North Coast Fishing Report – Following last weeks flood event, another round of productive Chinook salmon fishing took place this week. As early as Saturday, anglers fishing the smaller systems such as the Kilchis, Necanicum…
Fishing Reports and Articles
Columbia River Fishing Report and Forecast November 26th – February 2016
Columbia River Fishing Report – Unless something changes, we’ll be halting reports for the Columbia River. I say the same thing every year, it’s hard to believe that the mighty Columbia is NOT the place…
Soapbox Update – A Time of Thanks
A Time of Thanks I know it’s a bit cliché, actually, it’s really cliché but of course that’s what we’re supposed to write about when our newsletter comes out on Thursdays. Especially Thanksgiving Thursdays! It can’t all be all bad news all the time, right? Only after reading about the decay of pteropods in the…
Central & Eastern Oregon Fishing Reports for Nov 20th
While steelheading was slow over the past weekend, the Chinook spawn is winding down. This is good news for anglers targeting steelhead as the salmon tend to bully them, which creates a situation where they…
Central & South Coast Fishing Reports for Nov 20th
Earlier this week, the ODFW and ODA made the following series of announcements: “All crab harvesting is closed from Heceta Head to the California border for elevated levels of domoic acid in crab viscera (guts/butter)….
Oregon Fishing Links for Nov 20th
Live Camera on Siltcoos Lake Recreational Shellfish Advisories and Consumption Guidelines Summer Cruise – Scotland to Norway – 1964
Clackamas and Sandy River Fishing Reports for Nov 20th
Clackamas anglers have been bemoaning low, clear water conditions, comparing them to the dog-days of summer on a drought year. Well, that was then, or rather, before rainfall this week pushed the level and flow…
Willamette, McKenzie & Santiam Rivers Fishing Report for Nov 20th
Water temp at Willamette Falls dropped from about 55 degrees down to 49 over the past two weeks. Predictably, visibility has been greatly reduced as well by muddy water flowing not only from the river…
North Coast Fishing Report and Forecast November 20th, 2015
North Coast Fishing Report – With the excessive flooding this week, district stream have not been an option for any relatively good information. Just prior to the flood, a few boats fished the Kilchis River…
Columbia River Fishing Report
Columbia River Fishing Report – This report will be updated in the spring. It’s been a productive one but it’s time to throw in the towel here. It’ll be a crabbing show until domoic acid…
Oregon Fisheries Update November 20th, 2015
Willamette Valley Fishing Report – Salmon fishing on the mainstem Columbia is over. There will continue to be some action for Chinook in the Hanford reach and steelhead in the John Day Pool and John…
Soapbox Update November 20th, 2015
All Politics are Local I had to look up who said that and learned it was Tip O’ Neill, former speaker of the house. Not that it makes any difference but I thought I’d provide a brief history lesson while in Washington D.C. Here in Washington DC, I find it pretty far removed from…