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he is big on C & R and loves coastal rivers that don't have Hatcheries or Hatchery planted.
Ten Mile is fishing right now. Hatchery Fish.
Think he means Ten Mile Creek that's south of Yachats, currently managed for wild fish, rather than Ten Mile Creek that drains Ten Mile Lake near Coos Bay which has hatchery fish and some unclipped?
Anyway, no experience other than I enjoyed visiting both locations as a child in the '70s.
The Trask has a lot of Hatchery Steelhead in it.... For the North Coast, if you want wilds, go to the main stem Nehalem!
Yes the one south of Yachats was the one I was looking into. Does anyone know what the regs are for fishing a managed wild fish system like this? I gather C & R, figure barbless. But does anyone know if you need a special permit ( similar to the Colombia basin card)?
The regs are your friend here and you should learn how to read them... Northwest Zone, Salmon and Steelhead "Closed in all waters unless noted by species under Special Regulations", so you flip pages (or scroll down) hoping to see Tenmile Creek listed in Northwest Zone... yippee, it is listed and says
• Open for adipose fin-clipped steelhead Jan. 1-March 31 and Nov. 1-Dec. 31.
• Closed April 1-Oct. 31.
Special permits? None other than your combined angling tag (hmm, if you're not retaining salmon-steelhead-sturgeon, is it needed? Yes, it is specified under General Regulations, Liceses, Tags, Permits, Endorsements, and Validations, item 5). Columbia River basin endorsement is a new thing that Oregon has not done before, at least in my lifetime.
Current regulations are always available at http://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources/fishing/. Pick up a paper copy at any sporting goods store and stash it in the glovebox.
Sounds oddly familiar to a private message I got on a bigger forum the other dayOne way is to ask, another is to explore. All the streams mentioned here are good streams but there are better ones out there. You'll be hard pressed to get their names easily, but they are in the regs which helps narrow down the choices. If you get to know any stream intimately, even some with hatcheries, you can always pick up natives. Some hatchery streams have VERY healthy native runs with big fish. Others don't. Good luck on your quest. You'll find that in the end only you can really answer your question....all we are doing is listing off small streams that are already listed by ODFW. The big thing is really getting to know and understand a stretch of water on any river with a decent run. This includes run timing, conditions, holding spots, tidal influence, temperature, sunlight, and more.