Southern Oregon

Last week, angers caught a variety surfperch including redtails, striped and calico surfperch.  I even saw one group of anglers who had a bucketful of shiner surfperch. But the largest and the most-esteemed food fish of the surfperch kingdom is hands down the redtail surfperch, which last week achieved sizes up to 3 pounds. Surfperch give live birth to miniature replicas...
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Both wild and hatchery Chinook may now be retained on the lower Rogue as part of an angler's 2-salmon daily limit, and although the action may not be red hot, the wild-fish retention will definitely have an effect on angler harvest picking up across the board by at least 30 percent. "We did get some wild fish today," said Jim Carey,...
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Anglers did not have to worry about catching fish last week.  It was a matter of wishing for your favorite species, making the fated cast and holding on. In point of fact, the Gold Beach south jetty spit that was mentioned in last week’s article for kicking out copious quantities of redtail surfperch continued to thrill surf fishermen last week.   Mid-May...
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I remember when folks used to make statements like, "So when is the salmon season opening?" Or, "Will there be a salmon season this year?" The aforementioned statements get uttered frequently by people who think that there is only one solitary salmon season for the states or Washington, Oregon and California, And I must admit that at one time in my life...
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After several weeks of rainy weather and high seas, local-area seafarers once again slew the fatted bottom grabber last week during a stretch of semi-calm days out of the Port of Brookings Harbor, with most anglers’ luck favoring either rockfish or lingcod. When I arrived at the port’s cleaning station last Wednesday, several groups of anglers were filleting some very large...
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The Pacific halibut season in the Southern Oregon Subarea (SOS) from Humbug Mountain south to the Oregon/California border started last Monday, May 1, and will continue through October 31, or until the quota of 10,039 pounds of dressed-weight halibut is attained, whichever comes first. With a little bit of luck and moderate seas, anglers may even get a chance or two this...
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