Chetco River - OR

Jackie and Carl Howe (center, right) from Bend, Oregon were fishing with Andy Martin from Wild River's Fishing last week when the three caught these strapping Chinook in Chetco Tidewater using MagLip 5.0 underneath a bobber.

Members of the Oregon South Coast Fishermen and ODFW prepare to measure one of the 64 Chetco River broodstock Chinook seined at Social Security Bar on October 17

Dave Kuehn (right), president of the Oregon South Coast Fishermen fished the Chetco bubble fishery out of the Port of Brookings last week with two friends and limited out on Chinook.

Don Williams of Brookings, Oregon caught this 49.83-pound Chinook by trolling a cut-plug herring while fishing the bubble fishery last Sunday out of the Port of Brookings Harbor.

Customers of guide Andy Martin of Wild Rivers Fishing hold limits of Chinook salmon caught Oct. 8 in the ocean just off the mouth of the Chetco River.

Bill Devers (right) from San Rafael, California fished the Chetco estuary with guide Jack Hanson last week when he landed this 30-pound Chinook by trolling a straight bait rig.

Eleven year-old Owen Peterson, of Arcata, nailed this dandy California halibut on Sunday while fishing with his father Andy. The big fish was caught on a live sardine and measured 44-inches and weighed 36-pounds.

Forrest Harris of Brookings, Oregon knew right where to go when he had a hankering for fresh Chinook - the Chetco Bay.

Jeff West and a friend from Humboldt Bay caravanned up to Charleston Harbor in Coos Bay last week where they picked up several tuna up to 32 pounds.

Jason Gutierrez of Brookings hauls in one of the 10-inch-plus jacksmelt he caught last week while fishing at the Port of Brookings Harbor's crab pier on the south jetty.

Limits of lingcod were common last week out of the Port of Brookings Harbor. This limit of lings were caught by 10 am on Friday. Photos courtesy of Larry Ellis.