Fishing on the Columbia River for Spring Chinook had its ups and downs this year, but in the end it was major success! Springer fishing started off slow because of cold water temps and an abundance of smelt that lingered in the river 3 weeks longer than normal. In Lower Columbia, conditions finally warmed and fishing ramped up quickly in late April.
This year, we spent most of our season at the Wind River and Drano Lake surrounded by the beauty of the Columbia River Gorge with plenty of fish under our boat.
After coming home from the wind, we targeted Springers in the Willamette River and some of the tributaries of the Columbia for a few more weeks. Overall, that was a success as well.
On June 16th, our Summer Chinook season began and it was on heck of a good time until it closed July 1st. We had Plenty of fish in the middle to upper 20’s hit the boat this season! Sad to stop fishing for these awesome fish, but excited for the next season to begin.
Summer Steelhead is up next! Early July is when our steelhead run really starts to ramp up and its best around the second week to the end of July. I have a few days left open for this fishery so contact me asap to get a date.
After that, August kicks off our most popular fishery of the year. Buoy 10! Buoy 10 is located near Astoria Oregon and has a very high success rate for catching limits of fish. It’s time to start booking for Buoy 10 as dates are filling up fast!
At the end of August, we will return home to continue targeting Fall Chinook out of Woodland Wa. This fishery is also a very popular, and successful fishery year after year! I have quite a few days open for September still, but that won’t last. Now is the time to secure your dates for the fall fishing season! It was great fishing with all my regular and new customers this spring, and am excited to see everyone in the fall too!
