49th (Tie) BEST FISHING-RETIREMENT LOCATION, TILLAMOOK, OR TIED with MAMMOTH LAKES, CA


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49th (Tie) BEST FISHING-RETIREMENT LOCATION, TILLAMOOK, OR TIED with MAMMOTH LAKES, CA

Ivan Gillis

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Location Number 49: (Tie) With Mammoth Lakes, CA

Tillamook, OR

The city of Tillamook is the county seat of Tillamook County, Oregon, United States. The city is located on the southeast end of Tillamook Bay on the Pacific Ocean. It is named for the Native American Tillamook people, a tribe speaking a Salishan language who lived in this area until the early nineteenth century. The population was 4,352 at the 2000 census. The 2006 estimate is 4,675 residents.

Historically, the Tillamook economy has been based primarily on dairy farms. The farmland surrounding the city is used for grazing the milk cattle that supply the Tillamook County Creamery Association's production of cheese, particularly cheddar, gourmet ice cream and yogurt, and other dairy products. Millions of people visit the cheese factory (located north of Tillamook on Highway 101) each year.

Tillamook also serves tourists on their way to the ocean beaches and as a location for second homes.

The Tillamook Air Museum, featuring over 30 combat aircraft, lies just south of the city. Its building--a notable landmark visible from Highway 101--was a hangar built for blimps during World War II, as part of the Naval Air Station Tillamook.

The Tillamook Area is home to world class fishing and the most popular fishing area of the Pacific Northwest! Fishing for the delicious Chinook Salmon and Albacore Tuna is just the beginning, with Pacific Halibut and many varieties of bottom fish just offshore waiting to be caught.

The seven rivers of the Tillamook Area abound with abundant Coho Salmon and wild Steelhead Salmon. The Nestucca, Nehalem and Tillamook Bays make up the most popular crabbing and clamming area in the entire Pacific Northwest.

Tillamook County bays and ocean beaches have the largest area of clam beds of any Oregon county. Many people have never dug clams but it is an exciting sport that provides excellent food any month in the year. Thousands in Tillamook County and elsewhere have never dug clams because they don't know how. Request a booklet that gives the information that will get you started on a year round hobby. Tillamook County offers fine boat moorages, guides, boat launching ramps, sporting good stores, motels, resorts, and parks for camping. Both razor clams and bay clams are found in Tillamook County, but the razor clam is the only ocean clam, while there are many varieties of bay clams.

State Fish:

Chinook salmon Click this link for pictures and more information.

Types of Fish:

http://www.u-s-history.com/or/f/fishspec.htm

State Fish & Game Website: (Licensing requirements & Etc)

http://www.dfw.state.or.us/

Fishing Information Links:

http://www.aa-fishing.com/or/oregon-fishing.html

http://www.theguidesforecast.com/

http://www.tillamookchamber.org/fishing.htm

Income & Housing Costs Numbers:

Estimated median household income in 2005: $29,000 (it was $29,875 in 2000)