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COASTWIDE - Ocean conditions look iffy for the weekend, with stiff winds and high swells forecast through Sunday off Southern Oregon. Conditions could make for some good early-morning fishing in close for black rockfish, lingcod and kelp greenling. Clamming continues in bays and beaches, but conditions are not ideal this weekend. Success has been slow. Crabbing remains slow in the open ocean and most bays, with Dungeness catches tapering off into spring. The bottomfish season is open and anglers can keep cabezon under the 2009 quotas, which have yet to be adopted. The aggregate rockfish limit remains six fish a day. Coastwide, bottomfish anglers did well for black rockfish and lingcod this week. Rockfish anglers no longer must remain within the 20-fathom curve, opening bottomfishing opportunities in deep water. The entire Oregon Coast is open for the recreational harvest of mussels now that levels of paralytic shellfish. Open for harvest are scallops, and mussels on the beaches, rocks, jetties and at the entrance to bays. BROOKINGS - Early morning fishing conditions look possible Friday, likely luring anglers with good sea legs to take a shot at lingcod. Recent catches of black rockfish and lingcod have been great when ocean conditions allow. Surfperch fishing remains very good in the mornings when the surf and wind are down. Winchuck Beach has been productive. Prawns and mussels are working best, but they'll even bite bright streamer flies. COOS BAY - Crabbing remains fairly slow for boat and dock crabbers, with few keeper Dungeness in the mix. Recent boat crabbers are averaging five crabs per day. Sturgeon fishing is picking up now that some mud has hit the estuary. Look for decent sturgeon fishing through the rest of the month. GOLD BEACH - Surfperch fishing remains good off the sand spit between the jetties. Slack tides are best, with prawns, mussels and streamer flies working well. Spring chinook have appeared in the lower estuary and the top of tidewater in the Rogue River.