Idaho Fish Report

Anglers continue to catch rockfish around the jetties in the lower Coos Bay estuary. Best fishing is typically near slack tides with good fishing one day and fair fishing the next. A jig fished with a twister tail trailer is always a good option to catch bottomfish.

The 2023 daily general marine fish bag limit is 5 fish plus 2 lingcod with no retention of quillback rockfish. Anglers can harvest 1 cabezon per day as part of you 5 fish daily bag limit starting on July 1.  

Salmon anglers continue to pick up a few adult Chinook salmon in the lower Coos estuary. These fish are most likely following bait into the estuary before going back out to the ocean. 

Trout fishing in streams and rivers are open but restricted to artificial flies and lures in streams above tidewater from May 22-Aug 31. River levels are very low for this time of the year, but the water temperatures are still good in many of the smaller streams for trout fishing.