Nehalem!

And so it begins...I'll be down in Nehalem Sat/Sun/Mon fishing and crabbing. I'll either be in my T13 or my grandpa's 15' Smokercraft. I was hoping my brother would be down there to man the boat, but it looks like he can't make it.

If anyone is interested in going down there and meeting up, PM me for my phone number. From the reports I've gotten, it's going to be a good season for Coho.

Anyone picking up hatchery fish?  I will be down in Netarts for the long weekend and would love to come up for a tide, but not hip to messing with to many wild fish. 

Yes. I've never heard of hatchery fish in the Nehalem until this year. A buddy of mine landed 4 on Thursday.

I'm definitely interested - probably could make it down Sunday and maybe Monday.

Oh, and by the way...it's open to 1 native Silver per day with a max. of 5 per year.

Official as of Friday.

Yes. I've never heard of hatchery fish in the Nehalem until this year. A buddy of mine landed 4 on Thursday.

The NF hatchery puts out quite a few but they're notoriously bad biters.  If I understand the regs correctly, starting tomorrow, you're allowed one native per day also.

-Spot-

Oh, and by the way...it's open to 1 native Silver per day with a max. of 5 per year.

Official as of Friday.

Does that count against your 5 native salmon for the tillamook basin rivers? hopefully not as I have plans for those spots   Do you happen to have a link to the web reg release?

checked it out on the odfw site and my reading says you get 10 natives in the basin (5 wild coho) plus (5 wild chinnook, but none in the nehalem) Cool.  I think I will be up nehalem way a couple days this weekend.  Soak some pots and look for a native ho ho.

This isn't the official release, but rather, Bill Monroe's column in the Oregonian.  He tends to do a decent job on reporting new regs..

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2009/08/new_northwest_oregon_fishing_r.html

I'm hoping I can squeeze a coastal river trip in before my fishing season unofficially ends at the end of September.

Brian

Here's the official document from ODFW.

http://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources/fishing/reg_changes/docs/2009_coastal_coho_and_fall_chinook.pdf