The Pacific Shore

[East Coaster]

I really enjoy seeing the pics that are posted in the Puget Sound thread, and thought it would make sense to have a similar thread showcasing the big blue lake that's just a little further west. My wife and I spent a week on the Oregon coast in September (with a brief foray into WA), so I'll kick things off:









Pics of scenery, fish (e.g., surf perch), wildlife, etc. are all welcomed.

 

[Yardus]

Mouth of the Quinault in Taholah.

 

[VMP]

Some memories from this year’s late summer exploring and kayak fishing along the Pacific shore, cabezon and greenlings came on jigs, lingcod and black rockfish on both unweighted and weighted flies, 36 ft of t-14, mono running line and an ugly 11-wt rod. Lots of sandlance and smelt around. Rockfish is my kid's favorite fish lately, had to take the family somewhere we could actually fish for them, kid was very happy, cabezon was delicious too.

 

[PhilR]

The spot in that first picture is amazing for whale watching in the spring and fall.

 

[Guy Gregory]

A couple from 2019:


'twas kinda chilly that day.

 

[clarkman]

This'll always be one of my favorites....from a few years ago.

 

[KFCDAVE]

The Oregon coast is absolutely one of my favorite places on earth. Here’s a couple from when I visited a few months ago.

 

[Zak]

I don't have a picture, but a wonderful memory. I was about 23 years old and had been living out of my 22R Toyota longbed with a cap on the back for about a year, traveling around the west and painting houses and working odd jobs to get by. I stopped just south of the Oregon/California line and hiked down to the beach where a little creek flowed out of the redwoods and across the beach. There was a little sand-bottomed dry shallow cave where I made camp. That evening, still hungry from my meager pot of couscous and freezedried vegetables cooked over my Sierra Zip stove, I walked out to the edge of the ocean. Almost immediately, tens of thousands of small fish, 6 inches long or so, were left flopping on the beach by a big wave. More on the next few waves. I ran back to my camp, grabbed a pot, and gathered a couple dozen of these little fish. They had translucent/see through heads. I fried them up up with oil and salt and ate them whole, like smelt.

Now, of course, I realize that there was probably a run of big gamefish that chased these baitfish onto the shore. But at the time, it was like mana from Heaven! I foraged a lot of mussles on that trip down the coast, too.

 

[SurfnFish]

the Oregon coast does have the goods..

 

[Porter2]

Oregon. North of Cannon Beach area.

 

[Kfish]

I second @clarkman these guys were a blast.
Tofino,VI family road trip a few months ago.

 

[clarkman]

I second @clarkman these guys were a blast.
Tofino,VI family road trip a few months ago.

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that's a damn nice size! All of that = winning!

 

[SurfnFish]

love the OR coast, features the two things I love to do most. Eventually all surfers age out from the year round chase, however, and then that 90" of annual rain and long drives for decent medical care make it more of a great place to visit vs a 12 month hang...six decades of living by the salt sure was fun

 

[Speydragon]

If the fish aren't biting, one is treated with a great sunset

 

[CanoeGuy]

I second @clarkman these guys were a blast.
Tofino,VI family road trip a few months ago.

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She is a tank - well done!