World Class King Salmon Fishing Off The Coast of Oregon
Little is more exciting than catching ocean-fresh, hard-fighting king salmon off the Oregon Coast. Aside from being excellent table fare, salmon are among the hardest-fighting sport fish. Chinook, or king salmon, which are often abundant off the coast, are especially prized, and the primary target of most salmon fishing charters.
In particular, the Port of Brookings often has the highest salmon catch rate on the entire Oregon coast, and produces many of the biggest salmon caught outside of Alaska. Some seasons, more king salmon are caught out of Brookings than the rest of the Oregon Coast combined. Ocean salmon seasons are set each year by the Pacific Fishery Management Council. Typically, the ocean salmon season out of Brookings runs early May through Labor Day. The season re-opens in October for two weeks for the trophy season at the mouth of the Chetco. During the summer, large numbers of king salmon from the Sacramento, Klamath, Rogue, Umpqua, Chetco and Smith rivers stage off of the Southern Oregon Coast, making Brookings the ideal location to target them. The fishing out of Brookings can rival that found in Alaska and British Columbia, and the water is often much calmer.
Each year, salmon over 50 pounds are caught out of the Port of Brookings and most fish average 15 to 20 pounds.
