Netarts Bay fishing: Chinook Salmon

Target species: Chinook Salmon
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Netarts Landing, 1 lane.

The bay

Netarts Bay covers 2,330 acres in Oregon, across Tillamook County. It is a bay: the deepest point measured is at least 19 feet (5.8 m). Our records hold 3 species for this water.

Aerial View of Netarts Bay.JPG
Meronim · CC BY-SA 3.0

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 19 ft (5.8 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 114 depth contours for this water, drawn from 71 soundings.

Beach in the day use area at Cape Lookout State Park.jpg
RickObst · CC BY-SA 4.0

The target fish: Chinook Salmon

  • Chinook Salmon — Feeding water: 50–60°F.

Also recorded here: Northern Anchovy, Prickly Sculpin.

Netarts Bay - DPLA - 44384fdbecd3c0d9bbf3ca522023bb54.jpg
Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives · CC BY 4.0

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Netarts Landing — 1 lane, restrooms. Tillamook County. phone 503-322-3477 · website co.tillamook.or.us/parks/page/boat-launches

The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

What is hard here

Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish.

Where this data comes from

  • NOAA National Bathymetric Source (S-102 ed3.0.0) — NOAA S-102 bathymetric surfaces: contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • NOAA ENC — NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts: soundings: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • NOAA ENC — NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.