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Clam Watch, Crab Watch and Fish Watch provides the latest information available on local clam digging and crabbing conditions on the Oregon Coast to facilitate planning your crabbing, clam digging and fishing adventures. The Oregon State park system is a great resource that can fulfill your camping needs while digging clams or crabbing on the Oregon Coast.
Scroll down and click on the following links to view the latest information available on clam digging, crabbing and fishing conditions in Oregon's Coastal Waters. Please share your clam digging, crabbing and fishing adventures with us by emailing your comments, photographs or video clips to clamdigginginfo@gmail.com or post them to the Forum Page. Thanks Bill
Razor Clams: all the information for digging razor clams on the Oregon coast is posted here. Columbia River Estuary: and scroll down the pages to view your area of interest: crabbing or fishing. The information on digging razor clams on Clatsop spit beaches is posted under Razor Clams. Necanicum River Estuary like the Salmon River Estuary is dominated by freshwater and crabbing productivity is limited to periods of extended clear weather. Digging razor clams at Seaside is the focus of recreational activity at the Necanicum River at Seaside. Cannon Beach: We need to hear from the diggers at Cannon Beach Nehalem Bay is one of Oregon's premier crabbing bays. The crabs enter Nehalem Bay along the channel that runs along the south side of the jetty channel. Tillamook Bay is Oregon's second largest bay and recreationally friendly. Crabbing, fishing and digging clams is very good in Tillamook Bay as shown the following video clip of 2 crabbers clean 4 limits of crabs at the Barview County Park. 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. Netarts Bay is noted more for the excellent crabbing and clam digging than for fishing. It is dangerous to attempt to cross the bar at Netarts Bay at anytime. Use caution when boating in the lower bay. The high velocity of the outgoing tide can pull a small boat across the bar into the surf........ Sand Lake is a multifunctional use area for off road vehicle use, hiking, fishing, crabbing and clam digging. Nestucca River Estuary: Salmon fishing for Chinook salmon is the focus on the Nestucca Rive Estuary. Economical R/V and tent space accommodations in the Three Capes Scenic Loop are extremely limited for the average fishermen. There are low cost alternatives to the high priced RV parks in Woods and Pacific City for R/V ers and tent campers. The Webb County RV Park is located just north of Kiwanda R/V Park and the Woods Campground and County Park is another low cost option for campers located nearby in Woods. Salmon River Estuary is unique. Visitors are surrounded by the incredible beauty of the flora and fauna every member of the family will embrace. Siletz Bay: Salmon fishing for Chinook salmon and excellent crabbing and digging purple varnish clam is the attractions at Siletz Bay. Depoe Bay Fishing and crabbing are the attractions here. Yaquina Bay Crabbing, Digging Clams and Fishing are the attractions here. Alsea Bay Crabbing, Salmon Fishing and Digging Clams are the attractions here. The Grim Reaper claimed another boater in the lower bay earlier this November foolish enough to get caught in the lower bay at the wrong time. His body washed out to sea and was never recovered. Siuslaw River Estuary Crabbing, Digging Clams and Fishing are the attractions here. Winchester Bay on the Umpqua River: The Crab Watch Report for the Umpqua River is provided by the outdoor reporter and writer, Pete Heley at the Stockade Market. Coos Bay - Oregon's premier crabbing, clam digging and fishing bay. Coquille Bay at the Port of Bandon Port Orford, Rocky Point and Other Small Estuaries Rogue River Estuary at Gold Beach Crabbing Crab Opening Delayed: The opening of Ocean Crab Season has been delayed until 12/15/11 unless ODFW further delays the opening because test harvest results show soft shell crabs. Recreational Crabbing in the ocean closes on October 16th through November 30th. Recreational crabbing has been great in the ocean when ocean conditions have allowed crabbers to cross the bar. Dungeness Crabs are common to the subtidal areas of the ocean with a sandy bottom and in areas with extensive eel grass beds at depths ranging from 18 to 90 feet.The first storms of fall have seen crabbing productivity decline in some of Oregon's southern, central and northern bays. However, the current series of storms have taken direct aim at the Oregon coast. The river levels of some coastal rivers have doubled or tripled. Click on the following links to view the river level for you river basin of interest. The rivers levels have increased to the point where the amount of rainfall runoff is sufficient to force the crabs out of the smaller estuaries. The weather for the next week forecast heavy rain, and if it rains as much as forecast the increased river flow shoud shut down crabbing in most bays. Bill A check of the Northwest River Forecast shows river levels for all of Oregon's rivers are returning to average levels with the exception of the Columbia, Willamette, Umpqua and Rogue. Look for river levels to remain higher than average with continued rainfall into the winter months. The smaller estuaries the Chetco, Rogue, Salmon, and Necanicum are the first to be affected by seasonal flooding followed by the larger estuaries Coquille, Siuslaw, Alsea, Siletz, Nestucca, Nehalem, Yaquina, Tillamook, Coos, Netarts and the Lower Columbia River Estuary. Conversely when river levels drop crabbing improves first in Sand Lake, Netarts and Coos Bays before improving in Oregon's other estuaries. Click on Chetco River to display the height of the river level for the Chetco River near Brookings Click on Rogue River to display the height of the river level for the Rogue River at Agnes Click on Coquille at Coquille to display the height of the river level for the Coquille River at Coquille Click on Coquille at Myrtle Point to display the height of the river level for the Coquille River at Myrtle Point Click on Siuslaw to display the height of the river level for the Siuslaw River near Mapleton Click on Umpqua River near Elkton to display the height of the river level for the Umpqua River near Elkton Click on Umpqua River at Reedsport to display the height of the river level for the Umpqua River at Reedsport Click on Alsea River at Lobster Creek to display the height of the river level for the Alsea River at Lobster Creek Click on Alsea River at Tidewater to display the height of the river level for the Alsea River – At Tidewater Click on Siletz to display the height of the river level for the Siletz River at Siletz Click on Nestucca to display the height of the river level for the Nestucca River near Beaver Click on Wilson for Tillamook to display the height of the river level for the Wilson River at Sollie Smith Bridge Click on Trask for Tillamook to display the height of the river level for the Trash River above Cedar Creek near Tillamook Click on Nehalem to display the height of the river level for the Nehalem River near Foss Click on the Northwest River Levels to view the height of the river level for the Columbia River. Click on FISHING INFORMATION to view all the fish species of interest to recreational fishermen found in Oregon's coastal waters. The fishing harvest information posted for each bay was compiled from the Recreational Fisheries Information Network a project of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission and ODFW harvest tag records. The information posted for each bay and each fish species suggest fishing methods and discloses the migration patterns and run timings recorded over a period of decades. The navigational charts are out of date and are intended for reference only. The PDFs displaying the hazards for entering or departing Oregon's Bays are not displaying properly; so click on Boating in Oregon's Coastal Waters. and scroll down to view the hazards for the bay of interest. Return to Oregon's Razor Clams Return to Oregon's Clams Return to Oregon's Crabs. Return to Oregon Coastal Rockfish. Return to Crab Max. Return to Crabbing 101. |
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