Willamette Valley/Metro- Anglers fishing Bonneville had some great fishing last week and action remains fair in water that traditionally doesn’t produce good catches for another few weeks. Fishing should improve, even as passage is likely to slow. Anglers anchored with plugs seem to be producing the best results.
Anchor anglers using wobblers are still producing chinook from Portland to Warrior Rock but peak action is winding down. Anglers will begin to focus on coho near tributary mouths in the coming weeks.
The lower Willamette will remain closed for sturgeon retention through 2011. Middle Fork anglers are taking a few steelhead while trout fishing is fair on the North Fork.
Expect to see October Caddis start to appear on the McKenzie any day now. Steelhead fishing is fair.
A few coho have joined steelhead in the Santiams but overall, fishing is slow. Flow at Mehema will increase to over 3,000 cfs next week.
Sandy fishers are seeing coho in the lower river but hooking these finicky fish has been a challenge.
Coho fishing is underway in the Clackamas although catches are spotty. Spinners or drifted, cured eggs are getting hits.
Northwest – Action at Buoy 10 finally skid to a halt following the coastal deluge over the weekend. Hatchery coho should remain available but limits seem unlikely until the later returning “B” run arrives in October.
Crabbing in the lower Columbia is good.
Tillamook Bay anglers continue to get rewarded with good chinook fishing. Soft tides had most guides focused on the lower bay and ocean but the ocean won’t be a good option if the offshore forecast comes to fruition.
Another large halibut nearing 70 pounds was taken near the green can just outside of Tillamook Bay on Tuesday. The nearshore season remains open.
Tillamook Bay fishing has only been fair with seaweed and eelgrass hampering success. Some wild coho are beginning to get caught with prospects improving later this month. Sturgeon are present in Tillamook Bay but until fresh water inundates the estuary, you’re likely to be feeding juvenile crab with your offerings.
Ocean crabbing is awesome but rough seas will keep most bar options closed. Bay crabbing is good in most estuaries with Tillamook offering up limits for those willing to put in their time.
Nehalem Bay fishing has been good with chinook and coho in the mix. Stronger tides over the weekend should produce better results in the upper bay for spinner and herring trollers. The bobber bite should also pick up.
The Nestucca, Salmon, Alsea and Siletz Rivers all produced fair to good results on the current tide series. Although a significant amount of rain fell over the weekend, river levels did not rise significantly in any of the coastal basins but it did get fish moving.
Southwest – Boats launching off the central Oregon coast have taken fairly easy limits of rockfish inside the 20-fathom line although lingcod have been off the bite. Ocean crabbing remains worthwhile and nearshore halibut remains open as of Tuesday this week. Albacore are an option whenever ocean conditions allow.
Winchester Bay has been good for chinook while the wild coho fishery which started the 15th has been spotty but will improve. North Umpqua steelheading is slow.
While chinook fishing has been fair in the lower Coquille with catches steady, Coos Bay has been somewhat better with hookups common over the past week.
Despite good numbers of chinook in Rogue Bay, fishing has been slow. It has been much better outside in the ocean when boats have been able to cross the bar. Chinook catches are also good below Grants Pass for plug-pullers and back-bouncers. The upper Rogue is a reliable fishery for anglers tempting steelhead with egg patterns fished below spawning chinook.
Salmon fishing is underway in the lower Chetco. Jacks are being caught as they are generally the first to arrive but adults are also coming over the gunwales.
Good news came in over the past week for halibut fishers south of Humbug Mountain with no early closure as rumored and halibut catches continuing through October.
Trout fishing was reported as slow over the past weekend at Diamond Lake although Greg Juber of McMinnville, Oregon caught the largest trout taken since ridding the lake of tui chub in 2006; a 26 1/2 inch rainbow weighing 7.10-pounds.
Eastern – Steelheading has been good on the Deschutes below Maupin. Trout fishing is fair to good at times with October Caddis amongst the hatches.
Trout catches have eclipsed those of bass at Davis Lake. Fishing is best when the wind is light.
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