Here is what the Pacific Fisheries Management folks have proposed for the Ocean season.
Leadbetter Point, WA to Cape Falcon, OR
Season: June 28 through Sept. 30, or until catch quotas are reached
Catch quotas: 88,200 adipose fin-clipped coho, 5,400 chinook
Daily bag limit: two salmon but no more than one chinook
Length limits: chinook – 24”, coho – 16”
Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain
Season #1: June 20 through Aug. 31 or until coho quota is reached
Catch quota: 110,000 adipose fin-clipped coho from Cape Falcon to CA/OR border
Daily bag limit: three salmon, except closed to retention of chinook
Length limits: coho – 16”
Season #2: Sept. 1 through Sept. 30 or until coho quota is reached
Catch quota: 7,000 adipose fin-clipped coho
Daily bag limits: two salmon, except closed to retention of chinook
Length limits: coho – 16”
I usually find good fishing right around five mile out. The fish move around quite a bit but I usually try to run out NW to about 180-220' of water. I start out by putting lines out at 16 pulls and work them until I find the right depth. This year I'm fishing out of Newport. In past year we have caught them as close as the first green can but that is not usual. Some days they will be near the whistle buoy but most often you need to be in the five mile plus range at least that is what I've found to work for me. The reason why I run out NW is because when the winds pick up they usually blow from that direction. So when you head back in the ride is better and you have a following sea with a SE heading. It is the same method I use out of Garibaldi. Out of Astoria it's a different story. I head south of the CR buoy and end up pounding against the wind coming back north. The reports are 1.3 million coho as good as 1992 so this year it's down to Newport.
Eventually they come into the estuaries but that is not until later (late August-September) That ocean can be a ruff place for a kayaks be safe and good luck.
Here are some 1992 Newport coho! There were lot of days like this one with quick limits.