by Bob Rees | Dec 14, 2017 | Columbia River, Oregon Fishing Report
Columbia River Fishing Report – No news on fishing, but the 2018 Columbia River spring Chinook fishing forecast is in. 166,000 spring Chinook are due back to the Columbia, destined for rivers above Bonneville Dam. Team that up with 55,000 Willamette bound spring...
by Bob Rees | Dec 7, 2017 | Columbia River, Oregon Fishing Report
Columbia River Fishing Report – There is nothing to report here, but catch and keep season above Bonneville Dam opens up on January 1st. Downstream of Bonneville, no one is fishing for anything. Of course crabbing in the lower river is a good idea right now....
by Bob Rees | Nov 30, 2017 | Columbia River, Oregon Fishing Report
Columbia River Fishing Report – Crabbing is the only viable fishery left, and mixed reports are coming from the estuary. One guide had his crab cooking by 9:30 a.m. yesterday, while another struggled for 30 keepers today (Thursday). Tides are intensifying so pay...
by Bob Rees | Nov 23, 2017 | Columbia River, Oregon Fishing Report
Columbia River Fishing Report – No Columbia River report for downstream of Bonneville Dam this week. There won’t be much to report until mid-February at the earliest. The one exception however is lower Columbia River crabbing of course. Crabbing is peaking...
by Bob Rees | Nov 16, 2017 | Columbia River, Oregon Fishing Report
Columbia River Fishing Report – There’s nothing to fish for on the Columbia River. Catch and release sturgeon fishing isn’t even all that good. We’ll be back around mid-February with some hopeful spring Chinook reports. Good luck, you’ll...
by Bob Rees | Nov 2, 2017 | Columbia River, Oregon Fishing Report
Columbia River Fishing Report – With salmon fishing at a dead stop and poor sturgeon fishing, you won’t see much in this section for the foreseeable future. Let’s hope the spring Chinook run is something worth writing about! Stay tuned, but you...
by Bob Rees | Oct 26, 2017 | Columbia River, Oregon Fishing Report
Columbia River Fishing Report – The sturgeon fishery far under-performed most people’s expectations. So much so, the collective departments of fish and wildlife gave anglers an additional day on the water. This press release gives you all the details, but...
by Bob Rees | Oct 19, 2017 | Columbia River, Oregon Fishing Report
Columbia River Fishing Report – I know I’ve been saying it for weeks, the run is over. Well, there’s still a few die-hards that are scoring an occasional Chinook, and some coho as well. There aren’t enough fish to sustain a prolonged bite...
by Bob Rees | Oct 12, 2017 | Columbia River, Oregon Fishing Report
Columbia River Fishing Report – Despite a waning fishery, anglers are still consistently catching Chinook and coho in the mainstem below Bonneville Dam. Chinook catches are slowing, as coho become the predominate species hitting the deck in recent days. Those...
by Bob Rees | Oct 5, 2017 | Columbia River, Oregon Fishing Report
Columbia River Fishing Report – With fish passage rapidly winding down at Bonneville, so is the fall Chinook bite downstream of the dam. With the lower return experienced this year vs. previous years, it’s to be expected that fishing will taper quickly...
by Bob Rees | Sep 28, 2017 | Columbia River, Oregon Fishing Report
Columbia River Fishing Report – Many anglers are turning away from the mainstem Columbia, but numbers remain viable enough to still justify an effort. Most remain focused on Chinook opportunities upstream of Warrior Rock, but options liberalize on October 1st,...
by Bob Rees | Sep 21, 2017 | Columbia River, Oregon Fishing Report
Columbia River Fishing Report – With coho nearly non-existent in the Buoy 10 area, most anglers are focusing their efforts in the Bonneville to St. Helens reach and still finding fair success for Chinook despite shrinking numbers passing Bonneville Dam. Success...
by Bob Rees | Sep 14, 2017 | Columbia River, Oregon Fishing Report
Columbia River Fishing Report – The Buoy 10 fishery was nothing short of spectacular all week. That changed on Friday however, when anglers got a reality check that it’s not all peaches and cream. It was easy limits up until Friday, and although several...
by Bob Rees | Sep 7, 2017 | Columbia River, Oregon Fishing Report
Columbia River Fishing Report – With Chinook season closed down, the focus now for Buoy 10 anglers is coho salmon. It just so happens, that coho fishing is excellent right now. Anglers that are patient enough to wait for the proper time of the tide, have scored...
by Bob Rees | Aug 31, 2017 | Columbia River, Oregon Fishing Report
Columbia River Fishing Report – With the end of Chinook season looming for the Buoy 10 fishery, anglers need to get their last licks in before the year’s best opportunity slips away. Of course there is still ample upstream opportunity about to take place;...
