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Buying Fresh Seafood

Lincoln City is home to the freshest seafood available anywhere.

Barnacle Bill's Seafood Market has been a favorite of both locals and visitors since 1949 and in addition to having a large inventory of fresh seafood in their shop, they also ship anywhere in the country. Purchase salmon, halibut, tuna, lingcod, seabass (rockfish), live or cooked whole Dungeness crab or crab meat, live or shucked oysters, cooked Oregon shrimp meat, lobster tails, raw or spiced prawns, live Manila (steamer) clams, razor clams, scallops, pickled herring, crab or shrimp cocktail, and house made cocktail sauce. Make sure to try Barnacle Bill’s genuine Oregon wild caught Chinook salmon; it’s been smoked to perfection with alder wood from nearby forests.

These local grocery stores also sell a wide variety of fresh, locally sourced seafood daily at market price. Seafood from beyond the region is also often available. Listed here from north to south along Highway 101, visit 1^st Choice Fresh Market, Safeway, Grocery Outlet, McKay’s Market, and Kenny’s IGA Food Market

Buying Fresh Produce

A wide variety of locally sourced fruits and vegetables are available at farmers’ markets in Lincoln City from May until October.

Lincoln City Sunday Market takes place on the front lawn of the Lincoln City Cultural Center and will be open every Sunday from 10:00 AM until 2:00 pm, May 3 through October 11, 2026. The market offers a cornucopia of produce grown locally and throughout the region, with many regular vendors returning year after year. In addition to fresh fruits and veggies, the market also showcases home baked goods, jams and pickles, handmade sauces, caramels, other sweet treats, and Oregon wine. Booths and stands throughout the market also offer fresh-cut flowers and other plants, locally crafted herbal skin care and soap, candles, and an assortment of original artwork that includes tie-dye, woodworking and pyrography, pottery, and iron work.

Schooner Creek Farm has a produce stand and is open from spring until fall. Their market offers a plethora of fruits and vegetables and is located in the Taft District. During the spring to fall season, check their website to see what is offered and when they are open.

Artisan Faire at Salishan Marketplace is another local place to find fresh fruit and vegetables on Fridays and Saturdays from spring until fall. Located a few miles south of Lincoln City in part of the parking lot of Salishan Marketplace, Artisan Faire also has homemade foods and a variety of arts and crafts for sale. During the spring to fall season, check their website to see what is offered and when they are open.

1^st Choice Fresh Market, Safeway, Grocery Outlet, McKay’s Market, and Kenny’s IGA Food Market also offer a variety of conventional and some organic and locally grown produce throughout the year.

Fishing

There are many opportunities to catch a variety of fish in and around Lincoln City. Devils Lake offers several great places to fish by boat or from docks accessible to the public. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife regularly stocks the lake with rainbow trout, and the lake is also home to yellow perch, crappie, bluegill and catfish. The Salmon and Siletz rivers and Schooner and Drift creeks are teeming with Chinook and coho salmon during the season, and rainbow trout are also plentiful year-round. Surf fishing in the Pacific Ocean is done from the beach by directly casting into the waves and can produce enough pan-sized redtail and silver perch for a fantastic meal. Additional ocean fishing opportunities are readily available in nearby Depoe Bay to the south, where Dockside Charters and Tradewinds Charters embark on deep-sea fishing excursions daily. Ocean fishing frequently yields a bounty of lingcod, rockfish and Dungeness crab, as well as salmon during the season. Visit the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife for fishing regulations and license information.

Crabbing and Clamming

Crabbing and clamming in the Siletz Bay is an excellent way to source fresh shellfish, and involves minimal expense and preparation. The bay is open to crabbing year-round, but some times of the year afford more success than others; crab are more “filled out” (or contain a higher percentage of meat) beginning in September and continuing into the winter months. Crabbing from the bay-facing beach at Taft Beach is usually the best place to crab from the bank, although crabbing from the bay by boat tends to yield the most crab. The Siletz Bay is also a great place to harvest purple varnish and softshell clams. The best way to catch a bounty of clams is to enter the mud flats from the Cutler City side of the bay and work around the area at low tide. Before crabbing and clamming always check Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Regulations and call the Oregon Shellfish Hotline at 503-986-4728 or 800-448-2474 to check on shellfish safety closures and license information.

Foraging for Mushrooms

Lincoln City offers some of the best mushroom foraging opportunities in the State of Oregon. Several varietals of mushrooms found in area forests include yellowfoot or winter chanterelle (craterellus tubaeformis); boletes, often called porcino (boletus edulis); lobster mushrooms (hypomyces lactifluorum) and the hedgehog mushroom or sweet tooth (hydnum repandum). Black trumpets or black chanterelles (craterellus cornucopioides) can also be found around Lincoln City but are usually more common further south. Be certain that mushrooms are identified accurately, as some look-alike mushrooms can be toxic or even deadly. First time mushroom hunters should familiarize themselves with safe foraging practices and go with someone who regularly gathers wild mushrooms, can distinguish edible and poisonous varieties, and who is familiar with mushroom-picking regulations. Oregon mushroom picking permit information, field guides, locations and best seasons to forage, and other important information, is available from the Cascade Mycological Society and the Oregon Mycological Society.

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