 when the wind picked up. We ended up landing 8 wild coho, killing 2 hatchery ones. And missing 4 or 5 bites. Ran two rods with plastic, two rods with bait and bites were about even. Water was cold near shore (46 degrees). We ran out until we hit 51 degrees which was about 225 fow and started trolling west. Water got warmer as we went west until we hit about 360 fow and about 53.6 degrees. There was no hot bite. We just picked up one here one there the whole time. Never could really work a school or nail down a pattern. Bites were with 12 ounces and any where from 22-45 on the line counter trolling between 2.2-3.2 mph. Never had any doubles or anything, just slowly working one here one there. Honestly felt pretty slow for ocean coho fishing. We fished from 6am to 11. Water had a brown hue to it so visibility was not amazing relatively speaking for the ocean, but obviously plenty good to fish. Picked up our five crab pots about a half mile south of the south jetty In 35 to 40 fow and had 32 keepers. Hope this helps someone!

 

[CabinFever]

Also fish were either dinks or really nice sized. One hatchery we killed was probably 3 pounds and the other was probably 9 or 10. Same with the wilds we released.