NEWPORT, Ore. – This Sunday is the last day recreational anglers can fish for ocean coho and Chinook salmon in the area from Leadbetter Point, WA to Cape Falcon, OR. This area closes at 12:01 a.m. Monday, Aug. 12 and no salmon are allowed onboard vessels at sea once the season closes.
Fishery managers expect the 39,900 fin-clipped coho quota to be met this weekend. The guideline of 12,510 Chinook will not be met but also closes to avoid unintentional catch-and-release mortality of coho.
Preliminary ocean salmon catch from Leadbetter Point, WA to Cape Falcon, OR can be found here. Note that page two shows 28,927 fin-clipped coho harvested from both Washington and Oregon through Aug. 4.
Ocean salmon fishing continues in the area from Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain. The all-salmon-except coho season runs through Oct. 31, with adipose fin-clipped coho allowed through Aug. 18. From Humbug Mountain to the OR/CA border, the all-salmon-except coho season continues through Aug. 31. Check the recreational ocean salmon webpage for more details and a map.
The Pacific Fisheries Management Council finalized the 2024 recreational ocean salmon seasons in April. Seasons were adopted April 19 by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission and finalized May 16 by the National Marine Fisheries Service.