Coho Getting Dark, Steelhead Yet To Show Clackamas River Fishing Report – The Clackamas has been in good shape for anglers to fish. With most hatchery fish done for the year, interest is low however. That doesn’t mean action can’t be great for those seeking a catch and release opportunity. Looking at PGE’s Fish Counts,…
Coho Winding Down, Winter Steelhead Still Weeks Away Clackamas River Fishing Report – The Clackamas remains high and colored, which makes for great migration conditions for late-returning coho that should be in the system. With most of the hatchery coho banging down the doors at the Eagle Creek Hatchery, anglers aren’t very motivated for catch…
Coho Still Present; Clackamas Clocks First Steelhead Clackamas River Fishing Report – Much to my surprise, a few hatchery coho were reported in the Clackamas this week. Traditionally, almost all of the hatchery coho are awaiting processing at the hatchery facility by this time, with very few fresh hatchery fish available. The hatchery continues to…
Clackamas River Fishing Report – Nothing different has happened on the Clackamas. With the bulk of the hatchery fish back to the Eagle Creek Facility, there isn’t much consumptive opportunity left for the catch and keep angler. That said, sportsmen and women should continue to have good catch and release opportunity for wild coho still…
Sandy and Clack See Good Returns of Coho, Now the Wild Ones Show Clackamas River Fishing Report – With river conditions still in good shape for Clackamas River anglers, coho continue to be an item for this popular metro fishery. Effort isn’t explosive as most anglers (including us here at TGF) didn’t anticipate a robust…
Sandy Running Off-color, Wild Coho Plentiful Clackamas River Fishing Report – The Clackamas is in ideal shape for coho fishing but all the hatchery fish are already in the system are returning to the hatchery facility, largely out of reach for anglers seeking a consumptive opportunity. Of course Eagle Creek remains open for fishing, but…
Coho Running in the Sandy and Clack, Anglers in Hot Pursuit Clackamas River Fishing Report – The Clackamas is in ideal shape right now, after a nice mid-October rain freshet has drawn interested coho into Eagle Creek, where they now await their fate at the federal fish hatchery. The river has just now come down…
Clackamas and Sandy Coho Ready For Rain Clackamas River Fishing Report – The Clackamas should be well seeded with hatchery coho right now. Although just about 150 coho are staged just outside of the Eagle Creek Hatchery, more are certainly waiting for the opportunity to head up Eagle Creek to their final destination. The hatchery…
Metro Rivers Have Returning Coho, Clackamas Inundated with Wild Fish Clackamas River Fishing Report – Reports from the Clackamas are sure encouraging for the return of wild coho. PGE has their finger on the pulse of the river and projects a much larger return of wild coho that managers had first anticipated. That speculation is…
Coho Entering Metro Rivers, Conditions Are Good for Harvest Clackamas River Fishing Report – The Clackamas couldn’t have picked a better time to be on the rise and since the river didn’t bump up too high, fish should be moving upriver at a steady pace, versus bolting up and out of reach of lower river…
Clackamas and Sandy River Coho Start to Show Clackamas River Fishing Report – It’s time for Clackamas River coho to show, and although it’s predictably spotty fishing, there has been some fair activity from anglers working the lower Clackamas. Jason from Fisherman’s Marine and Outdoors in Oregon City reported some good action from the Bowling…
Clackamas River Fishing Report – Coho are starting to show in the lower reaches of the Clackamas River. Spinner casters are working the lower reaches of the river, but most anglers, at least those that have any sense about them, are paying more attention to the fires then they are about sportfishing right now. As…
Coho Starting to Show Clackamas River Fishing Report – It’s still early for Clackamas River coho, but it won’t be long. Summer steelhead remain on the skids. Wild spring Chinook made an impressive showing this year, a sign of good things to come, hopefully. The Guide’s Forecast – Still not worth the effort just yet,…
Clackamas River Fishing Report – The Clackamas is producing poorly for summer steelhead and the coho have yet to show. The Guide’s Forecast – Coho are on their way however, and catches should improve in the lower reaches and at the mouth in the coming weeks. Sandy River Fishing Report – Pro guide Jeff Stoger…
Clackamas River Fishing Report – Nothing has changed on the Clackamas and few have any expectations of success for skittish summer steelhead here. There are a few fish available throughout the watershed, but early morning will prove to be the best for more reason than one. The first being that there won’t be any rafters…
