Its Nehalem bay. That is a good area for Pottering ... Nehalem Bay state park is a large campground
with electrical hookups in every site, so if your setup right, it can be fine all year long. I tow my potter
with my Westphalia camper, so the campground is very convienient. The campground has a reasonable ramp,
but the floats are removed in the winter and spring, as are the channel markers. I would suggest an up to date
chart for the bay however, as it has many shoals and much of it is a stinky mud flat for much of the
tide. I ran agound several times. The bay is full of Dungeness, and most of the traffic you encounter
out there are rental motor boats setting traps. In the summer, the more daring could sail out the "jaws" for
some spirted ocean sailing off Manzanita. Strange thing about Nehalem, is that it seems to
get more sunshine than alot of places on the coast. Could be Nekahani (?) Mountain or something,
but I've never been there without getting a little sun. None the less, its wet there alot!
Newport Bay, Tillamook Bay, Siletz, etc. are all probably great places to potter. I would recommend
the book "Fishing Oregon" if you were to attempt this trip, as It has a description of just about every
fishable body of water, from the glorified mudpuddle, to indepth discussions of the larger waterways.
I use this book as a supplement to almost all of my outdoor activities in Oregon, as it has
more up-to-date information than almonst any publication I've seen.