Salmon Fishing,Chinook,Coho

Guide to fishing Coos River for Chinook Salmon- If you want to fish a river that is productive with Chinook Salmon then you need to go to Coos Bay and fish Coos River 25 minutes south of Reedsport, Oregon. Best time to fish is September through October. You can launch your boat at the Eastside boat ramp. Once you leave the boat ramp take a right and go to the small barge and go right. There's a ledge where the bay meets the river lots of salmon like to hang up here when the tide goes out. To fish the ledge you need to start trolling on the highway 101 side of the bay and you have to let a lot of line out its deep 50 feet in spots. As you come to the mouth of the river slowly start reeling in line so you don't get snagged up it goes from 50 feet to 10 feet quick. You want to get your herring to follow the contour of the ledge watch your fish finder if you have one. Make sure your weight is off the bottom a few inches watch your depth finder consistently and adjust accordingly to depth. As you enter the river stay to the right and follow the bay up to S.O.M.A.R (Sause Bros.). It's on you right and there is usually barges or tug boats,dry dock there. As you approach the barge yard watch your fish finder it will drop off to thirty feet let line out slowly to bounce the bottom. As you pass the barge yard the depth will start to come up at the bridge start reeling in slowly. This is one of the rivers hottest spots. Keep trolling up river staying 25 feet off the bank as you get to the building on pilings head to the middle of the river or you will snag up, veer around it. Then get back to 25 feet off the bank again. Stay right and go underneath the bridge. Troll another 500 yards and turn around a back track the same way you came. Troll back to the barge where you started and follow the same path you took before. Everyone on the river usually go one direction with the tide. It doesn't matter I have caught fish both ways. You can cover more ground going with the tide ,but sometimes you cant troll slow enough to present you herring correctly. Going against the tide your bait can spin to fast and tear your bait up it all depends on the tide that day. Fishing the days when the difference between low and high tides are only a few feet or less are the best. Chinook like the slow approach to a bait and if it's to fast they will shy away from the bait. Above is the best set up I have found for fishing Coos River. Here's above is a map to show the most effective route I have found to catching fish on Coos River. Good Luck!!See you there in October....... Below is my wife with one of many fish we caught last year.