Middle Fork Coquille River
Oregon Route 42 runs along the river from Camas Valley to the mouth. The land in the watershed is used mainly for timber production and farming; commercial forests dominate much of the region.
Tributaries
Named tributaries of the Middle Fork Coquille River from source to mouth are Estes, Lake, Cole, Lang, Wildcat, Bar, Reed, and Jim Bilieu creeks. Then come Day, Mill, Bingham, Mystic, Twelvemile, Bear, and Slater creeks followed by Panther Creek and another Lake Creek.
Further downstream are Upper Rock, Slide, Sandy, Frenchie and Tanner creeks. Then come Belieu, Myrtle, Salmon, Big, King, McMullen, Endicott, and Indian creeks and another Mill Creek.
Fishing
The Middle Fork supports populations of wild cutthroat trout as well as small runs of salmon and steelhead. Fishing for cutthroat is catch and release. The river is closed to fishing between mid-September and the end of November to protect spawning salmon.
See also
References
- ^ "Middle Fork Coquille River". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
- ^ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
- ^ "Introduction to the Coquille Watershed". Coquille Watershed Association. Archived from the original on November 17, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
- ^ "United States Topographic Map". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 20, 2016 – via Acme Mapper. The map includes mile markers along the main stem and each of the large Coquille River forks.
- ^ Sheehan, Madelynne Diness (2005). Fishing in Oregon: The Complete Oregon Fishing Guide (10th ed.). Scappoose, Oregon: Flying Pencil Publications. p. 69. ISBN 0-916473-15-5.