Best fishing is near the slack tides

Coos River - Coos Bay, OR (Coos County)


by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
7-23-2025
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Anglers have been catching rockfish around the jetties in the lower Coos Bay estuary, but you may need to move around to several spots to find actively biting fish. 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 2025 daily general marine fish bag limit is 5 fish plus 2 lingcod with no retention of yelloweye or quillback rockfish. There is a 1 fish daily sub-bag limit for canary rockfish as part of the general marine bag limit. As of July 1, anglers are allowed to harvest cabezon with a 1 fish daily sub-bag limit as part of the general marine bag limit.

Salmon anglers have caught an occasional Chinook salmon trolling from the Coos Bay jetties up to Empire. Fall Chinook regulations are in effect for Coos Bay with anglers allowed to harvest 2 wild Chinook per day and 10 wild Chinook for the season.

Striped surfperch can be caught around the jetties and red-tail surfperch are being caught along the ocean beaches like Horsefall Beach. Anglers have the best success fishing with sand shrimp near the bottom.

Trout fishing opened in the Coos Basin rivers and streams on May 22. Anglers are restricted to fishing with artificial flies and lures in streams and rivers above tidewater. The daily bag limit for trout fishing in streams is 2 trout over 8 inches per day. Water temperatures in the large rivers are warming up where fishing will be best in the mornings.




More Reports

OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Wednesday, July 23rd

Santiam River ( North Fork) Above Detroit Lake: Will be stocked this week
Santiam River (South Fork): Flows are consistent
Hat Rock Pond: Anglers should find success
Jubilee Lake: Fishing is good
McNary Channel Ponds: Bass fishing can be good
McKay Reservoir: Lots of crappie and perch
Umatilla River: Trout fishing is currently open

OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Tuesday, July 22nd

Alton Baker Canoe Canal: Good spot to fish
Blue River: Blue River Updates
Blue River Reservoir: Blue River Reservoir Updates
Clear Lake: Clear Lake Updates
Coast Fork Willamette River: Recently stocked with rainbow trout
Cottage Grove Reservoir: Open to fishing all year
Dorena Reservoir: Dorena Reservoir Updates
Fall Creek Reservoir: Fall Creek Reservoir Updates
Gold Lake: Special fishing regulations in place
Hills Creek Reservoir: Hills Creek Reservoir Updates
Leaburg Lake: Leaburg Lake Updates
McKenzie River: McKenzie River Updates
Middle Fork Willamette: Middle Fork Willamette Updates
Row River Pond: Bank is still accessible
Salmon Creek: Salmon Creek Updates
Salt Creek: Salt Creek Updates
Agate Lake: Good fishing for bass and panfish