Local Waters
Alsea River (Blackberry)
Tidewater, OR · about 75 min from Eugene (typical, off-peak)
The Hwy 34 Alsea lot ifish and the Oregon Fishing Forum keep naming — not a random mile-marker pull-off.
Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first
Around now
Most likely in this drive this week. Not a guarantee — confirm the official rule.
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Smallmouth bass
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Trout
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Sunfish and crappie
Also worth a thought: Largemouth bass, Salmon.
- Season
- Legal on many waters. West-side streams drop and warm. Fish dawn. Confirm ODFW. Official rule
- License
- Oregon angling license (ODFW)
- Park
- USFS Blackberry Campground on Hwy 34, 18 miles east of Waldport. Forest Pass / day-use. Boat ramp and bank from camp. Named Siuslaw National Forest lot.
- Walk in
- Short from camp or the ramp to the river.
- Wading
- Tidewater is gone here. Winter steelhead flow is pushy.
- Usual window
- Winter steelhead; cutthroat after the rains drop. Confirm ODFW.
- Saturday conditions
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W 17 mph.
- Sky
- ☀️ 88° fair
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:25 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:11
- Wind at dawn
- W 17 mph · Patchy Blowing Dust · 88°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: W 17 mph
- 10am: W 17 mph
- 2pm: W 17 mph
- dusk: W 17 mph
- Flow
- 62 cfs · 1.08 ft · 71°F water · 7:00 pm · ALSEA RIVER NEAR TIDEWATER, OR · USGS gauge
- A setup that belongs here
- 6- or 7-wt.
- Notes
- Named USFS campground and ramp on the Alsea. Confirm ODFW.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
Shops
Guides
Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.
The Caddis Fly — book a day
Eugene, OR · wade / drift · Half or full day
Good for: McKenzie and Willamette Valley public water
Shop desk. Ask who they send west of the Cascades.