by Bob Rees | May 25, 2017 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Paid members will be getting updated information in the paid members section by 1:00 a.m. on 5/26 as we’re still in the process of gathering information. Thank you for your patience as we still deal with contributor Michael Teague’s absence. Willamette...
by Bob Rees | May 18, 2017 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Paid members will be getting updated information in the paid members section by 1:00 a.m. on 5/19 as we’re still in the process of gathering information. Thank you for your patience as we still deal with contributor Michael Teague’s absence. Willamette...
by Bob Rees | May 11, 2017 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – Starting with the Columbia, the news remains a bit glum right now, with dam passage still so to go. Managers pulled the plug on the standard mid-May summer steelhead opener, we’d likely catch more spring Chinook than summer steelhead...
by Bob Rees | May 4, 2017 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – Anglers remain focused on the Willamette River system, as we enter peak season for spring Chinook. Catch rates took a nice bump following the last river rise, and boaters from Oregon City through the Multnomah Channel scored fair to good...
by Bob Rees | Apr 27, 2017 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – With the Columbia now closed, effort will shift to the Willamette River, when it fishes again after the current river rise comes back down. Anglers came within about 350 spring Chinook from attaining the nearly 7,000 fish quota. Nobody can...
by Bob Rees | Apr 20, 2017 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – Portland area anglers are also seeing improving catches as of Thursday. The water was on the drop however, but slated to rise again by Friday. That could stymie catches. Both anchor anglers and hover trollers working flashers and herring were...
by Bob Rees | Apr 6, 2017 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – With peak spring Chinook season upon us for Columbia River anglers, the few that are attempting, are walking away perplexed. Test netting indicates that fish are present, they are just unwilling to bite in the high, off-colored flows of the...
by Bob Rees | Mar 30, 2017 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – Columbia River spring Chinook seekers got some relief recently, with the extension of the spring Chinook season at least through April 10th, Given the poor performance of the fishery, unless something changes, we’d have to anticipate...
by Bob Rees | Mar 23, 2017 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – Spring Chinook anglers are chomping at the bit, but results remain subdued. High water is the contributing factor and things don’t look to be changing anytime soon. An extension on the Columbia is certainly imminent, just no details...
by Bob Rees | Mar 16, 2017 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – Although far from impressive fishing, spring Chinook are more than a dream! Of course only a handful have been caught, but trollers working upstream of Davis Bar have been netting a rare, but nice sized spring Chinook. Catches are still too...
by Bob Rees | Mar 9, 2017 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – I can’t say that metro anglers are out in force, pursuing the region’s abundant spring Chinook populations. Although numbers will build into this month, only die-hard springer fishermen in out in pursuit right now, I’d still...
by Bob Rees | Mar 2, 2017 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – Another week of high water and low probability for spring Chinook in the Portland metro area. A lone Chinook remains the sole celebrity on the Columbia River system at Bonneville to date. Water forecasts on the Willamette, where the bulk of...
by Bob Rees | Feb 23, 2017 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – The season’s first spring Chinook has been claimed, and a few others reportedly fell after the initial “ice was broken.” That said, the only newsworthy story on spring Chinook is that the season has been set. As expected,...
by Bob Rees | Feb 15, 2017 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – Although the first spring Chinook of the season has passed Bonneville Dam (2/11), there still hasn’t been a confirmed sport harvest of one. I don’t expect that to change this week, especially given the weather forecast and river...
by Bob Rees | Feb 9, 2017 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – Still nothing to fish for in the mainstem Columbia. There’s always rumors of spring Chinook here or there, just non substantiated just yet. It’ll be running a bit turbid downstream of Kelly Point Park for a while. The lower...
