The daily general marine fish bag limit is 5 fish for the 2022 season with a 1-fish sub-bag limit for China and copper rockfish combined. There is no harvest of cabezon allowed until July 1. Bottom fishing is now open to all depths through June 30. Anglers can still harvest 2 lingcod per day. Anglers are reporting good catches of rockfish and lingcod near Charleston and Bandon when the ocean swells are small. 

Anglers may also choose to fish the offshore longleader fishery outside of the 40-fathom regulatory line, which is open year-round. The longleader fishery has a daily bag limit of 10 fish made of yellowtail, widow, canary, blue, deacon, redstripe, greenstripe, silvergray, chillipepper, and bocaccio rockfish. No other groundfish are allowed and offshore longleader fishing trips cannot be combined with traditional bottomfish, flatfish or halibut trips. Find information about a longleader setup here.

The ocean Chinook salmon season opened on March 15 from Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain. Salmon anglers have been catching a few Chinook salmon from Winchester Bay to Bandon. The selective Coho season from Cape Falcon to OR/CA Border opens on June 18. 

Pacific halibut is open to All Depths in the Central Coast Subarea (Cape Falcon to Humbug Mt) 7 days a week through June 30 or until the quota is met. As of June 5, there is 73 percent of the quota remaining. During May and June bottomfish may be combined with all-depth halibut. Longleader gear fishing cannot be combined with all-depth halibut during these months. 

The Southern Oregon Subarea (Humbug Mt. to OR/CA border) is open for halibut 7 days a week, through the earlier of quota, or Oct 31. As of June 5, there is 96 percent of the quota remaining. 

Surfperch anglers are reporting good catches of redtail surfperch, with some fish weighing over 2 pounds, on the sandy beaches like Horsefall Beach, Bullards Beach, and near Cape Blanco. Anglers have been catching surfperch when the ocean swells are calmer, using sand shrimp, mole crabs or artificial sand worms.

2022 sport bottomfish seasons