THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 51 
WINTER FISHING IN CLATSOP COUNTY 
By Warpen C. W. LouGHurey, Seaside, Oregon. 
Fishing this fall and winter has been remarkably good in all 
streams throughout Clatsop County. The Necanicum River is the 
most favored stream by the anglers. There is no doubt in my mind 
that it furnishes more sport to the anglers than any other stream in 
Oregon. Through the summer hundreds of anglers can be seen every 
day whipping the stream. Seaside is the leading summer resort of 
Oregon, and it is an everyday sight to see men, women and children 
hiking out for the different streams. The Lewis and Clarke and 
Youngs Rivers are only six miles from Seaside and both are known 
for their beautiful trout and salmon. The north fork of the Nehalem 
River is abcut twenty miles away, easy to reach by good wagon road, 
and will compare with any river in the county. Elk Creek is nine 
miles from Seaside, and is a beautiful stream emptying into the 
Pacific Ocean. And Indian Creek, close by, is noted for its moun- 
tain trout, but is rather difficult to reach. 
Clams, crabs and mussels are in abundance; rock cod and sea 
trout are caught throughout the year. A party here last summer 
ventured out in a rowboat over the breakers and returned with 400 
pounds of different species of deep sea fish of good quality. If a 
pier were built beyond the breakers then deep sea fishing would 
flourish. It is a well known fact that halibut banks are close by. 
From Warrington to I. N. Fleishner’s game and poultry farm, a 
distance of fourteen miles, there is a chain of lakes which would 
make the very best frog lakes with plenty of natural feed. I intend 
to bring this matter before the sportsmen’s club here in the near 
_ future and expect action to be taken that will finally result in making 
these lakes famous for their frog fishing. 
LINCOLN COUNTY A SPORTSMAN’S 
PARADISE 
By Warpven W. G. Emery, Newport, Oregon. 
Lincoln County is without a peer among Oregon’s counties as a 
paradise for the hunter and angler. Its streams abound with trout, 
its bays with salmon, flounders, perch, etc.—fifteen varieties -of fish 
in all—and ‘its hills and forests are the natural breeding grounds for 
large game such as deer, bear, cougar and bobcats. 
While hiking down Canal Creek, one of the tributaries of Alsea 
River, last October I caught 24 trout from six to ten inches long with- 
out stopping long enough to take my pack from my shoulders. I 
would just turn in at a likely looking place, make a few casts, hook 
a fish or two and then hike along again. 
Alsea River, Drift Creek and the Siletz River are streams without 
an equal in the Northwest for trout. Yachaats River is also a most 
excellent stream for angling. While working in that neighborhood last 
fall I saw a gentleman come into camp with a string of 43 trout that 
measured from twelve to sixteen inches in length. 
As to salmon trolling, Royal Ferr, of Newport, caught 42 Silver- 
sides just outside the bay this season, and many others also made 
