First Springer of the season for TeamSchwab
Ocean conditions off the Pacific Northwest seem to be returning to normal after a three-year spike in water temperature.
The planned ocean Chinook salmon (all-salmon-except coho) season will open as scheduled from Cape Falcon to Humbug Mt. from March 15 through April 30, 2018. The bag limit will be two salmon, except closed to retention of coho, with a minimum size of 24” for Chinook and a minimum size of 20” for steelhead. Within 15 fathoms of depth off Tillamook between Twin Rocks and Pyramid Rock all retained Chinook must have a healed fin clip.
The commercial troll salmon fishery scheduled to open on March 15 in the area from Cape Falcon to Humbug Mt. will remain closed to commercial troll salmon fishing for the period of March 15 through April 30.
Flasher Racks with Box units now available at Donaldson Marina Gas Dock
Donaldson's Marina Dock is now carrying both the FishnSleep triangle and 360 flasher racks with box units. Donaldson is conveniently located just downriver from the Gleason Boat Ramp, on the Oregon side of the river.
Fishing Report: Bottom fishing March 11, 2018
I was using a smaller curly tail than usual, with an eight-ounce jig head. The flutter jigs worked best, but my presentation did get my limit of ling cod and some sea bass.
By Columbian staff writer Published: March 7, 2018
Spring Chinook angling is open to both boat and bank anglers from Buoy 10 at the mouth of the Columbia River upstream to Beacon Rock. Beacon Rock to Bonneville Dam is open to bank angling only.
Effective March 16, spring Chinook angling will be 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 upstream to McNary Dam but remains an option for catch and released fishing.
The McNary Pool is open to the retention of legal white sturgeon through July 31.
Trout anglers continue to do well in Southwest Washington lakes.
Each year, ODWF stocks millions of trouts in dozens of reservoirs, lakes and ponds throughout the state. You can use the search and filter functions to search the stocking schedule for specific locations and dates. The schedule is subject to change without notice
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Fishing Report: Garibaldi bottom fishing
We left Portland at 5:00 a.m. We were targeting ling cod, using larger presentations than we would for sea bass. Jeff caught the first fish, a beautiful 17.5 pound ling cod. We caught our limit, yesterday 3/7/18. Off the water by noon.
They'll be no smelt dipping on the Cowlitz River this year because the run is too poor.
by: Andre Stepankowsky andre@tdn.com go to article on TDN.com
By Associated Press - go to article in Columbian
LEWISTON, Idaho — Fisheries managers should shut down steelhead fishing in the Columbia and Snake river basins to protect a wild run that returns to Idaho’s Clearwater River, according to a conservation group.
There’s some reasonably optimistic fishing news from the Columbia River for a change — the spring chinook season on the big river should be a decent one.
By Wayne Kruse - For The Herald