Boat and bank anglers (on the jetty) are still catching rockfish and an occasional ling cod inside lower Coos Bay. Smaller jigs with a twister tail or 1-ounce jigging spoons have been working to catch rockfish. The daily bag limit for marine fish was recently reduced to 5. As of June 1, boat anglers are no longer able to retain China, copper and quillback rockfish. Anglers can still harvest 2 lingcod per day. 

There are various surfperch species that can be caught inside Coos Bay like striped, pile, walleye, and white. These species can be found near the jetties, along the edges of eel grass, or near pilings. 

Trout fishing in streams and rivers opened on Saturday, May 22. Anglers fishing above the head of tide are restricted to using artificial lures and flies. Water temperatures are still fairly cool in the smaller streams but are already in the 70s in the upper tidewater. Trout anglers are reporting decent catches of cutthroat trout, especially in river sections that are little harder to get to.