Clackamas Closing to Spring Chinook, Sandy the Obvious Favorite Clackamas River Fishing Report – As much as I hate seeing disappearing opportunity, it’s been flat out depressing reporting on the Clackamas River. Home to my first-ever spring Chinook, the Clackamas at River Mill Dam is a dead river. So dead that the ODF&W has decided…
Clackamas on the rocks; Bright springers in the Sandy, some steelhead showing Clackamas River Fishing Report – This is getting repetitive. I’m even having a hard time coming up with synonyms for “repetitive”. Different week, same results. Clackamas River anglers continue to struggle to find a reason to fish the Clackamas. With summer steelhead numbers…
Salmon & Steelhead still absent from the Clack; Sandy producing “a few” Clackamas River Fishing Report – Since creel checking started in early May, there hasn’t been a salmon or steelhead checked on the Clackamas River from either the bank (151 bank anglers checked last week) or boat (322 boat anglers checked last week) fishery.…
Clackamas Still Sputtering, Sandy Has Springers, Steelhead Clackamas River Fishing Report – The news just doesn’t get any better here on the Clackamas. This river is sick, or at least the hatchery returns for both summer steelhead and spring Chinook are. Creel checks tell a scary story. Last week, 230 boat anglers and 281 bank…
Springers and Summer Steelhead Available; Sandy Still the Better Bet Clackamas River Fishing Report – Well, Clackamas River anglers are finally getting back on the river, after Clackamas County starting lifting restrictions and county parks started to open back up. Look in the Fisheries Update section of the report for details on what parks and…
Clackamas River Fishing Report – Starting June 1st, the Clackamas River boat ramps and some parks will see the first stage of re-opening since the pandemic hit. Barton Park will re-open, but Carver Park will remain closed for construction until mid-June is what the website states. So, as you can imagine, reports have been scarce.…
The Sandy is the better option; spring Chinook and summer steelhead season is here Clackamas River Fishing Report – Access to the Clackamas remains limited. It’s very hard to launch and retrieve a boat there but some spring Chinook and summer steelhead are in the river for mostly bank anglers to access. Bank access is…
More Springers and Summer Steelhead on the Sandy River! Clackamas River Fishing Report – Mike from Fishermen’s Marine and Outdoor reported that anglers remain challenged with access to the river. Many of the parks along the river remain closed and boat ramps remain hard to access as well. Those that have accessed the river however…
Clackamas River Fishing Report – With the river online to open back up to more public access, reports remain sparse. Couple the extensive closures with a bevy of anglers that have little to no faith in the spring Chinook run, and mediocre interest in summer steelhead, and reports are scarce. Oh yeah, the Columbia re-opened…
Clackamas River Fishing Report – With access limited, so are the fishing reports. That said, winter steelhead will be tailing off and more summer steelhead should start to show in the catch. Bank angling is the best option right now with the upper reaches having the best mix (read: spent winter runs and some summer…
Clackamas River Fishing Report – With fishable numbers of spring Chinook yet to show, and debatable as to whether they will or not at all this year, Clackamas River anglers remain focused on late run winter steelhead (mostly wild) and a rare summer steelhead that is likely in the river system. Wild winters will be…
Clackamas River Fishing Report – At this point, I’m not sure why folks are still fishing the Clackamas. I can believe another week of no hatchery fish caught on the Clackamas, but this week, no summer steelhead were creel checked on the Clackamas by either boat or bank anglers. It’s a grim tale on this…
Clackamas River Fishing Report – Nothing has changed here, and it likely won’t for the foreseeable future. Spring Chinook remain non-existent and summer steelheading is challenging, but with the cooler weather, fish should be more motivated and rafters less so. Regardless, Clackamas River anglers are pretty deflated, but that could mean no competition on these…
Clackamas River Fishing Report – Another week of ZERO catch in the creel check for Clackamas River anglers. It’s almost comical at this point. A grand total of 6 wild spring Chinook have been recorded, just a few fish less than the summer steelhead also taken on the Clackamas. Just because I don’t have anything…
Clackamas River Fishing Report – As reported in the Fisheries Update section, a hatchery spring Chinook has yet to be recorded in the creel census this season. Nuff said about that, good luck. Summer steelhead action hasn’t been all that much better. There were a handful of summers reported last week, but so far from…
