Anglers can 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 2024 daily general marine fish bag limit is 5 fish plus 2 lingcod with no retention of yelloweye or quillback rockfish. Anglers are allowed to harvest 1 cabezon per day as part of the general marine fish bag limit. ‌

Salmon anglers are restricted to 2 wild Chinook per day and 10 for the season (July 1 – Nov 30) in the Coos Basin. A few salmon anglers have been trolling in between the jetties with limited success.‌

Trout fishing opened in rivers and streams on May 22. Fishing is restricted to artificial flies and lures in streams above tidewater from May 22 – Aug. 31. The river levels came up with the rain we received earlier this week, but trout anglers are still reporting good fishing for cutthroat trout using spinners in the larger Coos Basin rivers.