Idaho Fish Report

Best bets for weekend fishing

If you want to go fishing this weekend, you’ve got choices! Here are a few to consider:

• There’s early summer steelhead fishing in rivers like the Sandy, Siletz and lower Rogue.
• This should be a good time to target Chinook in the Middle and Coast forks of the Willamette.
• The ocean is now open to hatchery coho fishing.
• Halibut fishing in the Central Coast and Southern Oregon subareas, where the bag limit has been increased to 2.
• Summer Chinook and shad are open on the Columbia. The summer season began June 16.
• Striped bass are spread throughout the tidewater in the Coquille River.
• Surfperch move closer to shore during the early summer for spawning.
• It’s a great time to fish for cutthroat trout on north and south coast rivers. 7 tips for catching coastal cutthroat.

Need more intel or ideas? Check out the zone reports.

No selfies with seals and/or sea lions

Instead, please keep your distance from seals and sea lions resting on the beach or rocks. Harbor seal pupping is in full swing, and you might see a lone pup on the beach while Mom is off feeding. She’s unlikely to rejoin her pup if you’re too close. Here are more reasons to keep your distance from wildlife on the beach.

Didn’t draw a tag?

Bummer. But there are ways to still have a great fall hunting season. Check out these options.