March 19, 2008
Good grief! The sky is finally blue, the sun is shinning, so today we are heading for Rocky Point to try for Sturgeon again. Don’t really have much hope as it rained pretty good all night long and the Coquille River is running high and muddy, but since we have the time why not.
Good grief! The sky is finally blue, the sun is shinning, so today we are heading for Rocky Point to try for Sturgeon again. Don’t really have much hope as it rained pretty good all night long and the Coquille River is running high and muddy, but since we have the time why not.
Zeroed out again today fishing Rocky point. We fished for about 3 hours. Helen tried with a bobber, which worked pretty good staying out in the current while I bottom fished, however the fish were not there. Neither one of us got a bite, not even a bump. Used grass shrimp and regular shrimp. After fishing for this amount of time and being so sunny we thought why not try Bandon again and do a little surf fishing. When we got there it was almost low tide, which is no good. Only saw one person fishing on the beach. Looking at where the water from the Coquille River was flowing into the Ocean it looked like a big mud bath. Pretty mucky.
I should have taken a picture of the Coquille where it meets the Pacific Ocean, its unbelievable on the marked difference. On the southern Jetty where we saw the fisherman it was just as clear as any day you would be on the ocean. The waves were not all that big, but big enough. We decided then to head to Bullards Bar, a state Park North of Bandon. Real pretty Park. This is where many of the fisherman go with their boats to crab. Of course the river needs to be down to a normal flow, otherwise too much fresh water is coming into to the bay, which the crabs don’t like. We took the road out to the lighthouse, which is called naturally, Bandon Lighthouse. The road that goes to the lighthouse borders also the Bandon Marsh Wildlife area. The paved road takes you within about 150 yards of the Light house real easy walk. The road continues even closer, but at this time of the year it’s closed at the lower parking lot. In the summer you can drive within 25 yards of the light house.
We walked just south of the lighthouse on the cliff that over looks the bay and it looked pretty promising for rock fishing. Pretty steep cliff about 20 feet down too the ocean at low tide. If the river was flowing at a normal rate and is was near high tide, it would be a great place to fish. Something we will try later. Going to have to be careful, but its much safer than other places I fished when I was younger.
The only problem with the Bandon area is the wind always seems to be blowing, which does not make is very comfortable if it’s overcast. It also makes a problem trying to fish and cast your line into the water. Another area to try at another time.
We headed home on highway 101 heading North and about 10 miles out of Bandon we spotted what appeared to be a cranberry farm, so we had to stop and check it out. And yes, indeed it was a cranberry farm. Pretty big farm seems to go on forever. For some reason I always thought cranberries were only raised back East somewhere. Well now that I think about it I see a lot of labels on cans and packages that have the name brand Ocean Spray, which surely stands for pretty much anywhere along the coast. This can be Maine on the East to Oregon & Washington on the West. The plants were all dead and the ponds where they grow them were pretty much dried out, but we took some pictures and you can surely see they were cranberries. Real neat farm, another first for me and Helen, as we never saw a cranberry farm before. I know, it does not take much to make me happy.
You know for the amount of travel a person does in the United States they never get to see all that is available in an area. The good thing about what we did was not really plan on any set time frame and went with the flow as they say. Even if your'e just traveling a short distance from home spend more time in the area to look around. You might just be amazed at what you will see and find out. Hey another plus, as you will save gas at the same time, maybe enough for a few extra restaurant meals.
I should have taken a picture of the Coquille where it meets the Pacific Ocean, its unbelievable on the marked difference. On the southern Jetty where we saw the fisherman it was just as clear as any day you would be on the ocean. The waves were not all that big, but big enough. We decided then to head to Bullards Bar, a state Park North of Bandon. Real pretty Park. This is where many of the fisherman go with their boats to crab. Of course the river needs to be down to a normal flow, otherwise too much fresh water is coming into to the bay, which the crabs don’t like. We took the road out to the lighthouse, which is called naturally, Bandon Lighthouse. The road that goes to the lighthouse borders also the Bandon Marsh Wildlife area. The paved road takes you within about 150 yards of the Light house real easy walk. The road continues even closer, but at this time of the year it’s closed at the lower parking lot. In the summer you can drive within 25 yards of the light house.
We walked just south of the lighthouse on the cliff that over looks the bay and it looked pretty promising for rock fishing. Pretty steep cliff about 20 feet down too the ocean at low tide. If the river was flowing at a normal rate and is was near high tide, it would be a great place to fish. Something we will try later. Going to have to be careful, but its much safer than other places I fished when I was younger.
The only problem with the Bandon area is the wind always seems to be blowing, which does not make is very comfortable if it’s overcast. It also makes a problem trying to fish and cast your line into the water. Another area to try at another time.
We headed home on highway 101 heading North and about 10 miles out of Bandon we spotted what appeared to be a cranberry farm, so we had to stop and check it out. And yes, indeed it was a cranberry farm. Pretty big farm seems to go on forever. For some reason I always thought cranberries were only raised back East somewhere. Well now that I think about it I see a lot of labels on cans and packages that have the name brand Ocean Spray, which surely stands for pretty much anywhere along the coast. This can be Maine on the East to Oregon & Washington on the West. The plants were all dead and the ponds where they grow them were pretty much dried out, but we took some pictures and you can surely see they were cranberries. Real neat farm, another first for me and Helen, as we never saw a cranberry farm before. I know, it does not take much to make me happy.
You know for the amount of travel a person does in the United States they never get to see all that is available in an area. The good thing about what we did was not really plan on any set time frame and went with the flow as they say. Even if your'e just traveling a short distance from home spend more time in the area to look around. You might just be amazed at what you will see and find out. Hey another plus, as you will save gas at the same time, maybe enough for a few extra restaurant meals.
2 comments:
I stumbled upon your blog when I was Googling "Ocean Spray." Great Blog. I enjoyed reading it. Your writing is great, and really paints a picture for the reader. It also inspires me to take a drive along the coast this summer! Have a good one!
Thank you Shannel,
Trust me you will truly enjoy the trip. Take your time as I have mentioned in the past. There is so much to be seen alone in the United States.
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