If fishing conditions on Oregon's lakes and rivers have you down, consider heading to the coast and targeting rockfish, lingcod and surf perch.

Jamie Francis/The OregonianBecause of its many charter fishing boats, Winchester Bay is being especially hard hit by the near-total closure of ocean salmon fishing this year. When Scott Howard was ...

In this photo taken on June 28, 2015, provided by Andy Martin, Joey LeFebvre, a deckhand for Wild Rivers Fishing, holds a 28-pound lingcod caught by Don Stroh, left, near Brookings, Ore.

The website says Lingcod and a variety of Rockfish are the stars of the fishing scene in Morro Bay, and "Thanks to the rocky shore and deep waters close to land, the bite is something that needs ...