Mark Freeman and his buddy Rob from Basin Tackle in Charleston/Coos Bay barbeque the clams. Rob says it tastes a lot like bacon! But don’t let Mark have any.
CHARLESTON Rob Gensorek wanders meticulously through the shallow waters of a very low Coos Bay tide, looking for depressions in the muddy strata in search of paydirt.
One dime-size hole looks promis.
Charleston Marina on South Oregon Coast: Where Placid Meets the Raucous
Published 02/22/21 at 5:46 AM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Charleston, Oregon) – Calming (ish) breezes, eye-popping sunsets and the distinctive reflections of boat riggings cast on Coos Bay, along with that hypnotizing sound of waves lapping lazily beneath: there s little like the Charleston Marina on the southern Oregon coast. Not even a mile inland along the river mouth from sometimes raucous sands, the marina occupies a different kind of space. It s bustling at times and others devoid of activity; a bit more manmade yet somehow truly rugged all at once.