03-22-2003, 04:39 PM
Oregon Fisheries Update
March 21st – March 27th, 2003 - Plan on trolling, backbouncing or backtrolling plugs for some of the 250,000 spring chinook that are due back to the Columbia and Willamette Rivers this spring? Then go to the Tech Report Page and order a tech report that teaches you how the guides do it! These reports were written by full time fishing guide Bob Rees and he leaves nothing to question on how to put more fish in your creel!
Columbia River springer fishing is heating up but recently has experienced a downturn in success. Troutdale area boats had good action over the weekend. The gorge will likely be the most consistent area to fish but water below the mouth of the Willamette is finally starting to clear. Sturgeon fishing has slowed down and the timing couldn't be better.
About 25% of the upriver (Wauna to Bonneville Dam) quota has been caught since the end of February. This river section will close to catch and keep fishing for sturgeon starting March 25th (It closes on the 24th). The Willamette River was running green on 3/19 and should be quite fishable through the weekend barring any rain torrents.
Falls passage indicates the Santiam Rivers should be getting a few more wild fish for catch and release fishing. The Sandy and Clackamas have a mix of wild, broodstock and summer steelhead available in them. A nice return of early summer fish indicate another good summer season but we were mislead this winter by early returning winter steelhead.
The coastal streams are hit and miss depending on the weather but when rivers are fishing, the fish are biting however, it is clearly not like last year. Sturgeon fishing in Tillamook Bay is very slow. The Siletz is still booting out quality winter fish of which most are wild.
The John Day River went out for a while but if temperatures are right, smallmouth bass are falling. The steelhead on the Grande Ronde are still biting after experiencing a high flow period. Southern Oregon coastal rivers are high and roiled from recent rains.
As the winter steelhead runs wind down, South coast anglers are gearing up for spring chinook. Crabbing has been surprisingly good at Yaquina Bay but has slowed at Tillamook Bay.
Spring break means the ODFW has scheduled stocking at most of Oregon's lakes and ponds, including Cape Mears Lake, Smith Lake, Hebo Lake, North Lake, Loren's Pond, South Lake, Tahoe Lake, Spring Lake, Lake Lytle, Battle Lake, Cullaby Lake, Vernonia Lake, Lost Lake (Clatsop County), Coffenbury Lake, Sunset Lake, Alder Lake, Bethany Pond, Commonwealth Lake, Dorman Pond, Henry Hagg Lake, Willamina Pond, Benson Ponds. Blue Lake, Canby Pond, Mt. Hood Pond, Roslyn Lake, St Louis Ponds, Cottage Grove Reservoir, Cottage Grove Pond, Creswell Pond, E. E. Wilson Pond, Junction City Pond, Roaring River Park Pond, Timber Linn Lake, Walling Pond, Walter Wirth Lake and Waverly Lake. Be sure to catch the detailed, sure-fire methods in the bonus article, "The PowerBait System" in the full-length version of TGF.
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March 21st – March 27th, 2003 - Plan on trolling, backbouncing or backtrolling plugs for some of the 250,000 spring chinook that are due back to the Columbia and Willamette Rivers this spring? Then go to the Tech Report Page and order a tech report that teaches you how the guides do it! These reports were written by full time fishing guide Bob Rees and he leaves nothing to question on how to put more fish in your creel!
Columbia River springer fishing is heating up but recently has experienced a downturn in success. Troutdale area boats had good action over the weekend. The gorge will likely be the most consistent area to fish but water below the mouth of the Willamette is finally starting to clear. Sturgeon fishing has slowed down and the timing couldn't be better.
About 25% of the upriver (Wauna to Bonneville Dam) quota has been caught since the end of February. This river section will close to catch and keep fishing for sturgeon starting March 25th (It closes on the 24th). The Willamette River was running green on 3/19 and should be quite fishable through the weekend barring any rain torrents.
Falls passage indicates the Santiam Rivers should be getting a few more wild fish for catch and release fishing. The Sandy and Clackamas have a mix of wild, broodstock and summer steelhead available in them. A nice return of early summer fish indicate another good summer season but we were mislead this winter by early returning winter steelhead.
The coastal streams are hit and miss depending on the weather but when rivers are fishing, the fish are biting however, it is clearly not like last year. Sturgeon fishing in Tillamook Bay is very slow. The Siletz is still booting out quality winter fish of which most are wild.
The John Day River went out for a while but if temperatures are right, smallmouth bass are falling. The steelhead on the Grande Ronde are still biting after experiencing a high flow period. Southern Oregon coastal rivers are high and roiled from recent rains.
As the winter steelhead runs wind down, South coast anglers are gearing up for spring chinook. Crabbing has been surprisingly good at Yaquina Bay but has slowed at Tillamook Bay.
Spring break means the ODFW has scheduled stocking at most of Oregon's lakes and ponds, including Cape Mears Lake, Smith Lake, Hebo Lake, North Lake, Loren's Pond, South Lake, Tahoe Lake, Spring Lake, Lake Lytle, Battle Lake, Cullaby Lake, Vernonia Lake, Lost Lake (Clatsop County), Coffenbury Lake, Sunset Lake, Alder Lake, Bethany Pond, Commonwealth Lake, Dorman Pond, Henry Hagg Lake, Willamina Pond, Benson Ponds. Blue Lake, Canby Pond, Mt. Hood Pond, Roslyn Lake, St Louis Ponds, Cottage Grove Reservoir, Cottage Grove Pond, Creswell Pond, E. E. Wilson Pond, Junction City Pond, Roaring River Park Pond, Timber Linn Lake, Walling Pond, Walter Wirth Lake and Waverly Lake. Be sure to catch the detailed, sure-fire methods in the bonus article, "The PowerBait System" in the full-length version of TGF.
More on the site:
http://www.TheGuidesForecast.com/
Go to -
http://www.TheGuidesForecast.com/ and sign up to have this report e-mailed to you every Thursday night for FREE.
You can also subscribe to the full version of the TGF report giving you much more detail and access to professional guide's tips and tricks.
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