Another great tuna day!
The Crackerjack brought back 57 albacore last night! They were out between 30 and 40 miles with a full boat of ten. Way to go guys! The next open tuna in August are on the 25th (6 spots) and the 27th (1 spot) and then we have room for a whole boat on the 31st. The Sea Quell had a bottom fishing double header yesterday and got 53 crab in 6 pots on the morning trip! However, by the afternoon the next set of 3 pots only brought in 7. That's kinda the way crabbing goes in Newport! Captain Art is out for Salmon today and then a Salmon/Bottom combo tomorrow with one spot left. I will post again later with how salmon fishing was today. Give us a call if you want … Read entire article »
Filed under: Albacore Tuna, Charter Trips, Fish Counts, Salmon, Yaquina Bay Charters
Trip Updates
Well the North wind has made things kind of difficult for the last couple weeks. The tuna have moved offshore for now but should come back close as soon as the North wind stops blowing so hard. It may be a week or so but we'll keep our eyes on the warm water and let you know. The salmon fishing has been slow but some boats have started finding fish. A mix of Coho and Chinook have been showing up Northwest of Newport. We'll know more after monday. Bottom fishing has slowed down a little bit also because of the cool water being stirred up by the Northwest wind. The Lingcod are still biting and we caught several nice ones today. Cabezon closes tonight at midnight and also water beyond twenty fathoms closes to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Albacore Tuna, Charter Trips, Fishing Information, Latest News, Salmon
Salmon Update
We've been asked to give an update on how the Salmon season is progressing, and I apologize for not giving more information sooner! Unfortunately the reason we haven't said much about it is because there isn't much happening… As of July 11th ODFW estimates that only 5.4% of the Coho quota has been taken. The average number of salmon caught per angler in Newport from June 26-July 11 is less than 0.10… the best average on the Oregon coast has been out of Garibali where they have estimated an average catch of 0.52 salmon per angler. This information comes from the salmon catch estimated and statistics page on the ODFW website. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/MRP/Salmon. The encouraging news is that it looks like salmon catches down south have increased over the initial two weeks of the season, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Fishing Information, Latest News, Salmon, Yaquina Bay Charters
Salmon Opener etc…
Saturday was the opening day for Coho retention for the Central Oregon Coast and it looks like everyone in the port had a hard day fishing for them. We caught 1, lost 3, and released 3 or 4 natives and that sounded like it was one of the better trips for all the charters. We had much better luck at bottom fishing for the rest of the weekend, but Capt. Jack is going to take more shots at Salmon later in the week and has a good feeling we'll have better luck. At this point we are recommending full day Salmon trips rather than half days to improve catches, but it's always up to the customer. Bottom fishing is doing well, and we've been catching a good mix of fish. Yesterday … Read entire article »
Filed under: Albacore Tuna, Fish Counts, Fishing Information, Latest News, Photos, Salmon, Yaquina Bay Charters
Fishin’ for Sea Bass
Since the Chinook Salmon season has been pretty poor so far, we've been spending all of our time on bottom fishing and the remaining Halibut season. We don't expect for there to be any more Halibut dates until summer season in August, but it's possible we haven't met the quota yet and ODFW will annouce another backup date or two. In the meantime we're running bottom fishing trips every day this week and eagerly anticipating the Coho opener on Saturday! Today's picture is a good sized black rockfish caught on the Crackerjack by our good friend Pat a few days ago. There are a few spots left on Friday for bottom fishing on either boat and then we'll start after Salmon on the 26th. We have 4 spots left for a half day Salmon … Read entire article »
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