Given local conditions, and slow reports from the coast, decided to bottom fish on Sunday, June 3, 2018. Well, about 10 seconds into fishing, Jeff has a fish on, a beautiful Chinook, took a jig on his first drop!
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News: Spring chinook fishing to reopen on Columbia River
By Bill Monroe For The Oregonian/OregonLive
Spring chinook salmon fishing will reopen Friday on the Columbia River from Tongue Point, near Astoria, to the Oregon/Washington border.
Fishing Report: Spring Chinook fishing Sunday May 06, 2018
Got to the boat ramp around 5:30 a.m. and headed out into the Multnomah Channel. This is springer fishing, the action is slower than salmon fishing in the ocean.
News: Raising millions of salmon to help feed our Southern Resident orcas
BY TIM JOYCE Q13Fox
And while it might not be enough long-term — doing less is not an option for the tribe that views saving the orca and endangered salmon as both a cultural and spiritual obligation. The $750,000 the tribe spends annually to do this work is considered here an investment for future generations.
Fishing Report: SundayApril 22
At long last, the turbidity in the Willamette came down to a fishable level Sunday. I am sure some people were very entertained at the sight of me reeling up my second rod, getting it out of the way, and trying to net the fish by myself.
News: 2018 Recreation Halibut Season Finalized
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission (OFWC) finalized the 2018 recreational halibut seasons at their meeting today in Astoria.
Fishing Report: April 19
By Terry Otto, Columbian staff writer
Spring Chinook angling on the Columbia River is open from Tower Island powerlines upstream to the Oregon-Washington border above McNary Dam, plus the banks between Bonneville Dam and Tower Island powerlines.
White sturgeon retention is closed from Buoy 10 at the Columbia River’s mouth upstream to McNary Dam but remains an option for catch and released fishing.
News: Two-rod rule announced for Tillamook, Nestucca, Willamette systems
By Bill Monroe - Oregon Live
Two rods per angler will be allowed for hatchery spring chinook and hatchery steelhead in Tillamook and Nestucca bays and their major river systems beginning May 1.
It’s not too late to get your spring Chinook. In fact, several fisheries are just heating up. Check out the Columbia above Bonneville Dam and the lower Rogue. Or, be the first to report catching a springer in the Nestucca or Tillamook bays.
I was not out fishing today, during the one day extension given anglers on the Columbia River. I did have several friends fishing though, and did receive some reports.
By Bill Monroe - For The Oregonian/OregonLive
Oregon and Washington agreed late Wednesday to authorize one more day of downriver spring chinook salmon sportfishing.
Anglers can fish Saturday under last week's rules - one hatchery chinook per day.
By Joel Connelly, SeattlePI
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with salmon and steelhead on the Columbia and Snake Rivers, ruling that federal agencies must spill water over dams so young fish can migrate downstream to the Pacific Ocean.
The 9th Circuit ruling means that the "Fish Flush" will begin April 3 for dams on the Snake River, and April 10 for dams on the Columbia River.