03-14-2004, 04:30 PM
Oregon Fisheries Update
March 5th – March 11th , 2004
Oregon Fisheries Update
March 12th – March 18th , 2004
Get prepared for some of the 500,000 spring chinook that will be returning to the Columbia and Willamette Rivers this spring by ordering your supply of Bob's Bait Wraps RIGHT HERE .
Guide packs CAN ONLY BE ORDERED THROUGH OUR WEB SITE and should be ordered before the glut hits in the middle of the season. We guarantee your order will be shipped within 3 days of its receipt so you receive it BEFORE the season starts. So get your orders filled now or risk going without!
Salmon fishing on the mainstem continues to be more of an outing than a fishing trip. The temperatures are still cool, the run is later returning and the gillnets are fishing. Anglers should prepare themselves for another week of mediocre fishing at best. Although there is a tide series starting on the 15th that may improve the situation. Sturgeon fishing in the gorge is finally beginning to show signs of life! Just in time for another sturgeon derby!
Fresh smelt is the bait of choice for sturgeon and anglers have been anxious to see the main smelt run enter the Cowlitz. While limits were taken by many on Tuesday, 03/09, dipping slowed to a crawl on Wednesday. They're dribbling in; stay on the move to find a productive spot.
The Columbia River from I-5 to McNary Dam opens spring chinook fishing on March 16, 2004. Due to the large run predicted for this year, Wind River and Drano Lake will open early and anglers may target springers at those locations starting on that same date.
The Clackamas is producing better than the Sandy River although late running wild and broodstock steelhead are very available on both streams. Both rivers have also claimed their first summer run steelhead which is a positive sign this early in the season! A 19 pound spring chinook was taken on the Sandy last week too!
The North Coast streams are producing fair to good results and the water conditions should stay good through the weekend. The larger systems will produce better over the weekend as the smaller rivers are very low and clear making fish quite wary to all anglers.
South coast rivers suffered an extended blowout following the last round of storms but have come into shape this week, providing action with steelhead and on one case, spring chinook. The Siletz River is well underway as we are well into the season on that river. Steelhead are being recycled downstream this week.
Alsea steelheaders are taking a few keepers amidst and ever increasing number of dark fish.
The Umpqua, good for steelhead over the last week, has also produced a few spring chinook with the run just starting.
The Elk, Sixes and Coquille Rivers continue to be productive for winter steelhead.
Rogue River fishermen are taking steelhead everywhere with the middle river reported as most productive. While no springers have yet been taken, the run is due to start. The Wallowa and Grande Ronde Rivers remain good bets this week but the season is waning over there. Anglers should check the water levels before making the long trek east for steelhead.
Sunshine has encouraged smallmouth activity on the upper and lower Willamette with these feisty fish striking a variety of baits and lures. Warmer weather stirred the metabolism of bass and panfish n Willamette Valley ponds as well. This fishery will soon offer yet another viable alternative fishery in the Northwest. Dexter Reservoir was planted with rainbow trout. Extensive stocking will occur next week.
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March 5th – March 11th , 2004
Oregon Fisheries Update
March 12th – March 18th , 2004
Get prepared for some of the 500,000 spring chinook that will be returning to the Columbia and Willamette Rivers this spring by ordering your supply of Bob's Bait Wraps RIGHT HERE .
Guide packs CAN ONLY BE ORDERED THROUGH OUR WEB SITE and should be ordered before the glut hits in the middle of the season. We guarantee your order will be shipped within 3 days of its receipt so you receive it BEFORE the season starts. So get your orders filled now or risk going without!
Salmon fishing on the mainstem continues to be more of an outing than a fishing trip. The temperatures are still cool, the run is later returning and the gillnets are fishing. Anglers should prepare themselves for another week of mediocre fishing at best. Although there is a tide series starting on the 15th that may improve the situation. Sturgeon fishing in the gorge is finally beginning to show signs of life! Just in time for another sturgeon derby!
Fresh smelt is the bait of choice for sturgeon and anglers have been anxious to see the main smelt run enter the Cowlitz. While limits were taken by many on Tuesday, 03/09, dipping slowed to a crawl on Wednesday. They're dribbling in; stay on the move to find a productive spot.
The Columbia River from I-5 to McNary Dam opens spring chinook fishing on March 16, 2004. Due to the large run predicted for this year, Wind River and Drano Lake will open early and anglers may target springers at those locations starting on that same date.
The Clackamas is producing better than the Sandy River although late running wild and broodstock steelhead are very available on both streams. Both rivers have also claimed their first summer run steelhead which is a positive sign this early in the season! A 19 pound spring chinook was taken on the Sandy last week too!
The North Coast streams are producing fair to good results and the water conditions should stay good through the weekend. The larger systems will produce better over the weekend as the smaller rivers are very low and clear making fish quite wary to all anglers.
South coast rivers suffered an extended blowout following the last round of storms but have come into shape this week, providing action with steelhead and on one case, spring chinook. The Siletz River is well underway as we are well into the season on that river. Steelhead are being recycled downstream this week.
Alsea steelheaders are taking a few keepers amidst and ever increasing number of dark fish.
The Umpqua, good for steelhead over the last week, has also produced a few spring chinook with the run just starting.
The Elk, Sixes and Coquille Rivers continue to be productive for winter steelhead.
Rogue River fishermen are taking steelhead everywhere with the middle river reported as most productive. While no springers have yet been taken, the run is due to start. The Wallowa and Grande Ronde Rivers remain good bets this week but the season is waning over there. Anglers should check the water levels before making the long trek east for steelhead.
Sunshine has encouraged smallmouth activity on the upper and lower Willamette with these feisty fish striking a variety of baits and lures. Warmer weather stirred the metabolism of bass and panfish n Willamette Valley ponds as well. This fishery will soon offer yet another viable alternative fishery in the Northwest. Dexter Reservoir was planted with rainbow trout. Extensive stocking will occur next week.
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