06-12-2004, 01:33 PM
Oregon Fisheries Update
June 11th – June 17th, 2004
With another modified sturgeon season in our midst, anglers will want to take full advantage of technical report #3- Columbia River Estuary Sturgeon Fishing and while you are at it, get a copy of technical report #4- Columbia River Estuary Salmon Fishing for the Bank and Boat Angler for the upcoming Buoy 10 season! Both reports are available from our secured web page here.
Sturgeon fishing in the Columbia River estuary is well underway but don't plan on an easy limit with the new size restriction. The new size restriction is having the effect it was intended to by reducing success and extending the season. The fish are well scattered from Rice Island to lower Desdemona Sands making it challenging for anglers to find a pod of keepers. The upcoming weaker tide series will make deeper water a better option for estuary sturgeon anglers.
Gorge anglers are having the most fun with the multitudes of shad that are available as that great food source is also putting down the oversize fishery. Keepers are becoming hard to come by as well above the Wauna powerlines.
Steelhead anglers on the lower Columbia beaches fared well over the last good tide series but that opportunity will not exist this weekend.
While the Sandy River is flowing strong and off-color, the Clack is in great shape with spring chinook and summer steelhead available.
The North Santiam is stabilizing after recent rains. Plenty of chinook and most of the summer steelhead which have crossed Willamette Falls are in the Santiam system now.
North coast salmon and steelhead anglers got another great gift of higher flows on area streams that benefited their creels in the middle of the week. Spring Chinook are being recycled from the hatchery at Three Rivers already. Ron Byrd from Nestucca Valley Sporting Goods (503-392-4268) wanted to also remind people of the fin-clipping party at Rhodes Pond just 6 miles up Hwy. 22 from Hebo on June 10th. They need help with 100,000 juvenile fall Chinook that will be available to you in just a few years. They plan on having all the fish clipped in just a few hours and finishing off the event with a nice BBQ along with raffle prizes and the such. Call Ron at Nestucca Valley Sporting Goods if you have any questions.
North Coast crabbing is best in the ocean- weather permitting.
The best salmon fishing on the South coast is offshore as anglers trolling plug-cut herring are taking chinook limits. Reports of many coho released in the process bodes well for the June 19th opener for silvers.
Umpqua River anglers are scoring sturgeon, smallmouth bass and shad. Spring chinook fishing is slow. While the Rogue boasts good chinook numbers, getting the fish to bit has been a challenge.
Waters stocked around Oregon include Cape Mears Lake, Coffenbury Lake, Hebo Lake, Loren's Pond, Town Lake, Alton Baker Canal, Big Cliff Reservoir, Blue River, Blue River Reservoir, Breitenbush River, Clear Lake, Fall Creek, Hills Creek, Leaburg Lake, Roaring River Park Pond, Salmon Creek, Salt Creek, Santiam River North Fork, Trail Bridge Reservoir, Walter Wirth Lake, Willamette River Mid Fork, Estacada Lake, Faraday Lake, Upper and Lower McKenzie, E. E. Wilson Pond, Junction City Pond, Harriet Lake, Huddeston Pond, North Fork Reservoir, Rosyln Lake, Silver Creek Reservoir, Ana Reservoir, Devils Lake , East Lake , Krumbo Reservoir, Lake in the Woods, Paulina Lake, and Spring Creek.
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June 11th – June 17th, 2004
With another modified sturgeon season in our midst, anglers will want to take full advantage of technical report #3- Columbia River Estuary Sturgeon Fishing and while you are at it, get a copy of technical report #4- Columbia River Estuary Salmon Fishing for the Bank and Boat Angler for the upcoming Buoy 10 season! Both reports are available from our secured web page here.
Sturgeon fishing in the Columbia River estuary is well underway but don't plan on an easy limit with the new size restriction. The new size restriction is having the effect it was intended to by reducing success and extending the season. The fish are well scattered from Rice Island to lower Desdemona Sands making it challenging for anglers to find a pod of keepers. The upcoming weaker tide series will make deeper water a better option for estuary sturgeon anglers.
Gorge anglers are having the most fun with the multitudes of shad that are available as that great food source is also putting down the oversize fishery. Keepers are becoming hard to come by as well above the Wauna powerlines.
Steelhead anglers on the lower Columbia beaches fared well over the last good tide series but that opportunity will not exist this weekend.
While the Sandy River is flowing strong and off-color, the Clack is in great shape with spring chinook and summer steelhead available.
The North Santiam is stabilizing after recent rains. Plenty of chinook and most of the summer steelhead which have crossed Willamette Falls are in the Santiam system now.
North coast salmon and steelhead anglers got another great gift of higher flows on area streams that benefited their creels in the middle of the week. Spring Chinook are being recycled from the hatchery at Three Rivers already. Ron Byrd from Nestucca Valley Sporting Goods (503-392-4268) wanted to also remind people of the fin-clipping party at Rhodes Pond just 6 miles up Hwy. 22 from Hebo on June 10th. They need help with 100,000 juvenile fall Chinook that will be available to you in just a few years. They plan on having all the fish clipped in just a few hours and finishing off the event with a nice BBQ along with raffle prizes and the such. Call Ron at Nestucca Valley Sporting Goods if you have any questions.
North Coast crabbing is best in the ocean- weather permitting.
The best salmon fishing on the South coast is offshore as anglers trolling plug-cut herring are taking chinook limits. Reports of many coho released in the process bodes well for the June 19th opener for silvers.
Umpqua River anglers are scoring sturgeon, smallmouth bass and shad. Spring chinook fishing is slow. While the Rogue boasts good chinook numbers, getting the fish to bit has been a challenge.
Waters stocked around Oregon include Cape Mears Lake, Coffenbury Lake, Hebo Lake, Loren's Pond, Town Lake, Alton Baker Canal, Big Cliff Reservoir, Blue River, Blue River Reservoir, Breitenbush River, Clear Lake, Fall Creek, Hills Creek, Leaburg Lake, Roaring River Park Pond, Salmon Creek, Salt Creek, Santiam River North Fork, Trail Bridge Reservoir, Walter Wirth Lake, Willamette River Mid Fork, Estacada Lake, Faraday Lake, Upper and Lower McKenzie, E. E. Wilson Pond, Junction City Pond, Harriet Lake, Huddeston Pond, North Fork Reservoir, Rosyln Lake, Silver Creek Reservoir, Ana Reservoir, Devils Lake , East Lake , Krumbo Reservoir, Lake in the Woods, Paulina Lake, and Spring Creek.
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