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Well, the weather in Newport has not been the most cooperative. We've had nice skies and no rain, but wind, wind, wind. 15-20 knots making it difficult to get out to the Tuna today. Since most of the locals wanted Tuna, we had a limited boat for Rockfishing today. Looks like it's down to one day now for the tournament. We are scheduled to go out first thing tommorrow morning as the predictions are for better weather. Wish us luck.  For now, day 1 was a warm up. Blackies, Ling Cods, a quillback rockfish and a couple of sculpin. All but one Ling cod where to small and released. The Quillback was the largest of the day weighing in at 4 and a half pounds. Here are some pictures of the days fishing. check out the full set here.

We have two spots now available for Saturday and one spot open on Friday due to some cancellations. please contact yaquina bay charters directly to reserve your spot.

“The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, National Marine Fisheries and the International Pacific Halibut Commission decided that being open for three days had a high likelihood of exceeding the spring quota, which would come out of the much-smaller summer quota. Based on that, and the fact that the next opening is for the 4th of July holiday weekend, it was decided to only open the fishery on Thursday and Friday (July 1 and 2),” said Lynn Mattes, halibut project leader for ODFW. “If any quota remains after that time, it will be rolled into the quota for the summer fishery, which begins in August.” completed article can be found at the ODFW website.

Looks like the weekend for the tournament has been chosen as a backup Halibut fishing weekend if the annual spring Halibut catch doesn't yield the quota by then.

Spring Season:
Open dates are May 13-15, May 20-22, and June 3-5.
Backup days (if sufficient quota remains) are June 17-19, July 1-3, July 15-17 and July 29-31.
The catch limit is 105,948 lbs.

Summer Season:
Open every other Friday and Saturday (Aug. 6-7, Aug. 20-21, Sept. 3-4, Sept. 17-18, Oct. 1-2, Oct. 15-16, Oct. 29-30)
until the total subarea all-depth catch limit of 141,265 lbs. is taken.

We have filled up friday's boat and we are looking for two more people to take the remaining spots on Saturday. you can place a deposit to hold your spot in the event registration section of our site or call Yaquina Bay Charters directly to assure your spot and chance at a the prize. check out more information on out tournament page.