Winchester Bay
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Umpqua Lighthouse State Park
Off US 101, 6 miles S of Reedsport, Oregon 97301800-551-6949 -
Umpqua River
Winchester Bay, Oregon 97467Alongside the Rogue, the Umpqua is among Oregon?s most esteemed fishing rivers. The two branches of the river?the North and the South?join northwest of Roseburg to form the mainstem of the Umpqua, which continues west to Winchester Bay where it enters the Pacific. Year-round fishing is available for a variety of resident and anadramous species?winter steelhead give way to spring chinook and shad, which in turn are replaced in the system by summer steelhead and fall chinook. Smallmouth bass and white and
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Whale Watching on the Oregon Coast
Oregon 0541-765-3407People come from all over the United States to learn about the gray whales that migrate past our coast each year. The Whale Watching Spoken Here program places volunteers at great whale watching sites during Watch Weeks so they can teach others while watching the whales too. If you love whales, come and be a volunteer!
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Winchester Bay
Winchester Bay, Oregon 97467The fabled Umpqua River enters the Pacific at Winchester Bay, which is the home of Oregon?s largest coastal fishing fleet. Fishermen here head offshore for halibut, salmon, rockfish, sturgeon, squid and shark; crabbers and clammers can find their prey in the bay. The town of Reedsport, just to the west, provides ample services, as does the Salmon Harbor Marina, which boasts 550 moorage slips, making it one of the largest recreational facilities on the Oregon coast. The dunes area runs from Florence to N
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Winchester Bay Merchants Association
541-271-4471PO Box 1143Winchester Bay, Oregon 97467
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