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Oregon Fishing Report from TGFOregon's most complete and accurate fishing update.
Updated for September 3rd – September 9th, 2010
Oregon Fishing Update
Coho counts are increasing at Willamette Falls. Steelhead continue to be taken on the upper Willamette between Eugene and Springfield. McKenzie water temperature is holding in the low 50s which bodes well for late summer fishing prospects. From here on, rainfall will dictate Santiam levels. The water is clear and fishing conditions are good this week. As of September 1st, coho may be taken on the mainstem Santiam River, the North Fork up to the Stayton-Scio Bridge in Stayton, and the South Fork up to the Grant Street Bridge in Lebanon. Coho numbers will ramp up into fall. Coho fishing will start on the Clackamas with the first round of fall rain. Only a rare fish has been reported from the lower river but fish should be present in fair numbers by this week. The Sandy remains murky and is likely to stay that way until temperatures fall. Coho should become available in the lower stretches this week; falling to spinners in the early part of the season. Northwest – Chinook season is now closed from Tongue Point to Buoy 10. Although the chinook take was less than anticipated, lower river wild stocks of fish made up a larger than expected percentage of the catch, prompting a closure. Chinook are still available in the Tongue Point area but catches were poor early in the week. Improving tides may change that this week however. Coho numbers remain strong downstream of Tongue Point and the fish are running large. Bobby Keerins of Portland tallied a 14-fish limit by noon for his party on Monday. All fish were taken on fresh anchovies or plug cut herring in about 30 foot of water on the Washington side, downstream of the Astoria bridge. Strong southwest winds whipped up the ocean early in the week, keeping salmon fishers in-river on the lower Columbia. This weather pattern should bring tuna closer to shore where live-bait anglers should score big numbers when seas tame. Ocean crabbing is picking up nicely although a fair percentage have yet to fill out. The Nehalem is putting out a few chinook but check regulations as area closures are in effect. The Nestucca River remains closed until September 15th as a smaller return is forecasted for that watershed. Tillamook Bay is already putting out a few chinook as reports of adults in the upper bay are already coming in. Trolled herring or spinners can produce fair results in the upper bay where Trask and Tillamook River fish congregate here before migrating to their respective rivers on the first rainfall of the season. Only a slight rise in river levels is forecasted from the current weather pattern but it should be enough to move coho into the Trask and North Fork Nehalem Rivers. Crabbing is picking up in north coast estuaries and in the nearshore. Ocean crabbing will remain open for sport crabbing until October 15th. Southwest – Trollers have continued to pick up chinook around Reedsport. Chinook fishing is slow in lower Coos Bay, slow to fair in the Coquille. One wild coho may be retained daily on the lower Coquille, up to five for the year. Rogue Bay continued to frustrate trollers with chinook lock-jawed over the past week. Once those fish started upriver, however, the bite has been on. Half-pounder catches are improving around Agness. Offshore bottom fishing has been good. Good numbers of summer steelhead are available on the upper Rogue. Catches of ling cod improved for offshore bottom fishers out of Brookings Harbor over the past week, sometimes latched onto rockfish hooked moments earlier. Tuna are 40 or more miles offshore but catches are good. Ocean crabbing has been worthwhile. Boaters will be launching on incoming tides this coming weekend. Chinook fishing will start soon in the Chetco estuary but anglers must stay below river mile 2.2. Diamond Lake is fishing well for nice, fat trout. Eastern – Pressure is increasing along with the steelhead population on the lower Deschutes. Fishing is good from Mack's Canyon downstream. Green Peter is producing decent catches of kokanee although some are showing a little color. Limits of kokanee are being taken on jigs at Paulina. Fish are averaging 13 inches but a depth finder is required to locate schools.
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Willamette Valley/Metro - With the wobbler fishery well underway in the lower Columbia, anglers are flocking in force from Bonneville to Longview using hardware and plugs in pursuit of upriver bright chinook. Reports of inconsistent success are coming from this entire section of river but the action should continue to improve in the coming weeks. Wobblers need to be perfectly tuned to match the velocity of the river with the early part of the outgoing and the last hour producing the best catches. Trolled spinners may work when the tide slows for anchor fishermen.
