Oregon Fishing: Summer Starts Now
May and June offer a variety of fishing opportunities. We try to run our guided fishing trips and charters where the fish are and currently that’s Astoria, Portland, and Tillamook. We’re fishing for sturgeon, salmon, steelhead, and bottom fish, which gives lots of options to choose from depending on where you live or are vacationing. Keeper […]
Willamette River Spring Salmon: Half-day fishing trips
One of the great attractions to our Willamette River Spring Salmon fishing is the close proximity to the places where many of us live and work. It’s this convenience that allows me to offer half-day evening trips for the upcoming month of Spring Salmon fishing on the Willy. The afternoon looks something like this- Grab […]
Ocean and Mouth of the Columbia River Coho looking much improved
I have to admit right now, I didn’t miss the lack of Coho Salmon last year. I say this with full understanding that had the Chinook not shown up in the salt and river the way they did, it would have been curtains for sure. But fortunately for sports and charter boats alike, the Ocean […]
Columbia River Spring Chinook 2013 Forecast
Many of my customers have been waiting for this years forecast and subsequent seasons to be set by Oregon’s and Washington’s Commissions. Of course booking trips without the season set for the Columbia makes things a bit difficult, so it’s good to see what we can count on going into this years spring season. Before […]
What gillnet removal means for sportfishing on the Columbia River
The decision by Oregon and Washington to remove gillnets from the Columbia River will, simply put, mean more fish for sportfishing. Don’t expect much to change immediately, but over the course of the next few years, the commercial fleet will be transitioned to the side channels of Youngs Bay on the Oregon side and Deep […]