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Crab Watch and Clam Watch provides the latest information available on local clam digging and crabbing conditions on the Oregon Coast to facilitate planning your crabbing and clam digging adventures. We provide links to following websites for the latest information available on local clam digging and crabbing conditions on the Oregon Coast. Click on NOAA Tides and Currents to link to the tide tables for the Oregon Coast; then scroll down and click on the location of interest. Click on NOAA Regional Weather Forecast to view the 7 day weather forecast for your area of interest. Click on the pink colored portion of the map for your area of interest. Click on the area of the map between the coastline and the blue line defining the weather forecast 10 miles to sea. Move the cursor over your area of interest and click for a detailed 7 day weather forecast. A check of the Northwest River Forecast shows river levels for all of Oregon's rivers are below bankfull and flood levels. River levels should rise with continued rainfall. Crabbing improves first in Netarts and Coos Bays before improving in Oregon's other bays following periods of heavy seasonal rainfall. Crabbing: Recreational Ocean Crabbing resumes on 12/01/09. Crabbing in the ocean now is open from December 1st current year thru October 15 th of the following year. Be sure to double check the opening and closing dates in the synopsis. Crabbing in Oregon's Bays is open all year. Crabbing in the ocean out of Winchester Bay. The crabs were tagged and returned to the ocean to the north and sout of Winchester Bay. The CRAB TAGGING STUDY provides recreational crabbers opportunity and fun while crabbing. CRAB TAGGING STUDY The Oregon Wave Energy Trust in partnership with Oregon Sea Grant are conducting a study on Dungeness crabs. 3,000 legal sized male crabs were tagged in October and November of 2009. We need your help in returning the tags, so we can complete the study.
Return the tag to us and receive $20. We will also hold a drawing for $1,000 at the end of the commercial Dungeness crab season. Return a tag with the required information: Remove it from the crab, write down the location and depth the crab was found, the tag number, your name, address, and phone number. Mail this information and the tag to: Oregon Dungeness Crab Study, 29 SE 2nd Street, Newport, OR 97365 If you have questions please call 541-574-6537 ext. 18. Crabbing like all other salt water related activity in the bays is dependent on the tides. The most productive crabbing tides occur during the series of Neap tides followed by the minor tidal exchange of Spring tides. The most productive crabbing in Oregon's bays occurs in the larger salt water dominated bays during periods of slack tide and during periods of diurnal inequality between the low high tide and high low tide of the daily tidal cycle. Crabbing is not as productive during the high velocity tidal current generated during the major tidal exchange of spring tides or during the outgoing tide. The crabs bury themselves in the sand to escape the increased current velocity of the outgoing tide. Clam Digging: Always check the Shellfish Hotline before digging clams or taking mussels or call (503) 986-4728 or 1-800-448-2474 toll free outside of Oregon. Razor clam digging on Clatsop Spit resumed on 10/01/09. The next series of low spring tides beginning on November 13th and continuing through November 20th offer clam diggers the next but limited opportunity to harvest both bay clams and razor clams. Razor clams are reluctant to show during periods of heavy surf. We provide a link to Oregon Surf Check to view the height and interval of the long ocean swells. We recommend digging bay clams during periods of moderate to heavy surf. Remember, clam digging is most productive during periods of Spring tides and crabbing is most productive during periods of Neap tides. View the NOAA tide tables to see the predicted height of the low tide for your bay of interest . Caution: only venture onto the tidal flats of Oregon's Bays after sunset with local knowledge; plus, every person should carry TWO sources of light with spare batteries and flashlight bulbs. Caution: set a boat watch when using a boat to access the clam beds in the tidal flats. Caution; Avoid tidal areas with soft substrate usually associated with the muddy areas of the tidal flats but can occur in sandy substrate. Caution: Avid Coos Bay clam digger and crabber Brandon Williams encountered strong south winds in combination with a strong outgoing tide that generated large waves. The sudden onset of the large waves nearly swamped his 19 foot boat. The message in his experience is loud and clear. Caution: some of the crabbing docks in Oregon's Bays are in a state of disrepair. Crab with caution. Caution: Do not take children onto crabbing docks without wearing a life jacket. Contribute to Clam Watch by sharing your clam digging and crabbing experiences with Clam Watch. Clam Watch is only as effective as the information clam diggers and crabbers contribute. Take the time to share your information about your clam digging and crabbing experiences with us by emailing us at williamlackner001@msn.com or share them with others by posting them on the Discussion Forum.
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| Crabbing with the Crab Max from Moe's Pier in Siletz Bay. The jumbo Dungeness crab in the bucket was the only keeper caught in the strong tidal surge. A crabber tosses his crab ring into Alsea Bay from the end of one of two crabbing piers operated by the Port of Alsea. I took these Dungeness crabs from the Coast Guard dock in Winchester Bay using one Crab Max folding crab trap. The three Dungeness shown below provided just enough sweet succulent crab meat to make a Crab Louie for me and my wife. Crabbing from the Coast Guard dock was so good I could have easily limited out, but three crabs were just enough crab to fulfill my immidate needs.
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Lower Columbia River Crabbing: Gene from Tackle Time Charters reports Hello, Crabbing on the lower Columbia River has been very good. Most have nice hard shells now. And limits are common. A limit of crab is 12 per person. They are catching crab just off of buoy 20 and buoy 21. The crabbing is done by boat just off the river beach. We don't have any piers or docks out far enough into the river to do any crabbing without a boat. Unless, you have a crab catcher that is attached to your fishing pole. And if you do, you can catch crab with your crab catcher. It's a fun thing to do! And you can get some good crab too! Also, they are fishing for Salmon from the river beach and doing very well !! For those of you who do not know where the river beach is. It is located near Fort Stevens State Park. You'll see signs saying: To Jetties. The first parking lot will be a look out tower that over looks the ocean. The third parking lot is where you can access the river beach. Come Join The Fun!!!! Any questions, Please call us at (503) 861-3693 or check out our web site at http://www.tackletime.net/, Have a Great Day, Linda Links of Interest for the Lower Columbia River Estuary and Clatsop Spit: Click HERE to see the navigation hazards crossing the Columbia River Bay. Click 2009 or 2010 to view the NOAA tidal projections at the North Jetty at the entrance to the Columbia River Bar. Click 2009 or 2010 to view the NOAA tidal projections at Hammond, Oregon. Scroll down the desired month. Click on the Northwest River Levels to view the height of the river level for the Columbia River. Click HERE to view the Marine Forecast for the northern Oregon Coast. Click HERE for the ten day weather forecast for Astoria. Razor Clam Digging on Clatsop Spit Beaches: Digging for razor clams on Clatsop Spit Beaches resumed on 10/01/09. Always check the Shellfish Hotline Before digging clams or taking mussels or call (503) 986-4728 or 1-800-448-2474 toll free outside of Oregon. Razor clam digging is often unproductive during periods of heavy tidal surge. Click HERE for surf conditions along the Oregon Coast. I stay home if the offshore long ocean swells exceed 6.0 feet. On 02/16 Matt Huntter the Razor Clam Project Shellfish Leader reports a great razor clam assessment of approximately 7 million clams, but there has been a late development. The density of the razor clams north of Sunset Beach have declined for some reason. The digging for razor clams should be more productivie on the beaches south of Sunset Beach. My take on this follows. That does not mean there are not pleanty of razor clams north of Sunset Beach to the South Jetty of the Columbia River. The clams you dig to the north should be larger average size than those dug to south of Sunset Beach. Clatsop Spit Razor Clam Assessment: ODFW has begun the annual razor clam stock assessment on the Clatsop Beaches. Accurate assessments of razor clam populations will help ODFW understand and manage razor clams in the future. On 11/12 I spoke to ODFW's Matt Hunter about this seasons annual razor clam stock assessment. Matt shared the initial findings of the population assessment with us. Matt said and I paraphrase his comments, "From what we have seen the population density of razor on Clatsop has returned to normal. We expec this season to be good one." We will post the finding from the assessment when they become available. Bill On 01/29 Association member Jerry reports. We went 2 days in a row and got our limits both days. We did not go today because my surf watch sites all indicated high waves of 14-19 feet with SSE wind at 11-15 knots and probable rain. Those high waves make the razors "clam up" and not show, and the wind and rain make the conditions less enjoyable, so we elected to stay home and clean the clams we have already. I have found that razors stay alive perfectly well for several days (if necessary) if kept between several layers of cold wet bath towel. On 12/31 Association member Jerry reports. John and I have gotten limits of Razors last 2 evenings at Seaside. The weather driving back in the dark has been a little dicey. It is indeed possible to clam in the dark just using the new Coleman 60 lumen headlamps. Hope you found one, otherwise order it at Amazon. Happy New Year ! -Jerry On 12/14 Association member Jess reports: Wanted to give you a digging update too. I clammed at Gearhart last Sat afternoon and did pretty well. The tide was marginal only being a -0.1-foot low, but the ocean was flat calm with very little swell and essentially no chop. I think I lucked out by going when I did. I was on the beach the day before the before this storm was supposed to hit and the wind and swell changed direction. Probably will be the last time I go until 2010. On 12/08 Association member Jerry reports: taking limits of razor clams 2 our of the last three days. All of the clam were of average size of 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 inches. Jerry and his friend John Lim as well as the other nearby diggers were overwhelmed by a lage sneaker wave. On 12/06 Association member Jess reports: Bill, We did okay last Friday night razor clamming on the beach at Gearhart. Reason I say okay is I came home with a limit, but unfortunately the majority of my clams were small. I attribute that to equipment issues. I brought an 8-D cell diving light instead of a lantern so I would not have to worry about immersing it in the surf. The darn thing, despite having unused/new batteries in it, browned out in short order. I think that may be attributable to the light building up too much heat because after the light was immersed, it would work fine. I am going to call a local dive shop to see if this is a characteristic problem. I had a headlamp too, but it did not offer adequate light. We only had one lantern with our group so we were limited in that regard. The ocean conditions were fine and the winds stayed low so it was actually a nice night to be on the only think I thought that was odd is we had very little dry sand on the beach. Even at low tide, the intertidal area sands remained wet enough that you could not effectively tamp transects to cause clams to show. Had we just had a storm I could understand water moving out of the dunes keeping the beach wet, but we had not had any rain in a number of days so I was surprised the beach stayed as wet as it did even on a good minus tide. Not at all like spring tide conditions. I was also very surprised though that I only saw one other group (a guy and his kid) clamming on that portion of the beach north of the mouth of the Necanicum River where you have to walk to get onto the beach. We could see folks in rigs to our north, but we effectively had the beach to ourselves. On 12/04 Association member Allen reports: I was at Sunset Beach from 6:30pm till 9 no shows to speak of lots of thumping. Dry sand down into the surf. had to call it quits...Coleman lantern failed. Two nights before I was on the South end of Gearheart..Had the dog...not serious clamming. A few shows. Caught just few large razors, not peak minus tide...saw a couple of- looked like gaper shows but no shovel to pursue. I was near the mouth of the river...... the dog wanted to help way to much... On 11/05 Association member Jerry reports from Seaside: I'm writing to give you a clamming report from Wednesday 11/04, 7:38 pm low tide. South Seaside Beach. 1. Damn dark, even with the Coleman Northstar lantern on high, because the wind keeps blowing it to dim. 2. The wind has come up from nothing at dusk, to steady 50mph NNE. It is almost hard to stand up, and if not braced properly with shovel the lantern will blow over when set down on the sand so as to free my hands in order to gun a clam. 3. The clams are showing with the help of a little shovel banging, so I manage to scratch out my 15 and get the hell out off of the beach before the winds get worse... -Jerry Lynch On 11/02 Bill at Bud's Campground reports that local diggers expect another banner year digging razor clams on Clatsop Spit Beaches. Low tide on the 1st was a - 0.3 evening tide and one of Bud's employee's did not dig any clams but other diggers that were successful.. On 07/01 Clam Diggers Association Board Member Jerry Reports: Good Morning Bill my friend, Last week's low tide session was fantastic! Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, my friend, John Lim, and I were first people on the Seaside beach at 4:45am, and we were on our way home with limits by 6:30 - 7:00am, each day! John actually dug his 15 on Sunday in 23 minutes! Not bad for a guy in his mid-70's. The razors were showing in the wet sand in multiples of 8-10 at a time. Many times when you would begin to dig one, others would then show within 1-2 feet from the dig. John did dig a couple of the juveniles until I showed him to only select the largest shows, it went well from then on. Most of the clams were in the 5 - 51/2 inch range. I did dig one on an exposed sandbar that is 6.5 long and 3.0 wide. Not really that much bigger, but it really stands out when sitting with the rest. I am trying to wean myself from the clam gun and use only the razor shovel, so it takes me a little longer, also I am now finding better luck in the 8-12 inch deep surf, but it can be a wet experience! hehe! Thursday, we were back on Seaside Beach, and it was a totally different story! The ocean had come up overnight and the waves were still pounding. Everyone was struggling to find shows, some were found early in the dry sand. Finally the tide subsided enough to allow me to wade to my favorite sandbar (neoprene waders only, no hip boots will make it). Even there it took me an hour in 15 inch water to scratch out a limit of average size 5 of inches. On my walk back to the truck I was met by the ODFW, driving the sands in their white truck taking surveys of the harvest. They told me I was only the 3rd digger to report a limit, which tells me most folks were still having a tough time. Clam Clinic Seaside 2009 report: On 06/23 approximately 40 participants attended the lecture series portion of Clam Clinic Seaside 2009. On the following morning we met at the public parking lot located at the ocean end of 12 Ave. Clam digger and association member Steve and I were the first diggers on the beach at 05:30 and we were greeted by several razor clams donuts in the wet sand. I'll just bet if we were on the beach at daybreak we would have found razor clams showing. The clams were deep and I managed to dig only 1 of the first 3 that showed. Steve struck out managing to dig only 1 razor clam for all the effort he put into it. I returned to the parking lot to greet the other diggers and my physician Dr Alison Ma and her husband Mike both of whom are new to digging clams. We departed the parking lot sharply at 06:15. and the diggers dispersed evenly along the beach. Fifty percent of the diggers dug limits of razor clams while the remainder managed to dig between zero and two to four plus clams. I dug a half of dozen clams in the surf using the method recommended by ODFW's Matt Hunter. I have experienced the disappointment of the diggers who did not do well and well as the satisfaction of those that did well. One couple dug a combined total of twenty razor clams mostly from the wet sand. I cannot understate the importance to those new to digging razor clams of being on the beach 2 plus hours before low tide and digging though to the change in tide. As always good digging, Bill On 06/25 Association member Casey writes: Hi Bill, We hade a great time at seaside and got our limits of razors! It was our first time digging razors so we cracked some shells and got some small ones but we kept em all. We fried them up and they were delicious. I noticed that they have a similar flavor to abalone (I used to be a diver in Ca). Great fun and we can’t wait till next time. I've included some pics of my wife Sonja and our limits and my nephew Brandon and his small one. Casey Brisbin
On 06/19 Bill from Bud's Campground in Gearhart reports the same as last week: Razor clamming is great, great and great with diggers returning with limits all week long during the series of low tides for the diggers staying at his RV park. Be sure you have a shellfish license if you plan to dig razor clams. The OSP ran saturation patrols on the Clatsop Spit Beaches during the last series of low tides. Each digger must dig there own clams, and each digger must have their own container. Helping another person dig clams is illegal and will result in a 150.00 ticket. The limit for razor clams in 15 per day of any size or condition. As always good digging, Bill On 05/29 Association member Jerry reports: Razor clamming on the Seaside to South Jetty was outstanding as I have ever seen it. Both John and I chocked up limits of BIG guys on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. For a change of pace I dug Gapers at Netarts on Wednesday, and managed to find my 12 all at softball size by only digging the really largest shows. They were all at 30 - 36 inches deep, so needless to say I was pooped when finished. Using the bottomless bucket and sand pump tools really made all the difference. On 05/26 Association member George reports: Razor clam report: Seaside, end of (U) street 5-25-09.most everyone got their limit in our party. and we seen many walking out with their limit.. we got there a little late... look as like your clinic in June will do good out of 12th street.
On 03/06 Kirk and Lisa emailed, "Hi Bill, Thanks for all you do. Here's our limits from Seaside yesterday. I think it's going to be a good season. Kirk & Lisa Seaside, OR." View the photo of their razor clams on page 2 of the photo album on our website. Necanicum River at Seaside: Like the Salmon River Estuary the Necanicum River is dominated by freshwater and crabbing productivity is limited to periods of extended clear weather. The most productive crabbing is from boats and from the 12th Ave Bridge. Necanicum River Estuary clam digging is limited to softshell clams.. Click 2009 or 2010 to view the NOAA tidal projections at the 12th Street Bridge over the Necanicum River. Scroll down the desired month. Click HERE for the 10 day weather forecast for Seaside. Nehalem Bay: 02/20 the Wheeler Marina Crabbing is improving. Salinity in th bay is up. One boat came in this morning with eigth crabs ......... Wheeler Marina is located just south of Nehalem on US101 in the historic town of Wheeler, Oregon. We are right in the center of Wheeler with plenty of parking, kayaks for sale/rent, crab boat rentals, licenses, mooring, a crab cooker, snacks, tackle, and friendly advice on what to see & how to do it. Internet links of Interest for Nehalem Bay: Click 2009 or 2010 to view the NOAA tidal projections at Brighton, Nehalem Bay. Scroll down the desired month. Click HERE for the 10 day weather forecast for Nehalem Bay. Click HERE to see the navigation hazards for crossing the bar at Nehalem Bay. Click HERE to view the Marine Forecast for the northern Oregon Coast. Click on the Northwest River Levels to view the height of the river level for the Nehalem River. Clam digging in Nehalem Bay is very good but limited to softshell clams, purple varnish clams and butter clams. Tillamook Bay is Oregon's second largest bay and recreationally friendly. Avoid boating in the lower bay and jetty channel during the outgoing tide. Disabled boats are easily swept into the waves generated at the bar. The CDAO recommends the Harborview Inn and RV Park when staying in Garibaldi. The Inn is were my friends and stay when fishing, crabbing or digging clams in Tillamook Bay. The Inn rates at the top of my comfort zone when I stay in the area. The Inn is located across the street from the Garibaldi Marina and just steps away from the tidal flats right next to the bay on 7th street south. The rooms at the Inn are very clean and reasonably priced. Bradley and Becca will make your stay a pleasant one. Crabbing Tillamook Bay: On 02/20 Tillamook Sporting Goods at 503 842 4334 reports crabbing ranges from poor to fair....... On 02/20 Jeff from the Garibaldi Marina at 503 322 3312 or 800 383 3828 reports crabbing was fair this past week for recreational crabbers. Garibaldi Marina is operating on winter hours until March 1st and will be open on Saturday and Sunday from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. When I visited Jeff the first thing I noticed that everything was neat and stowed where it belonged. Jeff rents everything you need to make you trip a success. Boat rentals are reasonable priced and by reservation only. Boats are only rented during the incoming tide so consult the tide table for Tillamook Bay to plan your trip. Ring rentals are $5.00 all day, bait is $2.50 each and it cost $4.50 per limit to have your crabs cooked........... In late summer Association member Jerry reports excellent crabbing yesterday at Garibaldi. However, the crab are not completely "full" yet; most are at about 80% solid. Still very good eating, especially when hot and fresh right out of the "cooker". Look below the crab in the "fish box"; you can partially see the three 8 lb. cohos we caught prior to pulling up the crab traps.
Internet links of Interest for the Port of Garibaldi: Click HERE for the 10 day weather forecast for Garibaldi. Click 2009 or 2010 to view the NOAA tidal projections at the Barview Jetty. Click 2009 or 2010 to view the tide table at Garibaldi. Scroll down the desired month. Click HERE to see the navigation hazards for crossing the Tillamook Bay Bar. Click HERE to view the Marine Forecast for the northern Oregon Coast. Click on the Northwest River Levels to view the height of the river level for the rivers of Tillamook Bay. Clam Digging Tillamook Bay: Tillamook Bay clam digging at Garibaldi is one of the most popular digging areas found in any of Oregon’s Bays. Public access is limited to the Garibaldi tidal flats, but the most productive digging is on the large tidal flat adjacent to the Bay Ocean Peninsula Road just south of Crab Harbor. The easiest access to the Garibaldi tidal flats is via 12th street parking lot or via the scenic walkway located behind the Harborview Inn.and RV Park conveniently located on the bay at Garibaldi. The Port of Garibaldi offers crabbing and/or fishing from the public dock at the intersection of 7th and Commercial and from the Pier's End crabbing dock at 12th Street. If you plan to visit Netarts Bay, Garibaldi or Nehalem Bay stop by Tillamook Sporting Goods. They have the equipment to take care of your crabbing, fishing and clam digging needs. On 05/26 and O5/27 Clam Clinic Tillamook was a terrific success. Approximately 25 persons attended the lecture and the clam dig. Tillamook Bay clam digging at Garibaldi is one of the most popular digging areas found in any of Oregon’s Bays. Gaper clams and cockles are located sandy substrate east of the 12th fishing pier. Butter clams, gaper clams as well as some cockles are located in the tidal flats dominated by gravel substrate west of the fishing pier. Use a potato fork with a shovel to dig the calms from the gravely substrate. The lower half of the bay offers all species of bay clams. Using a boat is the best way to access the more productive isolated clam beds in the bay. The upper bay is home to softshell clams Avoid areas with soft mud. Dig only in areas with solid footing. Some razor clams are dug from the north end of the island in the lower reach of the bay and from the beach on the Bayocean Peninsula. All of the participants at the dig went home with gaper clams.
On 05/23 my friend Tim reports that last week he and his friends took 44 crabs in 2 days last while fishing for lingcod and rockfish out of Tillamook Bay. They set the pots in 35 feet of water 1 mile south of the entrance to Tillamook Bay. Netarts Bay is a saltwater dominated bay. The crabbing usually improves as soon as the weather clears after major seasonal storms because the bay has no major rivers. Crabbing: On 02/20 Joe from the Big Spruce RV Park and Boat Rental reports crabbing has been hit and miss with some crabbers doing well taking large Dungeness and red rock crabs while other crabbers not doing so well.......... Al and Lorna not only rent boats and all the gear for crabbing they run a first class operation with full hookups and pull thrus. Call I 503 842 7443 or toll free 1 877 651 9342 for information or reservations. Click 2009 or 2010 to view the NOAA tidal projections at Netarts Bay and sroll down the desired month. Click HERE for the 10 day weather forecast Netarts. Clam Digging: Clam digging in Netarts Bay is renowned for all species of clams. In late summer Clam Diggers Association members, Walt, Jerry and John and I met at Netarts Bay to dig clams and do some crabbing. Butter clams were my objective but it was difficult to ignore the large gaper clams and my favorite clam, littleneck clams. The shell fo the littleneck clam with the hole in it as shown in the photo below was the victim of a Moon snail. Crabbing productivity plunged with the strong currents of the low Spring tides. We caught lots of short males and very large female crabs. I spoke to one crabber who left his pots all night and failed to take a legal crab. Association member Jerry's scored theses big boys in Netarts. In late summer Clam Diggers Association members, Walt, Jerry and John and I met at Netarts Bay to dig clams and do some crabbing. Butter clams were my objective but it was difficult to ignore the large gaper clams and my favorite clam, littleneck clams. The shell fo the littleneck clam with the hole in it as shown in the photo below was the victim of a Moon snail. Crabbing productivity plunged with the strong currents of the low Spring tides. We caught lots of short males and very large female crabs. I spoke to one crabber who left his pots all night and failed to take a legal crab. Association member Jerry's scored theses big boys in Netarts.
Sand Lake: The County Park is open for camping. For the latest information call the Camp Host at 503 965 6085. The campground is scheduled to close on 12/01. On 08/27 Crabbers on the bridge to Whalen Island has been slow with very few crabbers working the tidal basin.. Sand Lake Crabbing ranges from fair to good for most of the year inside the entrance to the tidal basin south and to the west of Whalen Island. Crabs are taken by crabbers from the bridge to Whalen Island on the incoming tide. The crabbing is consistent because rainfall has little effect on the salinity of the water because the basin does not have a large continuous source of freshwater. Sand Lake clam digging is limited to purple varnish clams and a small population of cockles. Raking for cockles in the cockle beds located in the south channel has declined, but the purple varnish clams in the tidal flats associated with the north channel are abundant. We suggest raking cockles at Netarts Bay rather than Sand Lake. Click 2009 or 2010 to view the NOAA tidal projections at the entrance to Nestucca Bay. We use the time and tide for Nestucca Bay because there no location listed for the Sand Lake Tidal Basin. Scroll down the desired month. Click HERE for the 10 day weather forecast for Pacific City. Nestucca Bay: On 02/20 Mitchell's Shell and Bait Shop at 503-965-0031 Pacific City reports the bay look great and there are some crabbers in the bay this morning but she does not how well they have done. Crabber Steve and another crabber drove down the beach on the Nestucca Bay Spit and crabbed near the Jaws on the inside of the bay and did not catch a crab. Mitchell's offers an innovative incentive way of selling sand shrimp. The customer gets to select their own sand shrimp filling a 16 oz cup. The result is 2 dozen plus sand shrimp for 4 bucks and with their punch card you get every 12th purchase free. Clam digging in Nestucca Bay is limited to the harvest of softshell clams. Click 2009 or 2010 to view the NOAA tidal projections at the entrance to Nestucca Bay and scroll down the desired month. Click HERE for the 10 day weather forecast for Pacific City. Click on the Northwest River Levels to view the height of the river level for the Nestucca River. Salmon River Estuary: Like the Necanicum River the Salmon River Estuary is dominated by freshwater and Crabbing productivity is limited to periods of extended clear weather. There is no local source for crabbing or clam digging information available. All crabbing is from boats. Historically crabbing ranges from poor to fair from May through July and is good during August and September in the lower estuary. Salmon River Estuary clam digging is limited to the harvest of softshell and purple varnish clams. Click 2009 or 2010 to view the NOAA tidal projections at the entrance to Nestucca Bay. We use the time and tide for Nestucca Bay because there no location listed for the Salmon River Estuary. Scroll down the desired month. Click HERE for the 10 day weather forecast for Otis. Siletz Bay: On 02/20 Steve from Moe's crabbing dock reports crabbing has been fair crabbing from Moe's Dock. Steve and Soto are averaging 2 keeper crabs while crabbing near high slack. Soto took 4 nice crabs the day before yesterday crabbing from Moe's Dock prior to high slack tide. Steve from Moe's crabbing dock reports crabbing from Moe's dock is based on the height of the incoming tide. The Crab Max trap has to clear the lip of the berm otherwise the trap hangs up and buries in the sand. Crab off of Moe's Dock only when the height of the tide exceeds 7.0 feet; otherwise crab of off the sandy beach when the height of the incoming tide is lower than 5.0 feet. Crabbing from the sandy beach when the incoming tide is between 5.0 and 7.0 feet requires the crabber to wade into the water to caste or retrieve the Crab Max over the berm. Crabbing has been mixed for crabbers using a Crab Max. Steve uses a Crab Max baited with mussels.. . Crabbing with a crab max crab traps is the type of crab gear most often used to take crabs from Moe's crab dock.... On 12/05 Siletz Moorage (541) 996-3671 no report. Closed for the season. Siletz River Estuary clam digging is limited to the harvest of softshell and purple varnish clams. Click 2009 or 2010 to view the NOAA tidal projections at Taft and scroll down the desired month. Click HERE for the 10 day weather forecast for Lincoln City. Click on the Northwest River Levels to view the height of the river level for the Siletz River. On 05/13 Clam Clinic Siletz Bay was a great success. The 43 clam diggers who participated had a great time going home with limits of purple varnish clams. Purple varnish clams, a soft bodied clam, are an introduced species that is finding great favor with the clam digging community. On 04/25 I visited the tidal flat next to the rocky spires next to Schooner Creek with my 9 year old grandson to dig Purple Varnish clams. We both dug limits of large mature clams. The experience was a great confidence builder for him, and I was thrilled to take him clam digging. That evening I battered up the clams and deep fried them to the delight of his Mother and 4 year old brother. As the saying goes, That's what I am talking about. Bill Yaquina Bay Crabbing: On 02/20 Dion from Sawyer's Landing (541) 265-3907 reports crabbing is slow to fair. 2 boat came in with 6 and 8 crabs per boat, however, another boat crabbed all day and came in with 25 crabs.......... Sawyer's Landing cooks crabs for a six dollar minimum charge for 12 or fewer crabs. On 01/29 Crabber and avid clam digger Gary reports crabbing is slow. He took 6 keeper sized Dungeness crabs. Two of which were large, hard shelled and full of meat. I met Gary while digging gaper clams at the seawall. He was soaking his pots in the channel in front of the Marine Science Center docks and came over to see how well the clam dig was going. On 11/25 Steve from Crab Max and his friend Soto took a half a dozen crabs from the Newport Terminials. On 08/16 Crabbing from the docks along the Bay Road has slowed for Dungeness. I took home 14 red rock crab from the Embarcadaro crabbing dock. The crabbing mix consisted of undersized Dungeness with 2 out of 10 crabbers taking 1 legal crab each. However at the crab cooker two crabbers were cooking their limits of Dungeness thay had taken while crabbing from rental boats in the bay. On 08/11 My 5 and 9 yearold grandsons crabber off the Embarcadaro crabbing dock and managed to take only 1 legal crab. The mix was mostly red rock with some legal Dungeness crabs. On 06/30 crabber Steve took 6 hard shell crabs from the port terminals. Yaquina Bay offers gaper clams, softshell clams and cockles in numbers that exceed the desire of clam diggers to fulfill their expectations. Internet links of interest: Stonewall Bank Buoy Reports National Buoy Data Center observation reports for buoys off the Oregon Coast. Sunrise and Sunset tables for Yaquina Bay. Ten day weather forecast for the central coastal area at Yaquina Bay. Navigational hazards for crossing the bar at Yaquina Bay. Marine Forecast for the northern Oregon Coast. OSU Links of Interest to view weather, buoy observations and other links of interest. Click 2009 or 2010 to view the NOAA tide tables at the bar of Yaquina Bay. Click 2009 or 2010 to view the NOAA tidal projections at Southbeach and scroll down the desired month. On 01/29 My buddy Dutch and I launched his canoe at Port Dock 7 under the critical eye of one of the Port officials. The height of the predicted low tide was not nearly as low as predicted and we dug clams in the wet sand. I have been working on some new recipes for gaper clams that are really great. This coming year we are going to produce some video clips and digging, cleaning and cooking Bay Clams. Bill. On 12/02 My 88 year old friend Dutch and I dug limits of gaper clams from Yaqyina Bay, but I ended up with 11 clams because one the clams I took in th dark was a deader and full of sand. This morning I used the gaper clams to make a stock pot of the best clam chowder in the World, Oregon's Clam Chowder. See photo no. 60 in the photo album to view the clams I dug. On 11/01 Yesterday evening I dug gaper clam from the tidal flats adjacent to the Gas Plant. The clam were small and difficult to find. Durning the last series of low tides I clams at Idaho Point, again the clams were small and difficult to find. All of the clam were so small I suggest digging for gaper clams someplace else in the bay. Always check the Shellfish Hotline Before digging clams or taking mussels or call (503) 986-4728 or 1-800-448-2474 toll free outside of Oregon. On 07/25 my buddy Dutch and I dug limiits of gaper clams at the Sea Wall. On 06/26 Association members Dave and Sandi Randleman and I dug limits of gaper clams at the sea wall in Yaquina Bay. After we finished digging the gaper clams we looked for littleneck clams but without success. On 06/21 My 87 year old friend Dutch launched his canoe at Port Dock 5 and paddled to the sea wall. He dug a limit of 12 gaper clams. Paddled his canoe back to the port dock. Loaded his canoe and went home to clean his clams. On 05/25 Clam Clinic Yaquina Bay was a great success. On 05/25 The Clam Digger Association held our annual Clam Clinic Yaquina Bay. We had 40 plus diggers participating many on them were new to recreational clam digging. Everyone dug gaper clams and most took limits. The prize for diligence went to a young lady who dug a forty pound rock. Being new to digging clams she prevailed and took home a limit but left the rock. We owe our gratitude and thanks to David Leer and Alan Kaylor who took the time to ferry diggers from the boat ramp at South Beach to the Seawall On 04/27 I took my 9 year old grandson to the Gas Plant tidal flat and he dug five gaper clams. Limits of gaper clams and cockles were common for most of the diggers I observed. On 04/10 My buddy Dutch dug a limit of gaper clams from the tidal flats along the Gas Plant road. On 03/30 My 86 year old friend Dutch dug a limit of gaper clam during a -0.7 early morning spring tide.. On 03/09 My friend Dutch Schuttpelz and his son, Steve both got limits of mussels at Seal Rock. At dusk Steve caught some black rock while fly fishing off the south jetty at Yaquina Bay with streamer flies. On 03/08 limits of gaper clams were the rule. I dug 5 gaper clams from a 2 foot square and clam digger Walt dug 12 gaper clams from a 3 foot square hole On 02/07 Alan Kaylor of Toledo dug his first limit of gaper clams. On 02/08 Alan accompanied by his 11 year old daughter and his 93 year old dad dug gaper clams and crabbed in Yaquina Bay. Alan reports: We only had 2 shovels I dug 4 gaper clams, my dad 6 and my 11 year old daughter had to be drug off the flat with 7. She didn’t want to give up but light gave up on us. We also got 9 crabs 3 reds and 6 keeper dungees. I used mink and chicken with a kicker of clam goo from yesterday. Thank you again I wish you where there to see the triumph on her face with her first clam. I did not take a camera do to the rain, darn it all. See you next time. Alan On 01/09 limits of gaper clams were the rule. I dug 6 gaper clams from a 2 foot square and clam digger Walt dug 9 gaper clams from a 3 foot square hole. Digging razor clams at Agate Beach and the North and South Jetties at Newport: Always check the Shellfish Hotline Before digging clams or taking mussels or call (503) 986-4728 or 1-800-448-2474 toll free outside of Oregon. Razor clam digging is often unproductive during periods of heavy tidal surge. Click HERE for surf conditions along the Oregon Coast. I stay home if the offshore long ocean swells exceed 6.0 feet On 02/17 ODFW reports that razor clam digging at popular area beaches has been slow because of rough ocean conditions. Hopefully the surf conditions at the end of the month will improve. On 11/21 Bill Morriis took a limit of razors on one day and 10 razors the following day at the North Jetty. Digging at Agate Beach was slow. Bill Morris rates right at the top with the best when it come to digging razor clams. On 08/18 ODFW and local razor clam diggers report razor clam digging at Agate Beach was not productive durning the last series of low Spring tides. On 07/27 ODFW and razor clam diggers report razor clam digging productivity during the last series of July's low tides at Agate Beach, the beach at the North Jetty and South Beach was slow with diggers posting no limits recorded by ODFW counters. On 06/26 ODFW report razor clam digging was very productive on Monday and Tuesday June 21st and 22nd at Agate Beach but fell off dramatically the rest of the week. On 06/19 ODFW and razor clam diggers report razor clam digging productivity at Agate Beach, the beach at the North Jetty and South Beach was slow with diggers posting no limits recorded by ODFW counters. Razor clam digging productivity should increase during the upcoming series of low tides with the biggest low tides of the year predicted. On 05/15 ODFW and razor clam diggers report razor clam digging varies from limits one day and poor the next at Agate Beach. Diggers dug several small razor clams at the north end of Agate Beach. Please try to avoid digging the smaller razor clams. Digging razor clams from the North Jetty has been better than fair with knowledgeable digger taking limits of clams. Digging for razor clams at the South Jetty has been excellent with limits the rule rather than the exception. Digging for razor clams is typically more productive on the front end of the series of low tides rather than the back side of the tidal series. On 05/24 I took my two labs with me to South Beach to dig razor clams. They failed to find any clams for me and I did not see a show. We got there about one hour before prior to low tide and I kept my dogs out of the area with the most diggers. I watched the other diggers and it looked like they were not having much luck either. I did not see any of them bent over digging clams. Seeing that digging razor clams was going nowhere I decided to dig for purple varnish clams in the sandy/mud substrate behind the Marine Science Center in Yaquina Bay. I notice the purple varnish shows high in the tidal zone of the tidal flat several weeks ago when I was after gaper clams, and I had to satisfy my curiosity. I dug about a dozen clams over a wide area and found even though the clams are present in fair numbers the population density is not high enough to justify the effort expended to dig a limit. As always good digging, Bill On 05/25 The Clam Digger Association held our annual Clam Clinic Yaquina Bay. Mich Vance the ODFW Shellfish Leader attended the dig and I asked how productive razor digging was on 05/24 at South Beach. He responded that productivity was poor there and at the North Jetty but diggers were taking limits at Agate Beach. Alsea Bay Crabbing: on 02/20 Bill from the Dock of the Bay at (541) 563-2003 reports crabbing in the bay is slow........ The Dock of the Bay cooks crabs for a nominal charge. Internet links of interest: Click 2009 or 2010 to view the NOAA tidal projections at Waldport and scroll down the desired month. Click HERE for the 10 day weather forecast at Waldport. Click on Northwest Rivers Forecast to view the height of the river levels for the Alsea River. Alsea Bay Clam Digging: Alsea Bay is renowned for the high population of softshell clams common to the upper bay. Cockles and gaper clam (Tresus Capax) are common in the lower bay On beautiful sunny morning my buddy Dutch and I visited the south shore of Alsea Bay to dig for the oversized gaper clams once fairly common. We both managed to dig 1 oversized gaper clam apiece. The two we dug were the only ones we were able to find. Dutch dug a total of 8 gaper clams while I dug 4 gaper clams. We spent several hours looking for the big boys but all of the shows we observed were from small gaper clams. The clam diggers raking cockles we observed did poorly taking very few cockles for the time spent raking. We did observe diggers raking for cockles in the Bayshore channel on the north side of the bay but we were too far away to see how well they were doing.. Florence at the Siuslaw River Estuary on 02/20 Ken from the Port of Siuslaw Campground at the water's edge on the bay reports crabbing is slow. Crabbing from the City Docks ranges to fair in late summer and fall with lots of juvenile crabs in the mix. The crabbing from Siuslaw Bay public crabbing dock located at the end of the South Jetty Road is excellent from late spring until the freshwater from winter rains force the crabs out into the ocean.............. Internet links of interest for the Siuslaw River Estuary: Click 2009 or 2010 to view the NOAA tide tables for entrance to the bar at the Siuslaw River and scroll down to the desired month. Click 2009 or 2010 to view the NOAA tidal projections at the City Docks at Florence and scroll down to the desired month. Click HERE for the 10 day weather forecast at Florence. Click HERE to see the navigation hazards for crossing the Siuslaw River bar. Click on Northwest Rivers Forecast to view the height of the river level for the Siuslaw River. Clam Digging Siuslaw River Estuary: Softshell clams are the primary clams of interest in the Siuslaw River Estuary. Piddocks clams are dug from the exposed tidal flats on the north side of the channel some distance from the Harbor Vista R/V Park. Some cockles are raked and some gaper clams are dug on the tidal flats below the Harbor Vista R/V Park Winchester Bay on the UmpquaRiver: The Crab Watch Report is provided by the outdoor reporter and outdoor writer, Pete Heley at the Stockade Market. On 02/20 Pete Heley reports: crabbing has improvet to fair with most of the actions going to those crabbing from boats with those crabbing from the Coast Guard picking up some crabs. On 02/06 The Coast Guard’s restrictive bar closure policy at Winchester Bay looms large as charter operators and private boat owners abandon the bay. Chinook Charters moved their operation and Strike Zone charters choose to ret\ire rather than continue operations. Private boat owners are choosing Charleston and Newport rather than mooring their boats at Winchester Bay. That being said, the crabbing from the old Coast Guard crabbing dock is mediocre at best and crabbers from boats are prohibited from crabbing in more popular area of the jetty channel.. Bill On 01/10 Pete reports: for the most part rough ocean condtions are keeping recreational crabbers inside the bay. Boaters are complaining that Coast Guard is unfairly restricting boating in the lower bay from the entrance to the West Baisn seaward when they close the bar. Crabbing for both dock and boats at Winchester Bay is slow. Late last summer, I took 3 nice sized Dungeness crabs using a Crab Max folding crab trap from the old Coast Guard dock. Three crabs were just enough for my wife and I to enjoy a great Crab Louie. Crabbers from boats are doing very well with limits or near limits.. Boat crabbers should be aware of dangerous tidal conditions in the jetty channel. Sudden ocean swells can easily lift and leave a boat up onto the rocks of the north jetty... Click on the Umpqua Post to view Pete's Outdoor Report. Click HERE to see Pete's books about Bass Fishing (for both large and small mouth bass and striped bass)on the OregonCoast. The Stockade Market carries a complete line of fishing and crabbing equipment. Frank at the Reedsport Outdoor Store will contribute crabbing reports to Crab Watch. Frank rents crab rings for 5.00 a day and sells crab bait for 3.50. Internet links of interest for the Umpqua River Estuary: Click 2009 or 2010 to view the NOAA tidal projections at entrance to the bar at the Umpqua River. Click 2009 or 2010 to view the NOAA tidal projections at Gardiner and scroll down the desired month. Click HERE to see the 10 day weather forecast at Reedsport. Click on Northwest Rivers Forecast to view the height of the river level for the Umpqua River. Click HERE to see the navigation hazards for crossing the Umpqua River bar. The navigational hazards posted for crossing the bar at Winchester Bay, Coos Bay and the Coquille and Chetco River Estuaries are displayed as PDF files. Print them out and refer to them before crossing the bar. Clam Digging Umpqua River Estuary: Softshell clams are the dominate clam species in the Umpqua River Estuary. The tidal flats associated with Bolon Island and Gardiner area offers walk-in diggers the best access. Coos Bay Crabbing: Oregon's largest bay is a salt water dominated bay that holds crabs longer than any other of Oregon’s Bays. Winter Storms will dominate the Southern Oregon Coast until the weather patterns change with the arrival of spring. The winter weather draws visitors to Shore Acres State Park at Cape Arago to view spectacular winter waves crashing into the headland. The torrential downpours that accompany the winter storms flood the bays for extended periods. The runoff from seasonal rainfall can blow crabs right out of the bays at anytime. The Chetco and Rogue River Estuaries are the first to experience the effects to seasonal runoff followed by the Siuslaw and Umpqua River Estuaries and finely Coos Bay. Crabbing remains fairly productive in lower Coos Bay for most of the year because the bay is dominated by saltwater because of the limited amount of seasonal freshwater runoff from the Coos River. On 02/20 Joe from the Bites On located at 750 Newmark Ave in Empire or (541) 888-4015 reports: crabbing from boats has been fair and those crabbing from docks catchihng mostly red rock with a few Dugeness crabs in the mix...... Joe rents rings for 5.00 a day and sells crab bait for a 1.50 a pop. On 02/17 ODFW reports Recreational crab harvest inside the bay remains decent for those with boats and slow for those crabbing from the docks. Red rock crabs are the main harvest at Carleston and Empire docks but there are also a few legal Dungeness crabs being harvested as well. Harvest from the local docks, Charleston docks and Empire docks has been holding steady with catches of mostly red rock crabs and several Dungeness crabs in the mix. In Charleston the best crabbing docks have been the B/C and D/E docks in Charleston. The best baits for crabbing are fish, chicken or turkey legs. The best time to crab is three hours before high tide 1/2 hour after. Crabbing like all other salt water related activity in the bays is dependent on the tides. The most productive crabbing tides occur during the series of Neap tides followed by the minor tidal exchange of Spring tides. The most productive crabbing in Oregon's Bays occurs in the larger salt water dominated bays during periods of slack tide and during periods of diurnal inequality between the low high tide and high low tide of the daily tidal cycle. Crabbing is not as productive during the high velocity tidal current generated during the major tidal exchange of spring tides or during the outgoing tide. The crabs bury themselves in the sand to escape the increased current velocity of the outgoing tide. Remember crabbing in the bays is best during periods of neap tides. Internet links of interest for Coos Bay: Click HERE for the 10 day weather forecast at Coos Bay. Click HERE for the latest marine forecast and small craft advisories from Florence to Cape Blanco. Click on Northwest Rivers Forecast to view the height of the river level for the Coos River. Click HERE to see the navigation hazards for crossing the bar at Coos Bay. Click on .2009 or 2010 to view the NOAA tidal projections for Charleston and scroll down the desired month Coos Bay clam digging offers the most productive clam digging for all species of clams found in any of Oregon’s Bays. Click HERE to view a video clip of cockles being raked in South Slough. The next series of low spring tides beginning on November 01 and continuing through November 08 are marginal but offer clam diggers the next but limited opportunity to harvest both bay clams and razor clams. The harvest of empire/gaper clams has been good at the North Spit and Clam Island. The best harvest areas are Empire/Charleston along Cape Arago Highway, and within Charleston, north and south of the Charleston Bridge. Butter, gaper, and cockle clams are abundant in these areas. Digging for razor clams in the Coos Bay area began strong but soon declined to mediocre. Early last Spring limits of razor clams came from Charleston Boat Basin Sand Spit, North Spit, Bastendorff, and to the northern section of the Seven Devils Wayside beaches. The availability of razor clams have diminished since the reports of initial success earlier in July. Hopefully digging conditions for razor clams will imporve this coming Spring. Click 2009 or 2010 to view the NOAA tide tables for Charleston and scroll down the desired month. Before any shellfish harvest trip, make sure to check the Oregon Department of Agriculture Web site for any recent shellfish closures. Whiskey Run Beach off of Seven Devils Road allows beach access by motor vehicles and is listed by ODFW as a location to dig for razor clams. The razor clam population at Whiskey Run Beach is aging. Diggers report an absence of juvenile razor clams and a declining population of aging razor clam. We need current information on digging productivity at Whiskey Run Beach and Southern Oregon Beaches. Share your experiences with us. Bill the Clamman We need information on the current digging conditions for all of Oregon's Beaches. Share the news of your clam digging experience on the Discussion Board. On 02/17 ODFW reports: digging for razor clams has been slow at Whiskey Run Beach. Scott Growth works the are of the beach from the parking area north during the last series of low tides but the clams were no shows. On 07/27 ODFW reports: that razor clam digging has been slow at Whiskey Run Creek and on the Charleston Boat Basin sand spit and digging at Bastendorff Beach has been spotty with mix results on the slow side.. There are no updates on the razor clam digging inside the North Spit. Coquille Bay at the Port of Bandon: On 02/20 Tony from Tony's Crab Shack 541 347-2875 reports crabbing from Weber's Pier has been slow with small crabs making up the catch. One dock crabber took 2 just legal crabs yesterday and in the afternoon one boat crabber took a limit of just leagal sized crabs but other than those two crabbers the action has been slow……….......Read Tony's all encompassing Fishing Report in the Bandon Western World newspaper or the online edition at Bandon Western World. Tony's cooks crabs for 50 cents per crab and backs them for an additional 25 cents per crab. On 02/06 Diane at Bandon Bait and Tackle 541-347-3905 reports: crabbing in the bay has been slow with all the freshwater in the bay....… Bandon Bait is conveniently located next to the boat launch. Bandon Bait shop rents clam shovels, poles, and crab rings plus sells rods, reels, bait, tackle, and ice. Fishing gear repair services are available as well as professional guided trips on the Coquille, Sixes, and Elk Rivers. They also sell hamburgers, fish and chips, and fried prawns. Bandon usually remains productive until the bay blows out with turbid brown stained water. Softshell clams dominate the tidal flats of the Coquille River Estuary at Bandon. Internet links of interest for the Coquille River Estuary: Click 2009 or 2010 to view the NOAA tidal projections for the Port of Bandon and scroll down the desired month. Click HERE for the 10 day weather forecast at Bandon. Click on Northwest Rivers Forecast to view the height of the river level for the Coquille River. Click HERE to see the navigation hazards for crossing the bar at the Coquille River. Port Orford is the only port in Oregon that offers crabbing in the Ocean from a dock facility. Crabbing productivity varies from day to day and with the season. Recreational boaters crab in the ocean south of the port in 60 to 80 feet of water. Click on 2009 or 2010 to view the NOAA tidal projections at for Port Orford and scroll down the desired month. Click HERE to see the 10 day weather forecast at Port Orford. Click HERE to see the unfavorable harbor conditions at Port Orford. The digging for littleneck clams at Rocky Point has declined because of a large scale die off late last year. The die off of littleneck clams has occurred in many areas along the ocean beaches of the Pacific Northwest. We need current up to date information on digging conditions at Rocky Point. Rocky Point Update: An association member had a lengthy discussion with a South coast digger who noted that the steamer clam population has indeed had a terrible drop on those coastal rocky reaches. The digger did note that a couple of years ago, he would get 8 or 10 steamers out of some of the spots, but this year he managed to get only 1 or 2. The positive aspect of this is that some of the steamers did survive. ChetcoBay, Brookings: On 02/20 the Sporthaven Marina 541.469-3301 at the Port of Brookings Harbor reports: the river is running at normal levels at Chetco Bay and crabbing has picked up some in the bay and in the ocean when the boats can get out. The bay clams common to Oregon's Bay are not present in Brookings Harbor or in the Rogue River Estuary in large enough numbers to be of interest to recreational clam diggers. Click on 2009 or 2010 to view the NOAA tidal projections at for Bandon at Chetco Cove and scroll down the desired month. Click HERE for the 10 day weather forecast at Brookings. Click HERE to see the navigation hazards for crossing the bar of the Chetco River. Click on the Northwest River Levels to view the height of the river level for the Chetco River.
Rogue River Estuary at Gold Beach: No report available. Click 2009 or 2010 to view the NOAA tidal projections at Wedderburn on the Rogue River Estuary. Click HERE to see the 10 day weather forecast at Wedderburn.. Click HERE to see the navigation hazards for cross the Rogue River bar. Click on the Northwest River Levels to view the height of the river level for the Rogue River.
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