Salmon fishing "Chinook" are back BIG, biting 150 feet from our front door!

WELCOME TO WINCHESTER BAY, OREGON, the most charming little village by the sea.  Vacation in your own private, fully furnished, apartment just steps from the docks in Salmon Harbor and blocks from the beach in Oregon Coast's best kept secret...Winchester Bay.  You'll find this tiny coastal town quite charming with a real feel of seaports of old.

Looking for the fishing trip of your dreams? A romantic getaway? A memory-making family vacation? Look no more! You have found the perfect getaway for the family, a romantic escape for a couple or just you and your fishing buddies ready to experience a vacation paradise in Oregon's ethereal and mystical Southern Coast.  We are located just off Highway 101 on the Central Oregon Coast. 

**FISHING  is unparalleled here.  Winchester Bay, OR is the largest recreational salmon port on the Oregon Coast. Salmon (such as Chinook & Coho), tuna, halibut, shark, sturgeon, striped & small mouth bass, steelhead, shad perch, squid, rockfish, stripers and more are yours for the taking.  Salmon Harbor at Winchester Bay is one of the largest sport-boat marinas on the Oregon Coast.  Year-round choose from 6 Fishing Charter offices a minute walk from your apt.  or bring your own boat and launch it just steps from your door.   Try your hand at surf or jetty fishing too.  HAVE YOUR CATCH CUSTOM CANNED at our famous local Sportmen's Cannery & Smokehouse & even shipped home if you'd like..  FRESHWATER lake fishing abounds locally. 

CRAB FOR FRESH DUNGENESS CRAB.  Our crabbing season is open all year and you can crab off the docks or by boat in the bay.  NO fees or license needed for crabbing here & you can rent crab traps right outside your door. .  August/Sept join the Captain Umpclaw Crab Bounty Hunt and catch the Captain for a chance to win cash.  FISH OR CRAB right off the docks just steps from your door.  

Mud flats offer excellent CLAM DIGGING and RAZOR CLAMS can be found on the beaches.  TOUR  the Umpqua Aquaculture Oyster Farm and  enjoy fresh oysters on the half-shell or and take some home or order them cooked just the way you love them at any of the local restaurants.  Doesn't get much better than this!!!

**47 ACRES OF OREGON DUNES NATIONAL RECREATIONAL AREA...DUNE BUGGIES, ATV RENTALS, Oregon Dune Fest July 31st to August 3.  All ages and skill levels.  1ST CLASS EVENTS events for the whole family.  We have some of the tallest sand dunes in Oregon. 

**HIKE or catch FRESH TROUT at beautiful Lake Marie.

Sunset over the harbor
Salmon Harbor Marina - Winchester Bay, Oregon

Horse enthusiasts enjoy bringing their horses 
for a ride through the dunes or on the beach.

Winchester Bay Dockside Vacation Rentals		Isn't the Bay serene & peaceful?...
	Beautiful Half Moon Bay
		Strike Zone Charter brings in the BIG ones...
	Our Award Winning Garden
What a haul of fish off a local charter...		Everyone loves the fishing action...
Strike Zone Charter heads out for a big-catch day!		47 miles of dunes. Dune rides, ATV rentals, it's all here...
	Lucky you to find a highly collectable glass float...