fish checker at Charleston launch had 1 coho today. The ocean was gnarly but fishable. Parking unusually quiet for 4th July

 

Fished Winchester Tuesday and Wednesday. Cold water Tuesday 49 degrees out today 400ft depth. 47 or so close in. Very little pressure. Got on chinook and one silver. Limits of crabs 25-45 feet of water south. Wednesday managed 4 silvers by 2:00. Thanks to a kind lady who called us in to a bite at 220 ft off the jaws. One silver was an honest 9.5# on my scale. Another limit of good sized crabs.

 

How were the crabs? Hit it about three weeks ago. Lots of legal size crabs but about 80% were less than half full. Threw 30 plus back to end up with 11 worth taking home.

 

nice job culling crabs kudos to you

 

They were ok. Not many really hard shells but very tasty!

 

Going to give it a go this weekend. Hopefully conditions keep trending better.

 

I am heading over Wed pm hopeful for fair winds and calmer seas. I will report conditions and results.

 

Good luck Army and thanks for the report! 🙏🏻🍀👍🏻

 

I said I would report. I am. Fished yesterday and thru crab pots in bay. Got mostly small crabs and females. Rough bar warning, ran to the tips and looked gnarly, doable but not fun. Trolled the bay and lower river few runs. No action for me. Absolutely loaded with bait fish and birds. Fish checker had one 18lb Chinook and talk of one or two early release. Sharkey ventured out and got some coho. Not hot fishing but I am trying again today.

 

We got 13 good crab at high tide this morning In Winchester. Patiently waiting for an open bar and smooth seas.

 

Going to salmon/crab fish Sunday then head back for a Tuna run Wednesday out of WB.

 

We are headed down to fish Sunday out of Charlie town. Just going to crab and salmon fish. Good luck everyone

 

Headed down to sunset Bay for a week starting Sunday, have fished, crabbed and clammed Coos bay for years. Going to venture out for some ocean fishing. Only been out of Newport in the ocean.
Going to bottom fish and hopefully try for some salmon.
Curious how people do for Coho out of Coos? Is it similar to Newport as far as water temp and depths?
Also going to drop some pots in the ocean. Any current hot depths to target for crab?

Thanks

 

Headed down to sunset Bay for a week starting Sunday, have fished, crabbed and clammed Coos bay for years. Going to venture out for some ocean fishing. Only been out of Newport in the ocean.
Going to bottom fish and hopefully try for some salmon.
Curious how people do for Coho out of Coos? Is it similar to Newport as far as water temp and depths?
Also going to drop some pots in the ocean. Any current hot depths to target for crab?

Thanks

I always head north of the jaws and start setting in 50ft to 70ft of water. Usually is pretty good. As for coho its the same as every port. Water temp and life . Goodluck

 

300’ straight out. 4 clipped and two wild and a bonus mackerel.WindyBay

 

fished out of Charleston today for a short trip. Went to 300ft, nice rip no fish. trolled in 180ft rod goes down, nothing on sonar. high finner, turn around rod goes down, nothing on sonar, high finner. turn around get to 165 ft rod goes down again, High finner. pink hootchie shallow diver 35ft off stern. nothing more. Due west of the tips. try again tomorrow.

 

We will out there tomorrow, thx for the intell.

 

still at it. Fished 180 - 300 ft due west today. 4 high finners. switched crab pot location based on intel, will report tomorrow. single tuna man says he went 65 miles west and brought back 25. I viewed the clean up area and there were atleast 25 and VERY nice grade. Number of boats running for tuna tomorrow, I am single here today so will attempt to find the salmon and bottom fish

 

Fished out of Coos Bay yesterday. Crossed the bar around 6:00 and headed to the cables to pick up a limit of lings before switching to salmon. The bite was the slowest I've ever seen. Kept two lings and a 5 lb. vermillion for the two of us. Released some smaller lings and rockfish. Drifted my honey hole spot for two hours without a single bite. It was weird.

Switched to salmon around 2:00 and trolled the Glass House to Cape Arago area for about two hours. 130-180 fow was where we'd seen lots of life in the morning. Steady action. Released 5 wild fish, all good size. 5 or 6 more short bites. No keepers.

We'll be fishing out of either Coos or Winchester Bay tomorrow. Probably Coos. Any other reports?

 

That area is pretty hammered by commercial longliners. Won't be long before it isn't worth fishing. It used to be lights out, but 2 or 3 outfits have camped on those reefs the last few years. The Bandon Reef is all but ruined

 

I like those south port reports , be careful you don’t attract the Newport zoo.

 

Fished out of Charleston Sunday and Monday. Very nice grade of yellow tail long leader on Sunday. No keeper coho. Monday, bite was off for me on the long leader, lost count on the coho possibly 30+ none clipped. Friend worked hard but got 4 clipped for several hours trolling. 120 to 180 FOW, off of Simpson, pink hootchie 30ft on the line counter. Crabbing fair not hot but grade is good. Home for a few days and then back at it. Will report and appreciate reports. I love details-coordinates and I wont share those privately given without permission.

 

Hey army nice job, thx for the info. We will be down there fri,sat,sun this week chasing coho with the kids. Would you be willing to share the Long leader cords, haven't tried that In a while and would like the kids to experience it. If not no biggie. Tight lines to ya

 

Thanks for the insight Army. I believe that a lot of the wild coho we’re seeing is hatchery coho salmon that were released during the pandemic w/o having their adipose fin getting clipped by volunteers. It’s just a theory, but the influx of wild coho is much higher than in years past.

I hope the restoration of the Klamath River will increase the number of chinook salmon in the central and southern Oregon waters. The tribes in Washington have things figured out… Hopefully their models will be followed by Oregon and Northern California tribes and we can rebuild the stocks to historic norms!? 🤞🏻🙏🏻📈🍀

 

We fished Winchester Friday the the 25th on a flat glass ocean. We boated 20 plus fish and two 18-20 lb. Chinook to get 1 very nice hatchery Coho, very disappointed in the keeper ratio but throwing back really nice Kings just kills me. All fish were caught with divers at 25-30' on the line counter with Hot Spots and Hoochie's Herring Aide, purple, and pink. I did enjoy the non-stop action makes for a great day but it is nice to eat them as well.

 

Fished out of Charleston on Saturday, Marked fish just off the north Tip in 100'fow, dropped in 2 strikes no takers, picked up moved out to 5 north and 5 west, lots of Whale out there !! nothing happening there Went on up to 10 mile reef, parking lot, trolled it south to the tips 4 nice non clipped, !! Beautiful day on thee ocean. Hoping the Tuna water moves in a little closer !!

 

Just got back from a week of fishing out of Charleston, Fisrt time for me down there in the ocean. Was down for an extended family camping trip, Took different people out each day, First 3 days we rock fished, caught plenty of them. Crabbing was ok got 19 for 3 pots the first day in 70' just north of the tips. Only got 7 the next time out as the pots were only in for about 30 minutes before we had too many pukers in the boat and had to call it.

Made it out Saturday morning to target coho, waited till the tide swung so didn't get out there till 830, Ocean had some decent swells close together which was no fun, plan was to go out to 180' and start there but we made it to 80' and called it good and dropped in.

Took my daughters boyfriend who had never been salmon fishing, I rigged up his Herring and dropped it in the water and told him to hold it there to see if it spins, I said sometimes they come right to the boat and will grab it. Not two seconds later here comes a smaller coho who grabbed the bait from the surface.

We ended up landing 5 and missing 6. All were native and all in about 80' of water right in front of the tips.

 

Excess B S where is the 10 mile reef. I may have it by coordinates but not by name. Thank You. K-Dogg I think you are spot on on the possible non clips from covid. I tried releasing while in the water, not in the boat, I believe all made it with one possible exception. Excess right on on the whales lots and lots at all depths and locations. Must be plenty of feed.

 

rorie1681, I will share. I am currently home until Thursday. The coords are on my boat electronics. I will contact you when I get to Charleston.

 

Ok thx Army, I will be there Thursday night, and fishing Friday morning. Thx again

 

Captain K-Dogg You may already now this but there has been a number of (I suspect) California fish (Chinook) present off the coast at Charleston and Winchester and even following the bait into the river. I am told they then return to sea and head south.

 

We fished tuna last Thursday and Saturday out of coos but fished for coho on Friday for a few hours. Fished a few different depth but the most productive was around 280’ where the water temp was around 52 degrees. Fished in a group of about 50 whales. Ended up going 5 for 11 with 3 being keepers. Fish seem to be a smaller grade than the fish we were catching out of Depoe the week before.

 

We fished tuna last Thursday and Saturday out of coos but fished for coho on Friday for a few hours. Fished a few different depth but the most productive was around 280’ where the water temp was around 52 degrees. Fished in a group of about 50 whales. Ended up going 5 for 11 with 3 being keepers. Fish seem to be a smaller grade than the fish we were catching out of Depoe the week before.
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Be there tonight to fish thru the weekend, about how far where the tuna if you don't mind me asking. Thx tight lines