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Albacore Tuna Fishing 2013 Season

26 Wednesday Jun 2013

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The albacore tuna fishery of the pacific northwest is a special deal that provides anglers the opportunity to hook into these fast swimming hard fighting fish in good numbers all within the a reasonable distance for the sport fishing boats. The ports up and down the coast from Ilwaco across the boarder in Washington down to Southern Oregon are called home by the tuna fleet. Tuna begin to show up in very limited numbers near the end of June beginning of July and will be caught through the summer into the fall. Albacore can be caught in a variety of ways, most anglers will troll a combination of different lures such as cedar plugs, clones, diving baits like Rapala X-Raps, and swimbaits. After finding the fish on the troll, getting a bait stop going by chumming with anchovies can keep the school of fish close by that it is possible to then catch more fish on live bait, large iron baits similar to spoons, and casting lures like swimbaits. It is possible to get into large numbers of fish and catch many fish from a single stop and it is this lights out fishing that makes fishing for TUNA! so much fun.

There are many excellent tuna fishing charters available for scheduling trips if you are looking for someone to teach you how to fish offshore.

Keep tabs on how the fishing season is progressing by checking on the salty dogs forum. Learn more about catching these fish from anglers that have been fishing the salt for years.

2013 brings a new adjustment to the regulations regarding tuna fishing and how anglers can prepare their catch prior to landing. It is possible to partially cark the tuna in order to reduce some of the fish remains that need to be retained. Anglers with smaller boats with less space for holding fish catches will be able to gain room in their fish holds. If you plan on partially carking fish at sea make sure you read the full details here so you do not get in trouble with breaking the fishing regulations.

The Oregon Tuna Classic will be held this year in two locations: Ilwaco on July 26 and 27 and Garibaldi on August 16 and 17. All of the details about these excellent fishing tournaments can be found on the official website: http://www.oregontunaclassic.org/
tuna fishing tournament

Tillamook County Rodeo – June 22 – 23 2013

18 Tuesday Jun 2013

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Family Fun at Tillamook Fairgrounds

The 27th annual Tillamook County Rodeo is happening this weekend. The show gets started at 6PM on Saturday June 22nd, the gates do open at 3PM in the evening and earlier in the afternoon on Sunday at 1PM. The rodeo is held at the Tillamook Fairgrounds. This is a great destination for a Portland weekend or day trip activity. Saturday morning everyone can catch the June Dairy Parade for Free at 10:30AM in downtown Tillamook.

Bareback horse riding

Some of the activities at the rodeo include: Bareback Riding, Steer Wrestling, Bull Riding, Saddle Bronc Riding, Team Roping, Barrel Racing, Tie Down Roping, Breakaway Roping, and Western Dance. The event is sanctioned by the Northwest Professional Rodeo Association.

This is an affordable summer family fun activity. Adults are only $10, Children are $5, Children under 5 are Free on Saturday and Kids under 12 are Free on Sunday.

More information can be found directly on the website: http://www.tillamookrodeo.com/

Directions to the Tillamook County Rodeo


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Always Time for a Beach Walk

17 Monday Jun 2013

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Enjoy a Long Walk

Who doesn’t like a nice walk on the beach during the summer. Even with a light cloud cover and slight breeze the Oregon coast is often still warm enough to enjoy a stroll on the sand without getting cold.

Twin Rocks Off in the Distance

Manhattan Beach, Rockaway Oregon

Kids Love Making Beach Forts

All of the driftwood on the beach near the Nehalem South Jetty is always great for making a beach fort with.
A driftwood fort on the sand

Jellyfish

There is always interesting things washed up on the shore including these jellyfish.
Jelly fish

View of the Beach

It is always relaxing to take a stroll and just enjoy the views, sea breeze, and fresh ocean air.
beach view

Halibut All Depth Day Open June 20 – 22

17 Monday Jun 2013

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Oregon anglers are getting another weekend of Halibut fishing that is open to all depths. Ports up and down the coast will be busy June 22 – 22 if the weather holds well and the seas are calm fisherman should have an excellent opportunity to catch a halibut and with the warming weather coming even possibly go a little further and catch an early summer albacore tuna.

Here is the latest release from the Oregon Department of Fish and Game
June 13, 2013

NEWPORT – Fishery managers added three more days to the popular all-depth sport halibut fishery off the central Oregon coast. Fishing for Pacific halibut will be open Thursday, June 20, Friday, June 21, and Saturday, June 22, at all depths.
The spring all-depth season for the central coast area – from Cape Falcon (30 miles south of the Columbia River) to Humbug Mountain (south of Port Orford) – opened May 9 on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. It could have closed as early as June 8 if anglers caught the entire 120,947-pound quota.

“After the June 20-22 opening, fisheries managers will again look at the catch and see if there is enough quota remaining for additional back-up dates,” said Lynn Mattes, halibut project leader for ODFW.

Subsequent decisions on open dates will be posted on the ODFW Marine Resources Program Web site at: www.dfw.state.or.us/MRP/ and sent out on the Halibut News Bulletin. To sign up go to http://dfw.state.or.us/MRP/bulletins/index.asp and enter your phone for text alerts and e-mail information to subscribe to email updates. Future dates will also be on the National Marine Fisheries Service hotline (1-800-662-9825).

Potential dates for additional fishery openings include: July 4-6 and July 18-20, until the quota is met.

The summer season for the central coast all-depth fishery opens Aug. 2 and is scheduled to be open every other Friday and Saturday until the combined spring and summer season all-depth quota of 168,942 pounds is taken or Oct. 26, whichever comes first.

descending devices when rockfish are released, to increase the survival rate. The closed area of Stonewall Bank is defined by latitude and longitude waypoints, which are available on the Marine Resources Program Web site: http://www.dfw.state.or.us/MRP/regulations/sport_fishing/docs/stonewall.pdf

The daily bag limit for Pacific halibut is one fish and there is no minimum length requirement. The possession limit is one daily limit at sea and three daily limits on land. The annual limit per angler is six fish.

Sport anglers are reminded that possession of groundfish is not allowed north of Humbug Mountain when a Pacific halibut is aboard their vessel during all-depth Pacific halibut dates. The exceptions are Pacific cod (true cod, not lingcod) and sablefish (black cod) which may be retained with halibut between Humbug Mountain and Cape Falcon. Other non-groundfish species (such as tuna and salmon) may be possessed with halibut on open all-depth Pacific halibut days (as long as such species are taken during authorized seasons and caught with legal gear).

More details on regulations can be found at: http://www.dfw.state.or.us/MRP/finfish/halibut/index.asp or in the booklet 2013 Oregon Sport Ocean Regulations for Salmon, Halibut and other Marine Species. General regulations can be found in the 2013 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations booklet.

Sand Castle Day in Cannon Beach June 15, 2013

11 Tuesday Jun 2013

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This upcoming weekend is the 49th annual contest to build the best sculpture on the sands of Cannon Beach, Oregon at the Sand Castle Day contest. Starting in 1964 as an idea to keep the local townsfolk entertained the sand castle contest has grown into a huge weekend event drawing in people from all over to enjoy this art on the beach. The rules are very simple and no one is required to build based on a specific theme resulting in often very elaborate and intricate sand sculptures. Every participating team is given a specific plot of sand to work within and they are only allowed to use natural objects found on the beach to add as accessories to their design such as shells, rocks, seaweed, wood, etc.

sand castle event

Check out the Facebook page for details about the event and for pictures of past sculptures and activities from previous contests – https://www.facebook.com/SandcastleDay

This is a perfect activity for a family looking for a day trip this weekend from Portland. Take a drive to the coast in the morning, take in all of the fun activities going on at the beach, have a nice dinner somewhere along the beach between Seaside and Tillamook and drive back to town.

Rockaway Beach Pirate Festival June 28 – 30 2013

08 Saturday Jun 2013

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The Rockaway Beach pirate festival and treasure hunt is a unique Oregon coast event that is on its 4th year. This is a family fun event located in the middle of the town at the Wayside.

Rockaway Beach Pirate Treasure Hunt

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Rockaway Beach Pirate Festival Returns June 28th_ 30th at The New Oceans Edge at Rockaway Beach!

The Rockaway Beach Chamber of Commerce is proud to present its 4th annual Rockaway Beach Pirate Festival and Treasure Hunt in downtown Rockaway Beach. Join us for a weekend of entertainment sure to offer something for all ages. There will be pirate music, roving pirates, festival rides, and vendors.
Featuring succulent foods and hearty libations, vendors selling exotic wares, musical acts, performances, scavenger treasure hunt, and games to challenge your skills; all of this will be served up in an atmosphere that would make the pirates of old feel right at home.
This year we will be once again featuring the vicious pirate rabble of PDXYAR (www.pdx.yar.org). Their crew is an ornery lot and likely to get into fights, with both fist and blade, with each other when they aren’t pleasing the crowd with rousing sea shanties and tales of yesteryear on the high seas. Highlighting their performances will be a cannon firing and black powder small arms show each day, while on Saturday night grab a seat and lend an eye (the one without the patch) as they put on a bewildering display of fire dancing!

We are currently accepting reservations for vendors, who can reserve a space for $75.
We are also asking for any volunteers to help with this amazing event.

Rockaway Beach Chamber of Commerce
Rbccsec@gmail.com

Links
Rockaway Beach Chamber of Commerce: www.rockawaybeach.net
RBCC on Facebook: www.facebook.com/RockawayBeachOregon
City of Rockaway Beach: www.rockawaybeachor.us
PDXYAR- The Swashbucklers of Stumptown: www.pdxyar.org
PDXYAR on Facebook: facebook.com/pdxyarpirates) & on Twitter: twitter.com/pdxyar

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