tillemock bay

will be fishing Oregon next year permanent. Moving and want to catch my first big salmon or any salmon for that fact. Anyway looks like this bay would be good to catch first salmon. Will be moving in july so anytime after that. Will be asking anyone interested in hooking up for fishing outing then. Is this a good place to go to catch first one. thanks.

Great place. Nehalem Bay is also a great spot just up the road.

Mojo Jo Jo should chime in he lives on t bay.

Great place. Nehalem Bay is also a great spot just up the road.

+1 on Nehalem Bay - a great place for one to catch their first kayak salmon (or first salmon period)!

-Sam

Tillamook bay is a lot harder to hook up then Nehalem in my opinion and there are several spots up river that offer great tide water fishing as Cosmo and Effect can attest to.

Nehalem Bay is much easier to fish because it is less weedy.  I love fishing there.  However, there are some really big ones coming into Tillamook plus you get the salad to go with it.  The real question is why would anyone wait to catch their first one in Nehalem, when you can get a good start on filling your tag in August on the Columbia at B-10 before Tillamook or Nehalem get hot?  Or, start with ocean salmon in the summer out of Pacific City or Depoe Bay. 

Sorry for the rant.  I just got excited for next year. I already have the campsites booked.

I'd definitely go back to Nehalem to catch salmon.  Staying at the State Park campground is quite the luxury for "camping".  Have not tried Tillamook Bay yet, but perhaps next year I'll get brave in 2015 -- Tillamook Bay is just so huge, it's hard to know where to go.  Sure would like to catch a 50 pounder though!