Rougher weather/waves warrant caution when fishing along the jetties, however, some rockfish can still be caught around the jetties in the lower Coos Bay estuary, but you may need to move around to several spots to find actively biting fish. Best fishing is typically near slack tides with good fishing one day and fair fishing the next. A jig fished with a twister tail trailer is always a good option to catch bottom fish.

The 2025 daily general marine fish bag limit is 3 fish plus 2 lingcod with no retention of yelloweye or quillback rockfish. There is a one fish daily sub-bag limit for canary rockfish as part of the general marine bag limit. Anglers are allowed to harvest cabezon with a 1 fish daily sub-bag limit as part of the general marine bag limit.

Chinook salmon have moved through the bay and have spawned in tributaries or been spawned at the Morgan Creek and Noble Creek hatcheries and are no longer available to be caught. The wild coho season closed on October 10th, 2025 For any questions on Salmon Fishing in the Coos or Coquille please call the Charleston office at 541-888-5515 (dial zero at the answer of the machine).

On occasion stray feeder Chinook from the ocean may be caught in the lower Coos Bay. The salmon bite is typically best a couple hours before and through the high slack tide. Regulations through the winter period default to standard regs of 2 fish per day.

Steelhead are now showing up at typical locations, (W.F. Millicoma River, S. Coos River) . Steelhead fishermen/women will encounter very low flows for the next week or so. . Fish should be available in traditional locations.