Links and information for Portland, Oregon fishing for Salmon, Steelhead,
Sturgeon, Bass, Walleye, Shad and Trout in the Portland area. We link to
Portland Oregon fishing guides and charter boats. The Pacific Ocean is about 1
hour from here and we link to Salmon charters and deep sea fishing charter boats
on the Pacific Coast.
Portland, Orfegon fishing guides and
Spring Chinook Fishing
Guidesfish popular Northwest spots like the Columbia River, Willamette
River, Clackamas River Tillamook Bay & Nehalem Bay for Salmon,
Sturgeon & Steelhead.
Marv's Guide Service
fishes for Salmon, Steelhead, Sturgeon at Tillamook Bay, Buoy
10, the Columbia river, Willamette, Wilson, Trask, Kilchis,
Nestucca, Clackamas, & Siletz rivers. We fish from a 23'
Alumaweld Jet Sled & a 17' Drift Boat.
Bud's Fishing Guide
Service
Bud's Fishing Adventures offers
Northwest Oregon Salmon, Sturgeon and Winter & Summer
Steelhead trips. Waters we fish include the Columbia River out
of Astoria & the Portland Area, the Willamette River in the
Portland Area, as well as Tillamook Bay & North Coast Rivers.
Be Careful What
You Fish For Guide Service
Our favorite and most productive area is the Columbia River
between Portland and Longview. Literally millions of salmon,
steelhead and Sturgeon flood past this area every year. We
fish out of a fully enclosed Thunder Jet river sled that
accommodates 4 fisherman. I am Coast Guard Licensed and
insured.
Oregon Fishing Guide fishes
for Salmon, Steelhead, Sturgeon and Shad on Oregon's Columbia
and Willamette Rivers and Buoy 10. Guided fishing trips
spring, summer and fall. Enjoy great fishing and scenery,
close to the Portland metropolitan area.
Mah-Hah
Outfittersfly fishes and gear
fishes on the John Day River in North Central Oregon for
trophy smallmouth bass and native steelhead, and on a private
largemouth/ bluegill lake and private trout lake. We do "Cast
and Blast" trips for fish and wild chukar, pheasant, quail,
ducks, and geese.
Hooked On
Fishing Guide ServiceDave Perez of Hooked On Fishing
Guide Service offers fishing trips for Salmon, Steelhead and
Sturgeon on the Columbia River. Areas include Buoy 10,
Bonneville Dam area, Mid-Columbia and it's tributaries (Wind
River, Drano Lake and Klickitat River) and the Priest
Rapids/Hanford Reach areas.
Tillamook Bay
Fishing GuidesFind a Tillamook Bay fishing guide and
choose from several Tillamook Bay fishing guides to catch huge
Fall Chinook Salmon and King Salmon in coastal streams.
Portland Oregon area Fishing reports
With catch rates and dam counts both setting
all-time records, fall Chinook are the star attraction for Columbia River
anglers. Boat fishers working the lower Columbia from Longview upstream to
Woodland during the first half of September averaged up to 1.6 Chinook per
rod - the highest catch rates ever seen in the area, reports regional fish
biologist Joe Hymer. At the same time, fall Chinook were passing
Bonneville Dam in all-time record, single-day numbers. The Sept. 11 tally
was 45,884 Chinook, easily surging past the previous single-day record of
39,376 set on Sept. 12, 1987, Hymer reports. Counts continued to exceed
the old record through Sept. 14. "We've probably passed the peak, but it
was quite a peak - the last couple of weeks have been incredible," says
Hymer. As the bulk of the run heads past Bonneville, Chinook fishing
should pick up at the mouths or inside the tributaries such as Drano Lake
and the White Salmon and Klickitat rivers. "There'll be waves of fish
heading upstream," adds Hymer. Fall Chinook are also pulling out of the
mainstem Columbia into lower tributaries such as the Elochoman, Cowlitz,
Toutle, Kalama, Lewis and Washougal rivers. In addition to the recent
record daily counts of adult fall Chinook at Bonneville Dam, steelhead and
Coho daily counts were a season high of 8,000 fish daily Sept. 13 and 14.
Meanwhile, Buoy 10 boat fishers continue to do fairly well on hatchery
Coho, averaging a half-fish to one fish per rod the week of Sept. 8.
Increasing numbers of Coho are showing upstream as well, particularly in
the lower Cowlitz, Toutle and North Fork Lewis rivers. Sturgeon fishers
have been finding success off the bank below Bonneville Dam and from boats
in the Kalama-Woodland area. Lake anglers are enjoying the benefits of a
recent plant of 4,000 cutthroat trout, averaging 15 inches long, in Goose
Lake north of Carson. Fishers are reminded that no boats equipped with
combustion motors are allowed on the lake, which also holds some nice-size
brown trout. Hatchery sea-run cutthroat fishing opportunity is surfacing
on the Cowlitz River, where 22,000 fish returned to the hatcheries last
year. Fishing is focused from Blue Creek downstream through the fall. The
trout can be readily taken on flies, lures and bait. The Cowlitz has a
liberal daily limit of five trout, with no more than two over 20 inches.
Wildlife viewing: As noted in the Fishing section, above, a
record-breaking run of returning fall Chinook salmon, along with
season-high numbers of Coho and steelhead have been passing the fish
windows at Bonneville Dam. As salmon arrive at their upstream spawning
grounds, streamside viewing will also be a possibility. Viewers are
reminded that special care is needed to avoid interfering with spawning of
protected species such as fall Chinook. In particular, avoid walking on
fish redds, the light-colored depressions in stream gravel beds where
salmon deposit their eggs. Thousands of crimson-red Kokanee can be seen in
the creek near Speelyai Hatchery on the North Fork Lewis River (Merwin
Reservoir). Thousands more will begin spawning shortly on Cougar Creek in
Yale Reservoir, also on the North Fork Lewis.
