by Bob Rees | Oct 18, 2018 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – With so few options for salmon in the Portland/Metro area, anglers are looking to the coast for a fall chance at chrome, with most effort falling on Tillamook and Nehalem Bays. Passage at Bonneville remains depressed, that will surely...
by Bob Rees | Oct 11, 2018 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – With little to fish for in the Portland area, anglers are hinging their bets on a brighter future for salmon. Dam passage at Bonneville remains uninspiring, but jack coho counts are tracking above the 10-year average, indicating a much...
by Bob Rees | Oct 4, 2018 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – Chinook numbers remain depressed at Bonneville Dam and anglers will remain sidelined for the foreseeable future. The mainstem Columbia is closed to almost all fishing, catch and release sturgeon remains one of the few options. Coho are...
by Bob Rees | Sep 27, 2018 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – With no mainstem Columbia opportunity for salmon in the recent past or near future, anglers were focused on the last of the 2 open days for sturgeon last Saturday. The results were not impressive as anglers reported slow fishing for...
by Bob Rees | Sep 20, 2018 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – With few mainstem Columbia River options right now, anglers in the Portland/Metro areas will be looking to the Sandy and Clackamas Rivers for early returning coho about to hit these systems in force. Effort remains fairly robust on each...
by Bob Rees | Sep 13, 2018 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – With the emergency closure at the end of the day on Wednesday (September 12th), anglers got their last licks in on Chinook, which are in peak migration in the middle river right now. Action had been sporadic by section but the lower...
by Bob Rees | Sep 6, 2018 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – Mixed reports are coming from the troll and anchor fleet in the only remaining open stretch of the Columbia River, Warrior Rock to Bonneville Dam (and of course upstream of Bonneville too). This river reach will remain open until...
by Bob Rees | Aug 30, 2018 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
This weekend (Sept. 1-2) is a Free Fishing Weekend in Oregon when no license, tag or endorsement is needed to fish, crab and clam anywhere in Oregon that’s open to fishing. As an angler, you know how much fun fishing is. This is a great weekend to share that fun with...
by Bob Rees | Aug 23, 2018 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – Although the mainstem Columbia River fall Chinook fishery has yet to take off locally, it’s only a matter of days as salmon counts are beginning to build at Bonneville Dam. Soon, trollers working Pro-trolls and spinners will be working from...
by Bob Rees | Aug 16, 2018 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – With little fishing action going on in the Portland area, most anglers remain focused on coastal opportunities in the lower Columbia River and the north coast in general. It won’t be long for Chinook to make it back to metro anglers however,...
by Bob Rees | Aug 9, 2018 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – Mainstem Columbia River anglers are readying their gear for fall salmon season, which opened up on August 1st. It’s still weeks away from the peak, but with the reopener, any Chinook, fin-clipped or not, may be retained. Seasons are more...
by Bob Rees | Aug 2, 2018 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – Although Chinook are now “on the table” for metro area anglers on the mainstem Columbia, peak passage is still several weeks away. Reports of Chinook are coming from the Kalama area however, certainly encouraging given the sub-par spring and...
by Bob Rees | Jul 26, 2018 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – Summer steelhead remain the only viable option for Portland/Metro anglers for the near future. The mainstem Columbia at Bonneville Dam is still passing better than 1,000 fish per day, but the bite remains challenging for those fishing the...
by Bob Rees | Jul 19, 2018 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – Although we’re witnessing peak passage for summer steelhead at Bonneville Dam, catches are far from impressive for lower Columbia beach plunkers and boaters. Some anglers are finding fair fishing downstream of the Cowlitz River, and in the...
by Bob Rees | Jul 12, 2018 | Free Reports, Oregon Fishing Report, SW Washington
Willamette Valley/Metro – With the Columbia River steelhead run peaking right now, anglers working the mainstem are finding only mediocre success. A better set of tides are coming this weekend however, action for bank anglers should improve and the gorge should be...
