Fishing guides Oregon offers charters and charter boats for
Salmon, Steelhead, and popular fish in Oregon. The Columbia
River is great for fishing from the mouth at Astoria, Oregon to
the border at Canada. Mid-Columbia Salmon runs and Steelhead
runs are very good.
Elochoman River -
Light effort and no catch observed last Saturday (Sept. 17).
Release all chinook upstream of the Hwy. 4 Bridge beginning
October 1.
Cowlitz River - No
report on angling success. Release all chinook from Blue
Creek to Mill Creek beginning October 1.
North Fork Toutle - No
report on angling success. From Kidd Valley Bridge near Hwy.
504 upstream, release all chinook beginning October 1.
Green River - No
report on angling success. Release all chinook beginning
October 1.
Kalama River - Fall
chinook and coho are being caught from the lower river.
Release all chinook from the natural gas pipeline crossing
upstream beginning October 1.
Lewis River - Near the
salmon hatchery, boat anglers are catching fall chinook
while bank anglers are catching primarily coho. North Fork
Lewis from Colvin Creek upstream to Merwin Dam closes to all
fishing beginning October 1.
Washougal River -
Anglers are catching some fall chinook. From the Little
Washougal River upstream, release all chinook beginning
October 1.
Drano Lake - Light
effort and no catch observed.
White Salmon River -
No report on angling success. From posted markers ½ mile
upstream from of the Hwy. 14 Bridge upstream, release all
chinook beginning October 1.
Klickitat River -
Dusky colored fall chinook are being caught from the Fisher
Hill Bridge downstream.
Yakima River -
Starting to observe fall chinook in the river. Angler effort
has begun to pick up. An estimated 18 adult chinook were
harvested last week.
Buoy 10 - Through
September 12, an estimated 52,400 angler trips resulted in
9,100 chinook and 6,700 coho kept. Effective October 1, the
salmon daily limit will be 6 fish, no more than 2 adults of
which no more than 1 may be an adult chinook. Minimum size
12". Release chum, sockeye, and wild coho.
Lower Columbia from the
Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam -
From September 14-18, we sampled nearly 1,900 anglers
(including almost 700 completed boat trips) with 482 adult
chinook kept and 39 released. Boat anglers averaged an adult
chinook kept per every 3.4 rods based on mainly completed
trips while bank anglers averaged one per every 9.7 rods
based on mainly incomplete trips. Closed to chinook
retention effective 12:01 Sunday September 18. Remains open
to fishing for hatchery coho, hatchery steelhead, and
hatchery cutthroats.
The estimated adult chinook
catch for September 1-13 is 11,400 fish (13,200 projected
through September 17) from 39,400 angler trips. There were
also an estimated 24,000 angler trips and 3,200 adult fall
chinook caught in August for a season total of 63,300 angler
trips and 16,400 fish.
The 2005 preseason forecast
for upriver bright (URB) fall chinook (fish headed to the
mainstem Columbia and its tributaries (including the Snake
River) upstream from McNary Dam and the Deschutes River in
Oregon), was 354,600 adults returning to the mouth of the
Columbia. Based on dam counts to date, the Technical
Advisory Committee updated the return to 280,000 fish, a
reduction of over 20%.
For Mid-Columbia Brights (MCBs)
(upriver bright stock released below Bonneville Dam and
between Bonneville Dam and McNary Dam) the preseason
forecast was 89,700 adults returning to the mouth of the
Columbia. The return has been updated to 76,700 fish.
Bonneville Pool Hatchery (BPH)
stock (quickly maturing fish from Spring Creek Hatchery and
Bonneville Pool tributaries) preseason forecast was for
115,800 adults returning to the mouth of the Columbia. The
return has been updated to 95,000 fish, a reduction of
slightly less than 20%.
A total of 11,641 Chinook,
including 6,000 males, 5,200 females, and 441 jacks have
returned to Spring Creek Hatchery through September 13,
exceeding the escapement goals of 7,000 adults and 4,000
females.
Dam counts of jack fall
chinook to date have been less than the recent 10-year
average with 10,300 brights and 644 tules (including
adult-size jacks) counted at Bonneville Dam through
September 15. Typically 52% of the bright jacks and 91% of
the tule jacks pass Bonneville Dam by September 15.
The McNary Dam escapement
goal of 43,500 adults has been achieved for the 22nd
consecutive year with a total count of 52,355 adult fall
chinook through September 13.
Bonneville Pool - A
lot of boat activity at the mouths of the Washington
tributaries. Bright fall chinook and some coho are being
caught off the mouth of the White Salmon by anglers
trolling/jigging single pointed lures or using bait. Off the
Klickitat River, anglers are either jigging or trolling.
Hanford Reach -
Catches have improved. The average was an adult chinook kept
per every 3.4 boat anglers.
