Willamette Valley/Metro Bonneville anglers are producing less than stellar results for chinook; success is directly linked to how the administration operates the flow and spill routine upstream. As water temperatures cool, coho action in the gorge may improve into November. Anchor anglers below the mouth of the Sandy are losing interest and the gillnet fleet will be on the water intensively targeting chinook this week.
Fish counts at Willamette Falls demonstrate the seasonal surge of anadromous fish which are pushing their way upstream. Moderating water temperatures are prime factor. Over 1,000 fall Chinook have been counted and coho numbers are skyrocketing.
McKenzie water levels have been impacted by showers this week but only enough to barely move the gauge. It remains to be seen what effect the beginning of fall rain ultimately has on the river.
North Santiam water level and flow increased significantly with rain over the past weekend, It's forecast to remain stable for the coming week. South Umpqua summer steelhead have been recycled.
Northwest – With a warm offshore influence, chinook trollers are finding it to be a tough go in the ocean and lower Tillamook Bay. Upper bay spinner trollers are having fair to good success however and action for coho is picking up. The lower Trask has a good number of chinook present but they aren't biting all that well.
The Nehalem remains a good option for coho but chinook are fairly absent from the catches. The Nestucca is also a bit slow and the Salmon is slowing almost daily.
The lower Columbia continues to be a great option for coho trollers, even with the gillnet fleet working the area. Fresh bait is hard to come by but frozen green label herring is producing great results. Spinners aren't working so well. Crabbing is picking up out of Hammond.
A good set of minus tides starts mid-week (next week) and razor clam diggers should find good success if the surf doesn't kick up.
Tuna anglers launching out of Winchester bay have been doing well with an average of five tuna per angler. A red-hot spinner bite attracted a crowd of lure flingers over the past week as scores of Chinook and coho were landed by anglers fishing from Osprey Point and Half Moon Bay. Some landed as many as 10 salmon, most or all of which had to be released. Trollers have been doing well on the lower Umpqua as well.
Southwest- Tuna fishing is not over, at least not for the Oregon sport fleet who, following good catches over the past weekends, are planning additional forays this week.
Bottom fishing has been fairly good. Rockfish numbers have been rewarding while the Ling Cod bite has been slow. The deep water season for Lings and Rockfish opened October 1st. Fishing is expected to be excellent as anglers will be accessing areas which have not been fished for six months.
Most bays and estuaries are producing good numbers of legal Dungeness crab in fairly good condition. Catches will only improve over the coming weeks along with the quality of the crab.
Tuna anglers launching out of Winchester bay have been doing well with and average of five tuna per angler. A red-hot spinner bite attracted a crowd of lure flingers over the past week as scores of Chinook and coho were landed by bank anglers. Trollers have been doing well on the lower Umpqua as well.
Sport tuna boats launching out of Charleston have found albacore within 16 miles of port over the past week and results were good with most anglers taking a half-dozen large fish. Salmon fishing has been good in Coos Bay.
Fishing for fall Chinook in the Rogue Bay has been quite good. Despite low water in the Agness stretch, fishing for adult summer steelhead a and half-pounder has been holding up well. Fishing is slow on the middle Rogue. The upper Rogue has been fishing well for summer steelhead over the past week.
Chetco Ocean Terminal fishery (also called the Chetco hawg season by the locals) opens from October 1-12.
Eastern – Fishing on the lower Deschutes has been good over the last few weeks. Thanks to lower water temperatures coming out of the dam and overcast weather days, good numbers of summer steelhead are steadily moving upstream
Fly anglers using Chromonid imitations are experiencing fair to good results for rout at Crane Prairie.
The Challenging Metolius has been rewarding stealthy fly fisher with some large trout this week.
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