Washington Fishing Report
Updated for for the week of July 1st – July 7th, 2005
Washington Fisheries Update: In the mid-river, sturgeon fishing for oversize remains good using fresh shad. Walleye fishing is picking up below McNary dam, using worm harness'. Bass fishing is slowing down considerably as they are going deep, 25ft to 30ft.
Snake River sturgeon have been running large but bass fishing is slowing down as well.
Olympic Peninsula salmon fishing is dropping off although Hoh River fishing should begin to pick up as the summer Chinook begin running in July.
NW Washington – Charter Captain Mike Jamboretz (425.788.5955) has continued to catch his boat's limit of halibut daily in Canadian waters and catching lingcod as well. Some halibut have been in the 40 pound range and the fishing continues to be consistently good. Fishing for salmon starts tomorrow (7/1/05).
Cowlitz – Pro Guide Bob Barthlow (509.697.7125) tells us that he fished the mouth of the Cowlitz, inside the dredge on 2 days this week. We were anchored up with red bead w/ brass blade spinners and red U-20 Flatfish off a dropper. On the out going tide the 2 days we boated 4 Summer Chinook, w/ 3 keepers 12#-22# and 3 hatchery steelhead 6#-11#.
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Saturday, July 02, 2005
Oregon Fishing Report
Oregon Fishing Report
Updated for for the week of July 1st – July 7th, 2005
The sturgeon fishing in the lower Columbia remains challenging for most anglers. The recent gillnet opener coupled with warmer water temperatures is having a profound effect on angler success rates. It likely won't get any better over the 3 day holiday weekend. The best fishing remains upstream of Tongue Point although anglers willing to battle crab and trash fish are finding a few more large keepers below the bridge.
Keeper fishing in the gorge is slowing down and so is oversize fishing. The shad run is winding down but it still remains the best bait for the oversized fish.
Salmon fishing in the gorge has recently picked up as we enter the peak week of fishing in this area. Fewer gillnets are working this water allowing for better opportunities for deep water spinner plunkers. Bank anglers are catching fish in this area as well.
With a decent run of summer chinook following the disappointing springer showing, the decision to allow sports anglers to keep chinook, fin-clipped or not, from the Columbia starting July 1st is official.
Poor tides this week for lower river salmon and steelhead plunkers. Fishing shouldn't be any good.
Chinook continues to wind down on the North Coast but Three Rivers on the Nestucca system will remain open to salmon through July 10th. Although the run was running a bit late this year, it appears to have been a good one for north coast anglers.
Bottom fishing is excellent out of central and southern ports. Offshore coho is spotty but chinook trollers in the ocean have been doing well on the South coast.
Umpqua anglers are taking springers and summer steelhead. Shad and smallmouth fishing is good.
The lower Rogue is producing some springers as the season winds down and thoughts arise of Fall fish in the Bay.
The Lower Willamette continues to reward shad anglers but this run will wrap up in July. The Clackamas River remains slow, the Sandy fair. North Santiam steelheaders are hopeful for a good season but it hasn't started yet.
Ocean salmon fishing north of Cape Falcon opens on July 3rd. Results are not expected to be very impressive with the low prediction of hatchery coho this year. Anglers will likely have to search for fish and limits are not very likely. A light westerly breeze is forecasted for the weekend.
The entire Oregon coast remains closed to razor clams due to high levels of the naturally-occurring biotoxin, demoic acid.
Trout were stocked this week in Trillium Lake, Estacada Lake, Faraday Lake, North Fork Reservoir, Blue River, Breitenbush River, Carmen Reservoir, Badger Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Lost Lake, Olallie Lake, Campbell Lake, Big Cultus Lake Deadhorse Lake, East Lake, North and South Twin Lakes, Century Gravel Pit, Deschutes River, Lake of the Woods, Ochoco Creek, Sprague Gravel Pit, Three Creeks Lake, Walton Lake, Devils Lake, Fall River, Shevlin Pond and Spring Creek.
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Updated for for the week of July 1st – July 7th, 2005
The sturgeon fishing in the lower Columbia remains challenging for most anglers. The recent gillnet opener coupled with warmer water temperatures is having a profound effect on angler success rates. It likely won't get any better over the 3 day holiday weekend. The best fishing remains upstream of Tongue Point although anglers willing to battle crab and trash fish are finding a few more large keepers below the bridge.
Keeper fishing in the gorge is slowing down and so is oversize fishing. The shad run is winding down but it still remains the best bait for the oversized fish.
Salmon fishing in the gorge has recently picked up as we enter the peak week of fishing in this area. Fewer gillnets are working this water allowing for better opportunities for deep water spinner plunkers. Bank anglers are catching fish in this area as well.
With a decent run of summer chinook following the disappointing springer showing, the decision to allow sports anglers to keep chinook, fin-clipped or not, from the Columbia starting July 1st is official.
Poor tides this week for lower river salmon and steelhead plunkers. Fishing shouldn't be any good.
Chinook continues to wind down on the North Coast but Three Rivers on the Nestucca system will remain open to salmon through July 10th. Although the run was running a bit late this year, it appears to have been a good one for north coast anglers.
Bottom fishing is excellent out of central and southern ports. Offshore coho is spotty but chinook trollers in the ocean have been doing well on the South coast.
Umpqua anglers are taking springers and summer steelhead. Shad and smallmouth fishing is good.
The lower Rogue is producing some springers as the season winds down and thoughts arise of Fall fish in the Bay.
The Lower Willamette continues to reward shad anglers but this run will wrap up in July. The Clackamas River remains slow, the Sandy fair. North Santiam steelheaders are hopeful for a good season but it hasn't started yet.
Ocean salmon fishing north of Cape Falcon opens on July 3rd. Results are not expected to be very impressive with the low prediction of hatchery coho this year. Anglers will likely have to search for fish and limits are not very likely. A light westerly breeze is forecasted for the weekend.
The entire Oregon coast remains closed to razor clams due to high levels of the naturally-occurring biotoxin, demoic acid.
Trout were stocked this week in Trillium Lake, Estacada Lake, Faraday Lake, North Fork Reservoir, Blue River, Breitenbush River, Carmen Reservoir, Badger Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Lost Lake, Olallie Lake, Campbell Lake, Big Cultus Lake Deadhorse Lake, East Lake, North and South Twin Lakes, Century Gravel Pit, Deschutes River, Lake of the Woods, Ochoco Creek, Sprague Gravel Pit, Three Creeks Lake, Walton Lake, Devils Lake, Fall River, Shevlin Pond and Spring Creek.
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