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Northwest Fishing Reports fishing reports from Washington Oregon Idaho and Canada salmon kokanee trout bass fishing guides
FISHING REPORTS
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| Alsea | Coastal Oregon | ||
| Ana Res. | |||
| Brown Lee Reservoir | Map & info on Brownl Lee Res |
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| Buoy 10 | Columbia River mouth | ||
| Cambell Lake | Winthrop WA area | ||
| Clackamas | Western Oregon |
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| Clear Lake | Eastern Washington (Spokane County) | ||
| Columbia River | Washington, Oregon, Idaho | ||
| Cowlitz | SW Washington | ||
| Cowlitz, Lewis, & Kalama | SW Washington | ||
| Craine Prairie Reservoir | |||
| Cresent Lake | Central Oregon | ||
| Davis Lake | Central Oregon | Patient Angler 541-389-6208 | |
| Detroit Reservoir | Western Oregon | ||
| Deschuttes | Central Oregon | ||
| Diamond Lake | Southern Oregon | ||
| Drano Lake | |||
| East Lake | Central Oregon | East Lake Resort 541-536-2230 | |
| Fish Lake (Harney County) | Central Oregon | ||
| Fish Lake | Eastern WA | For local info E-Mail Smurf | |
| Grand Rhonde River | Eastern Washington | Robb Hawkins is the best source of info on this river E-mail him Rhawkins@wsunix.wsu.edu | |
| Gray's Harbor area | NW Washington | ||
| Howard Prairie | Eastern Oregon | Howard Prarie Resort 541-482-1979 | |
| Hagg Lake | Near Portland Oregon | Lakeside Grocery 503-357-4270 | |
| Harriet Lake | |||
| Horseshoe Lake | S of Ollallie Lake Oregon | ||
| Hood Canal | |||
| Kalama River | |||
| Kalamath Lake | Kalamath Falls Oregon | Rocky Point Resort 541-356-2287 | |
| Klineline Pond | Vancouver Washington | ||
| Lake Roosevelt | NE Washington | R/C Guide Service 509-725-8342 | |
| Lake Rufus Woods | |||
| Lake Alta | |||
| Lake Wenatchee | Cental Washington | ||
| Long Lake | Port Orchard Washington | ||
| Lake Billy Chinook | Central Oregon | Camp Sherman Store 541-595-6711 | |
| Lake Silverwood | |||
| Lake Wilderness | |||
| Lost lake | Santiam Pass Oregon | ||
| Lacamas Lake | Camas Washington | ||
| Mann Lake | |||
| Merwin Lake | SW Washington | ||
| Metolius River | Central Oregon (Billie Chinook) | ||
| Mineral Lake | SW Washington | ||
| Nestucca | Oregon Coast | ||
| North Santium | Oregon | ||
| Offet Lake | SW Washington | Shelter Cove Resort 541-433-2548 | |
| Odell Lake | Central Oregon | ||
| Palmer Lake | |||
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Prineville Res | Central Oregon | |
| Paulina Lake | Central Oregon | Paulina Lake Resort 541-536-2240 |
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| Pugeot Sound & surrounding area | NW Washington | ||
| Potholes Res | Eastern Washington | ||
| Riffe Lake | SW Washington | ||
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Rogue River | Southern Oregon | |
| Roosevelt Lake | NE Washington | ||
| Salmon River | Idaho | ||
| Sandy River | Western Oregon | Reel Adventures 503-668-5791 |
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| Spanaway Lake | |||
| Shilshole | Edmonds area | ||
| Skagit River | |||
| Snake River | |||
| Shadow Lake | Maple Valley WA | ||
| Suttle Lake | Santiam Pass Oregon | ||
| Timothy Lake | Mt. Hood | ||
| Tillamook Area | Tillamook Oregon | For current Tillamook Reports Call: Fisherman's Marine Supply Oregon City (503)557-3313 or Portland (503)283-0044 |
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| Tanawax Lake | SW Washington | ||
| Umpqua | Southern Oregon | Elton Bait & Tackle 541-536-2240 |
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| Umatilla River | Umatilla Oregon | ||
| Wallowa Lake | Eastern Oregon | ||
| Willamette River | Western Oregon | Fisherman's Marine Supply 503-557-3313 |
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| Wilson River | North Oregon Coast | ||
| Wickiup Reservoir | Central Oregon | ||
| West Medical Lake | Spokane Washington | ||
| Wenas Lake | |||
| Trask River | North Oregon Coast | ||
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BASS Fishing Reports: |
Went fishing on the Alsea River on 2/1/98, hooked up on a fish below Clemons Park about 11 o'clock, got it to shore, a dark hen, looked like it was spawned out so I released it. Got into another fish in the Ranger Station area, it was also a spawned out hen, so it went back into the water. Only about 500 fish at the hatchery.
This report thanks to: Gary K.
Fished Ana Res. Thursday evening and Friday morning. The wind was brisk and the fish were few and far between. When you hook up to a nice rainbow they are nice and fat. I did manage to catch one that went about 16", which I released. Bank fishermen were scoring about the same with power bait.`I was trolling black Rooster Tails. We had lots of wind, which made keeping my little aluminum boat on course a bit difficult. But, we were the only boat on the water and the camping was free. Don't get any better than that, Vern. Got any information or tips on Central or Eastern Oregon lakes? E-Mail me, GTHARDING@WEBTV.NET
My son Mitchell and I (Skip Halverson of Gresham) went out of Hammond yesterday, 8-4-98. and fished Bouy 10 Sat. We saw very few fish taken Saturday....cleaning stations were not very busy....went out to the red line on Sunday....fish were being caught...we only caught one clipped Silver, Mitchell caught it of course....had a lot of strikes, but the fish just wouldn't impale themselves.....beautyful weather and a lot of fun, but not many fish
This report thanks to: Shalverson
Campbell Lake and Davis Lake (Winthrop WA area) 9-5-98
Winthrop Wa winter lakes, Davis and Campbell Lakes: I fished both lakes on their opener (9-1-98) and the fishing was great. Everything worked.Sizes ranged to 14 inches
This report thanks to: dan corier
Clackamas River 1-25-99 (thanks very much to Shannon for this fantastic report)
The lower Clackamas River has been hot for Winter Steelhead. I nailed a 17 pound buck on the 12 JAN. 99. I've also hooked and landed many averaging 12 to 14 pounds. Any doe ball can pick up a steelhead on a spinner so that's why I've used a number of techniques. The pink aero fly has had It's share with a healthy chunk hammering the old bread and butter Corkies and Yarn with shrimp scent. Even when I fish a spoon of choice I always get my fish straight out in front of me never on the swing. Just above Barton park is where I do most of my damage. That drift holds alot of fish and nobody's fishing it. It seems like people are feeling lonely because all I see are combat fishing at Dog Creek and Clear Creek. The Oregon Fishing Club property on Eagle Creek has been rocking. Gary at Eagle Creek fish hatchery said to me today that eagle creek has had just over 400 fish thus far. Be cool.
This report thanks to: Shannon K. O'Brien of Wilsonville.
Clackamas Sept 25
Friday 9/25/98 & I was using eel this time. I was down in Oregon City after a school ofm sturgeon and I nailed a whopping 56'' sturgeon making last weeks 48'' like a baby and the 2nd one in a week!
This report thanks to: mike
Clackamas Sept. 4, 7, 12, '98
My son and I fished below River mill on Sunday. We caught one steelhead and Silver adult, and a dozen Jacks. We were using green # 4 spinnersand casting eggs cured in "Quick Cure", the eggs won out. Get day the son was out and we were catching fish. Sharp Hooks Pat Reichner
This report thanks to: Pat Reichner
Clackamas Sept 4, 7, & 12th '98
Fished Upper Clack three times in the past week and a half. Caught five steelhead on day, three the next, and
two on the third. Ranged from 3 lb to 16 lb+. Landed one big fairly dark Springer. All fish were caught on #2
Mepps "See Best" Sprinner...coffee and black. Landed about 30 whitefish and another 10 trout. All fish were
caught between 8:00 am and 2:00 pm. Fishing the Upper Clack was poor in July... only caught eight steelhead
all month. Really started to pick up after August 15. Have had two multiple fish day in end of August and these
three in the beginning of September. My summer steelheading in the upper Clack is now over... have fun up
there!!! If you want more info... give me a call.... colin.kageyamaod@gte.net Click here to send E-mail
This report thanks to: Colin Kageyama
Clackamas Update 10-15-98
Also to update report on the Upper Clackamas... the Coho have arrived. Saw the first pod above River Mill today. I don't fish for them but they should be up to Indian Henry by next monday. Fish under the bridge at the tail-out.
This report thanks to: Colin Kageyama
Clackamas 9-12-98
Upper Clackamas River 11 September 1998
Spotted steelhead in several drifts. Finally had a takedown of a black jig under a bobber, and landed a spunky 6 pound male with beautiful rainbow colors. A few casts later, I saw another steelhead move over and inhale the jig, but the exitement of watching the take made my hook setting sloppy, resulting in an immediate loss. There were many dark spring chinook finning in deep holes in the very upper section of the river which was a nice sight.
this report thanks to: Davorin and Mark
Clackamas 5-22-98
Fished Calckamus Friday Saturday and Sunday, 22-24 May 98, Saw two caught, I got nothing but a strike. Eggs/Sand Shrimp combo. Just above I-205 bridge.
this report thanks to: GermerT@USARC-EMH2.ARMY.MIL (Germer, Tom)
Clackamas 4-30-98
Some summer steelhead being caught but pickens are slim-------try spinners or Bradbury jigs-----should picl-up any day now.
This report thanks to: Jack Matheson
hey just had to tell ya about the great fishing at clear lake they put a hole mess of mac's in clear lake spokane co. igot 1 7# and 2 5# in one day and lets not forget about the big rainbows one guy got a 8#rainbow the same day one 5# rainbow jumped right on the dock too well pass the word clear is going to be a good bet this year.
this report thanks to: mike g.
Walleye 3-10-99
Fishing has been spotty and slow on the Columbia below McNary dam. The bite started picking up towards the end of February, but then the warm spell caused snow melt and the river is now muddy with about 4-6" visibility. Still remains cold, with the temp. at 38-39 degrees. Fishing last Monday, their were 4 boats checked with nary a Walleye caught. As is usual for spring, weather/wind makes fishing an on and off affair. Christof Cook cjc@oregontrail.net
this report thanks to: Christof Cook
10-2-98
1 silver today 2 people apx 6 hours wash area 8.2 lots of baby kings fish & wildlife census taker at dock reported apx 1 fish per boat total 85+ total 1 boat had 3 fish for 2 people caught off the "shipwreck" zone 8.2 / 9 boundary
this report thanks to: RCran98053
Columbia River 9-19-98 Portland Area Salmon
09/17/98
Went to the Columbia at chinook landing by Blue Lake park today, Chinook were plentiful with every boat taking at least one fish. Unfortuneatly doesn't sound like the season will be open long.
this report thanks to: Cutthroat
Columbia River 9-1-98 (lower Columbia River wall-eye)
Startin to see a little more Walleye action on the lower Columbia. Got 3 in the last 2 weeks on worm harnesses. The waters getting real low. Dont know how that will affect the bite.
this report thanks to: Matt Fitzer (another H.D. fish nut)
Columbia River 6-20-98
John Day Dam. Great for shad. Both sides. Chartreuse jigs, green or pink good too. Should last through June. Ice Harbor Dam in July.
this report thanks to: Dale
Cowlitz 7-28-99
Fished the mouth of the Cowlitz today from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00. In the Columbia just in front of the Cowlitz in about 16' of water we saw about 40 other boats who caught about 8 or 9 fish. We had 2 takedowns but no catch. Used orange flatfish with black spots.
this report thanks to: Dan MacNeil "the Hazel Dell Hooker"
Cowlitz 8-8-97
Fished hard all day and only saw four fish caught. looked like 40 to 45 boats there. Never felt a hit. I got there at 6:00 am, fished all day without a bump on my line. Saw 4 fish caught. Stopped fishing about 3:oopm. There were about 45 boats there. Talked to the fish counter and he siad only checked two people with fish.
Cowlitz, Kalama & Lewis (thanks to Carlena the Fishwitch)
Just a quick report from the Fishwitch regarding the yukko fishing conditions on the rivers this last weekend. First, the Cowlitz on Saturday. Heard on Friday that they lowered the river to 14,000 cubic whatevers per minute but still took only about 2 1/2 hours to do a typical 6 hour drift. Dumb! Real high, fast water. Drove to Kalama just to see what was happening there since the word is that the Kalama hasn't had any good fishing for ages. It was one big raging mud puddle!! Drove to the Lewis and did a very nice, very short drift from the hatchery just to below. Did not have a lot of time. One guy caught 2 steelies on the Lewis just below the hatchery so that gave us some hope.I had never fished the Lewis but what I saw I liked and really want to go there again when I have more time. If you can give me any information about that river I would like to learn it better. Bait of choice everywhere seems to be sand shrimp or egg clusters. The guy that caught the 2 on the Lewis was using eggs. Also, we are looking for a jet sled about 18' - 20' with a decent size (360?) engine for a halfway decent, realistic price. After this last weekend we are for sure on this jet sled idea. We looked at them last month at the boat show and found one we are considering but I want to see what is out there "used" before we take the plunge for "new" Gotta go. Keep in touch.
this report thanks to: Carlena (The Fishwitch)
We caught twelve bass on black power worms amongst the logs in eight feet of water. They were all between two and four pounds. Most of the fish were caught in the afternoon.
this report thanks to: Anonymous
.Made a wild trip to Cresent lake today, left to late, finally got there at 9. Fishing day started by towing some folks disabled boat 1/2 way across the lake to the marina, by then realized not bringing the boat top, and wearing only shorts, t shirt and sandals was a major mistake. Fishing Partner got our 1st bite of the day at 3 oclock and the only two others we got. At least he landed all three. Decided driving back home tonight sounded better than staying there and complete cooking all the skin off our bodys. Came back with only 3 kokes but went way over on sunshine limits. The first fish caught was a big fat 16+ incher, second one 12+ and nice, 3rd 9-10 inch range.......Believe it or not the 16+ was the first that was over 16 this year and thats out of over 400 put in my boat...(kokanee) did catch bigger browns..Didn't even catch the really nice fish at Paulina this year..nice size but not like in the couple of past years. Robert Nolan "kokanee Page" filed a report last week on Crescent and Said he caught some 16+ too so I assume there are more fish in that range. The one we caught was a very heavy fish for its size.. If one could get a limit of these size fish they wouldn't be disappointed in chosing to fish the lake I'm sure. He has some pics of them in his misc. reports dated 7/14 if you haven't seen them.
This was my first real fishing trip to Cresent. We used to take our boys there on vacation the 3rd week of August every year but I had no boat then and mostly just played in the water and camped. ( I did catch 1 very nice 21+ rainbow from shore one time I guess is about it)
For 2 or 3 years in a row we used to see an ole retired boy there (that 3rd week of August) and he fished for Mackinaw every morning and evening....he seemed to always come back to the dock with at least 1 and often 2 fish..He said he and 2 others fished almost exclusively for Macks until Salmon season started. Then his partners switched to salmon. He continued his Mack fishing and said that by season end he had more total weight in Macks than his partners did on their Macks and Salmon combined..From seeing his results every morning and evening I sure wouldn't doubt it. Must have known what he was doing out there.....Good Fishin To Ya.....
this report thanks to: Deral Jones
Upper Deschuttes 7-7-99
Saturday, we drifted and fished from Tetherow Log Jam to Big River Campground.About 1 mile downstream from the log am a large pine tree has fallen across the river.You can get down thru it, but it would be impossible to motor up. We caught several Rainbows and Browns to 15 inches using worms and rapala shad wraps. The trip was about 13 miles long and we were on the water about 7 hours.
this report thanks to: Jerry
Deschuttes River 7-25-98
Well my son and a friend went to the lower Deschutes over the weekend and got into some steel head. Not many, I think he said about a dozen in two days. They caught them on fly's, spinners, and jigs. Of coarse the most fun is on the fly rod. They road there bikes from the mouth upriver 5 miles, then fished there way back. I had heard from some of the guides that I worked with that there are a lot Rattle snakes this year. My son can tell you the same, they seen two. Ran over one with there bike in the twilight of the morning, gave them the willies.
this report thanks to: Pat Reichner
Deschuttes 6-10-98
Water very high at 8,000+ cfs. Good fishing typically below 5,000 cfs. Not good color either. Still, stoneflies were out in force, and big fish were loosing their inhibitions. Caught several fish in the 16 to 20 inch range. Fish are close to shore, in the weeds, in a lot of pocket water areas. Don't go wading until you have to. Don't find yourself parking your boat right on top of a trophy fish, either. Orange body Stimulators in sizes #6 to #10 work. Be sure to bring elk hairs and adams in #16's and #18's, though, when the fish get picky.
this report thanks to: jamess@egr.up.edu
Deschuttes 5-08-98
Fishing very slow on the Deshutes from Warm Springs to Trout Creek. The steelhead smolts seem to be the only thing biting (please release them) on everything we threw out. The river was very high 5400+ and fast . Wheather overcast and some high wind gusts. Water temp 48 deg. F
this report thanks to: JLJConst
Deschuttes 5-17-98
Fishing was good over the weekend of 5/15 to 5/17, though the weather was questionable. Averaged 10 to 15 fish per person per day, from 8 to 16 inches. Heard that nymphs were the way to go, though we found it to be slow. Dry flies proved to be the most productive. #16 Elk Hair Caddis (tan) and #16 Adams caught the most fish. One of the party used
a #12 Stimulator (gold body) for three days without changing flies, and did very well. Only saw a handful of stoneflies, though the high temperatures were only in the upper 50's. Others on the river said that mayfly patterns were also working pretty well.
this report thanks to: Rose Detmer Stone
Detroit Res 6-20-99
Well go a little early and be somewhat patient but penty are being enough for every one there fishing off the dam is cool be prepared as always for weather change but been real nice so for a real beautiful sight on the hills around they still have snow on them some of them anyway.used Orange power bait seen a lot caught without bobber but caught some nice ones on slider bobbers. About 15 feet down let the wind have its way with it it will troll it and most of the time will catch morning on this lake seems to be the best but still enjoy the area even if you don't catch any lots to do there and surrounding areas. Lots of friendly people there and they will be stocking the lake in prep for the 4th of July so get ready to have some fun!
this report thanks to: dowellh@lcc.ctc.edu (Howard)
Detroit Reservoir 1-9-99
After 5 hours of fishing got one Kokanee and threw it back. Saw one boat doing well, using worms near or on the bottom, others seemed to be having the same luck as our boat. Interesting launch with the front wheels of our pickup about 6 feet into the lake. Launching ramp (old road) is too flat to make launching easy. Great weather, sunny and cool. Water is muddy. Good Luck!!
this report thanks to: Dick Marks
Detroit Reservoir 1-5-99
Well the rain and melting snow have had there effect, it is a little slow and a whole lot cold.Dress warm and wear good footing. Its a climb down for those who dare venture to fish the good spot at the log booms.Cast a little further than normal because the level of the lake is up and muddy and they were biting on worm and power bait(orange of course)maybe even use eggs and a size 12 hooks with 3lbs leader and it works just fine. Bobers are non-exestance not good right now, caught some real nice ones though took a frozen while to catch them. Will have pictures next round. Have fun Fishing all.
this report thanks to: rho@cport.com (Howard Dowell)
Detroit Reservoir 11-10-98
Well all my fishing friends Its time to saddle up because we are back in business,the lake is down to prep for the runoff so fishing is ON, caught more than could count released all but caught real nice ones .Dress warm and wear boots beacuase you must hike down to the lake "use caution"
I was using power eggs, Fl orange and killed them at the boom logs at the Dam right at the base so don't be scared of the weather, morning is still the best, but anytime is okay at this point.Remember dress warm and fish on the bottom is great bobber okay but slow.
this report thanks to: rho@cport.com (Howard Dowell)
Fishing is really slow if you fish off the dam you might think orange or chartuse power bait and be really patient most are trolling around the island right not using lures and fishing in the river isn't to bad.
this report thanks to: Howard
Detroit Reservoir 5-1-98
It looks like Detroit is in shape for the summer, and conditions will be pretty much stable until the water warms up. The lake is full, and surprisingly has not gotten colder with all the run-off coming down the Santiam and Breitenbush. We brought home four limits of fair to excellent fish, all caught on trolling gear. The Breitenbush produced a few really nice trout for us, and Hoover was reliable as always. This will probably be my last report for awhile. Some of you other Detroit regulars ought to send Dan a report, and share your favorite methods. If you see my big green smokercraft troll past, say hello. Good luck!
this report thanks to: Crawler Hauler.
Detroit Reservoir 4-25-98
Detroit was a good choice on "opening day". Every boat I saw had fish, and most of the bank anglers looked pretty busy too. The stockers were a little bigger than the ones I reported catching last week, and our boat netted at least one definite holdover. I sure wish we could keep 10 fish, like the good old days. We could have easily brought home 20, the bite was that good. Hoover was productive, and we also found a pod of fish on Breitenbush arm, between Kanes and the bridge. If you want to put in at Hoover, be aware that it is a pay to park ramp, and bring 5 bucks with you. Saw a camp cop writing citations- be warned
this report thanks to: Crawler Hauler.
Detroit Reservoir 4-20-98
Fished up near the hoover ramp, just because it was as unpopulated as I can remember ever seeing it, and I have been fishing this lake since the late sixties. I know that the rest of the summer will be a little different, so I stayed up in the hoover area and enjoyed the wide open spaces. The fish were all fairly small, some so small I suspect they were young natives. How small a fish will the state release, anyway? We managed to keep five limits in our boat, even though we had to release about fifty percent of the fish we caught 'cuz they were just little guys. The lake is down about ten-fifteen feet from full, but the ramp at hoover was usable.Caught all our fish on ford fenders with a wedding ring behind. We talked to a few bankfisherman that were doing absolutely nothing, and saw one boat take a few off of the bottom. All in all, a great day.
this report thanks to: Crawler Hauler.
Detroit Reservoir1-10-98
I did good for trout today still fishing using power bait. So did a few other people. Near the dam is best spot this time of year and not too much competition.
this report thanks to: Jeff Brides
Fished Drano lake on Oct 3 and 4. Fishing was fair on Sat. trolling kwikfish. Caught one nice silver at 11lbs and one chinook at about 14lbs...lost a biiiggg one. Did see several more fish caught...one over 40lbs! Sunday was a graveyard. Saw two fish caught all day and didn't have a strike or even mark many fish. Very crowded.
this report thanks to: Jamey Layman (inwc@aol.com)
Diamond Lake 8-10-97 thanks to "cuthroat"
August 1st I met my brother from Reno at Diamond Lake. All reports that I've had were that the fishing was terrible. Even the store & marina said things had been slow. Well I'd heard that before and it's such a nice place to camp we went there anyway. Let me tell you it was far fromslow, the first trip out we landed and released 30 trout the biggest one coming as my first fish (18 1/2"). Well in the two and a half days we caught and released over 100 trout. Yes there is a problem with chubs and the person who released them should be shot but there are plenty oftrout you just have to know where to look. Anyone heading there that would like more info can e-mail me at mickey@molalla.net Ron alias cutthroat.
this report thanks to: Ron, Alias "cutthroat"
Fish Lake 1-26-99
I fish mostly in E Wa., my fishin buddy nailed them at Fish lake above Leavenworth Wa thru the ice. Biggest one was 31/2lb brown lots of little rainbows, 8-12 inches. I'll keep you posted I'm going to the seep lake (near Quincy Wa.) opener in E Wa on 3-1 usually do real good been goin to the same area 13yrs now.
this report thanks to: Smurf
Me and two other Washington State University students and I fished the Grande Ronde river last week and had an unbelievable day of catch and release steelhead fishing. Between the three of us we caught 8 steelhead in just over 4 hours. Jig and bobber, vibraxes, and corky and yarn all worked equally well. The Grande Ronde is unrivaled as far as steelhead fishing goes. No nets, bait, or commercial fishing on this river keep it as natural as any river in the U.S. Tight lines. Robb Hawkins.
this report thanks to: Rhawkins@wsunix.wsu.edu
tmullen@wsunix.wsu.edu
We're all waiting for a little rain!! There are Salmon in tide-water and they are trying to get upstream but are having little success. The few Salmon that are driven to head up anyway are not dawdling but are firing right through to find a place to spawn. As a consequence anglers in areas like the Copalis River are getting real excited with all the fish rolling around them and are getting plenty of casting practice.
this report thanks to: DARRIN AND MARY BUCK
East Lake 8-21 99
Last Friday John Carskadon and I decided to try our luck at East Lake. We started out trolling but after we located fish we anchored and went to jigging. We caught our limit of kokanee ,`no` problem, but what was really exciting was, we also caught, and released, 6 nice Browns. We were anchored in 70 ft of water and jigging flroescent orange with white down 35 to 40 ft deep. Jigs tipped with shoepeg corn. The Browns went from 15 to 17 inchews and one of the big ones took my jig as I was reeling in,right by the boat and only about 2 ft deep. What a thrill.
this report thanks to: Jerry Harding
East Lake 8-19-99
Last evening we fished East Lake,starting about 5 in the afternoon until dark.The weather was partly cloudy with a light breeze just putting a small chop on the water. Should have been excellent conditions, but I guess the fish didn't know that. We "power trolled" streamer flies and Rapalas finally catching 4 Kokanee about 13' and 5 Browns. One Brown measured at 16" with the rest around 14". All in all not a very productive evening. But hey, being out fishing on East Lake on a beautiful Central Oregon summer evening, It don't get no better than that Vern. See Ya Jerry Harding
East Lake 7-28-99
Took three of the grandkids fishing at East Lake today. We got a late start and had to leave the lake by 3PM. We managed to catch some kokanee using a dodger with a black rooster tail trailing about 16" back. It looked like everybody that was using flashers was catching something. The wind was calm.temp about 80 with about 20 boats on the whole lake. It don't get no better than that,Vern.
this report thanks to: Jerry Harding
East Lake 7-19-98 & (Paulina Lake)
Went fishing 7/19/98 from 5:00am till 2;30pm. trolled for browns first at slide at east and caught 3 nice browns one 41/2 pounds 25", and the others on trolling 15' from bank all the way to shallow cove, on green roosters, gold blade. also trolled at 35-43 feet with flasher, dodger, and leaving my green and silver ring wedding ring 15-20 inches behind down rigger weight caught 8 kokani at east and 5 at paulina at night paulina is hotter at the evening after wind dies down reply or exchange at TH0749@aol.com.
this report thanks to: TH0749@aol.com
East Lake (near Bend Oregon):
Had a great time at East Lake over the weekend even though the weather was fairly ugly. I was unable to get to Paulina to do any jigging or at east either for that manner. It was very windy most of the weekend and with my driftboat it is almost impossible to hold a position slow enough to jig so we mostly trolled. I never found the kokanee in any numbers but they looked to be at about 50 feet (sound familiar?). We had lots of fun with rainbow, bronwns, and atalntic salmon on trolled flies right on top in shallow water. We also worked some structure throwing plugs but all we caught was a little brown and 1 atlantic. I did spend some time trolling deep looking for kokes but either I missed the spot or didn't have the right stuff on. We were the only ones motor trolling flies on the surface with no other attractors anyway. No one believed us when we told them how we were catching fish. I hooked and caught about a 15" rainbow right in front of a guy pulling a whole string of flashers. Should have seen his face when I released the fish. I thought he was going to hurl. It was priceless.
this report thanks to: Terry Turner
East Lake 7-4-97
East Lake was very good for smaller trout and some kokanee over the July 4th holiday. Best time of day was early morning, but a few larger browns have been caught jsut before dark. Still fishing is popular this time of year with power bait just off the bottom, but I mostly trolled (rapallas and ford fender with a green wedding ring). I caught one rain bow about 21" long but most of the others were 8" to 12" long. I also casted a super duper and caught a few smaller trout.
this report thanks to: Larry Gissman Lake Oswego
Fish Lake (Harney County in Central Oregon)
We camped at Fish Lake this last Monday night. Got in about 4PM, so had just a short time to fish. Acouple of guys from Bend had been fly fishing and had caught 5 nice Brook trout. It's really pretty up there on Steens Mt. (Elev. 7471' ), but the road is wash board, bad, for the whole 18 miles from Frenchglen. Don't go if you don't want to develop some new rattles in your rig.
this report thanks to: Jerry Harding
OPENING DAY VERY GOOD ----- Not as many as last year, but lots of big ones --- Trolled early morning and evening ----- flatfish and needlefish tipped with tiny piece of worm ----- not too deep ---- I got 4 fish over 18" and released them all (will send photos soon) ---can't wait to go back!
this report thanks to: Jackson17
Fished all day trolling Triple teasers, and other spinners and spoons-not one trout! Didn't see any others being caught- two boats said they caught a few.
this report thanks to: James Bradley
Limits fast and easy ---- small trout --- all day --- mostly planters but some Hogs ----- trolled ford fenders and worm close to shoreline ---- am going back next Sat & will let you know
this report thanks to: Mike Jeeters
From Harriet Lake. One word WOW!18-22inchers consistently from the bank,tubes,trollers and a lot of fly fishing going on. Beautiful red sided trout with red meat. Gonna put one on the bbq now.
this report thanks to: RC
Horseshoe Lake, (South of Olallie Lake)
Stocked on Thursday July 9. Trolling from Kayaks with small flies and no shot good. Trolling done near "The Narrows" across from boat ramp. Powerbait from certain areas on banks works. No motor boats allowed on lake.
this report thanks to: jgono@teleport.com (The Gonrowski's)
Horseshoe Lake, (South of Olallie Lake) July 9
Stocked on Thursday July 9. Trolling from Kayaks with small flies and no shot good. Trolling done near "The Narrows" across from boat ramp. Powerbait from certain areas on banks works. No motor boats allowed on lake.
this report thanks to: jgono@teleport.com (The Gonrowski's)
Hood Canal 11-10-98
Fishing for Dog salmon (with a few Silvers thrown in) has been excellent at Hoodsport. Combat fishing rules apply! Getting better at Potlatch and all small creeks from there toward Belfair. Green Pixies, 4/0 Siwash barbless, low and slow for a mouth bite or a Corky and green yarn and wait for the bite. Last 1/2 of outgoing tide is best. Take only what you need please. GREAT FUN! 20 fish on a good day. Smelt are showing up as well.
this report thanks to:
dmbuck@techline.com (DARRIN AND MARY BUCK)
Steelies should start any day now and be good for a few months. Lots of bank access but I have been at the beginners hole as of late and that's my favorite spot. Got 2 this morning with a jig & bobber set-up. Am looking for it to get nothing but better.
this report thanks to: Mike Haney
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Kalamath Lake 5-19-98
Hit the Klamath Tue. the 19, caught a nice 8 pound rainbow using two night crawlers and a steelhead drift system with a 18 inch leader. Be light on your slinky due to snags. Two others were caught next to me, one bout 9 pounds and anouther guy fly fishing a muddler hooked a real nice 13 pounder. Never seen nothing like it! Old timer said it will be getting better this next couple of weeks. Good fishing Folks.
this report thanks to: FishFreak
Went to Klineline today because I didn't have enough time for the Lewis. Trout were jumping frequently and I saw some Bluegill caught. Had one on but shook off on a leap.
Hot for small smallmouth bass, some wall-eye here and there. Talked with game checker (counter) and he said the silver and trout fishing has been very slow. Grubs and worms for bass worked best.
this report thanks to: Larry Shoven
3-10-99
Rufus Woods lake has been slow. Although water clarity is good, the temperature is hanging around 38-39 degrees. Fishing buddy spent last weekend there, with only 4 fish caught (3 natives, 1 triploid). He reports similar luck for the other anglers he talked with. Christof Cook cjc@oregontrail.net
this report thanks to: Christof Cook
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Lake Alta June 6 and 7, 1998
Fished Lake Alta with mixed results. Trolling with flat fish produces one fish in about four hours. Fished with rainbow powerbait in 30 feet of water produced three sixteen inchers in about two hours.
this report thanks to: Eric Van Hofwegen
While fishing in lake wenatchee and having a very bad morning. My nephew and I decided to try the west end of the lake after bad luck all morning in the east and north. While floating around the west end we saw a school of fish below us so we stuck out our poles and POW started hitting dollys right and left. All were 3 to 6 or so lbs. I have pictures so dare me. Well you can't keep dollys there at least,but did we have a good time. So if your ever having a bad day sometimes their is an option. Trust me it can be fun.
this report thanks to: fishon123
7 jun 98 long lake - port orchard- trout biting good early am bite used rainbow power bait three nice fish in the 12 - 16" size bass bite picking up - soft plastics and top water at south end past ski course crappie and blue gill starting to pick up water still a little cold.
this report thanks to: fishnut
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Lake Wilderness 5-25-97
Fished Lake Wilderness near Maple Valley, Washington last Sunday afternoon[5-25] Had 5 strikes, caught three l2" trout from my float tube using a black woolly bugger, size 6, in 2 hours of fishing. Bait and lure fisherman were around me, but they were skunked. Oh, used a 6 wt. type lV full sinking line, too.
Rods are bending and fisherman are happy as Kokanee are being caught right and left by jigging in the upper arm of the Metolious. Three quarters of the fish caught are foul hooked and must be released but are still fun to catch. 4-6 fish per rod in an afternoon of three hours were keepers. Trolling around and below the island in the Metolious arm is still very productive but the fish mouths are so soft this time of year you only get one out of three hooked in the net. Still you average one to two fish landed per hour and countless fish hooked. Lots of fun, weather was great. Only one day where weather kept us off the lake. Stange enough very few boats or fishermen on the lake. THose who were out were glad they were. Good fishing and good luck. Tightlines to all. Gary New Portland Oregon.
Lake Billy Chinook 8-12-97
Made a mad dash over to Lake Billy Chinook today. Whew! was it hot. Haven't fished there for a couple of years, but I took a friend over to show him what kokanee fishing is all about. Imagine never having caught a Koke, hard to believe. Well we had our first one in the boat by 9:30 a.m. not bad for only being on the water about 5 minutes. Really was'nt as good of trip for kokanee as some I've had but we still had fun. I took him up the headwaters of the deschutes for a little trout fishing, and to my surprize there are new regulations with signs plastered everywhere. Fly and artificial lures with barbless hooks only. Well we wanted to fish so I filed down the barbs on a crawdad colored roostertail spinner I had in my vest and walked up the draw. On about the third cast just the other side of a big boulder the spinner stopped. Great I thought to myself. One spinner and already I've got it hung up. I lifted up on the rod and you guessed it, a huge trout began rolling and twisting it's beautiful silvery red side flashing towards me in the 90+ degree sunlight. Once I got him out of the current and around the rock I couldn't believe the girth of this fish. I have caught alot of salmon and steelhead over the years but this fish. I have caught alot of salmon and steelhead over the years but this fish probably the finest specimin I've ever caught. By the way you may try catching this fish yourself, but he may not take a crawdad colored spinner for awhile.
Go fishing Cutthroat
this report thanks to: Cutthroat
Lake Silverwood, Miller Canyon area, 7/05/97. Caught 4.8# catfish on a nitecrawler. I have been fishing Lake Silverwood for over a year using different baits in all areas with no luck. As you can imagine I'm thrilled at the turn of events.
this report thanks to: Rick
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Lost Lake 6-17-98 (Santium Pass OR)
No pictures with this report. Started fishing around 7:00am with near perfect conditions. I caught one 13"er and lost a couple. The mosquitos were pretty bad. I didn't see anybody else take off their heavy sweatshirts either. There was a nice hatch of Mayflys with few if any fish rising for them. Visually, I saw few fish. It's as if the new regulations have ruined the fishing. Guess I'll have to stick with the Flyfishing Only lakes from here on out. With the poor fishing in Lost Lake I headed for the Metolius. On the way I stopped at Big Lake to get another picture from the boat ramp. It's hard to believe but the campground is still closed! Guess they figure they can make more money by opening later for the 4rth and closing earlier??
The Metolius River is as usual, one of the most beutiful places I've ever seen. Too bad there aren't more fish. I did manage a couple of Whitefish and lost a very respectable Rainbow I would estimate near 18 + inches. I headed home around four. It was temping to put back into Lost but I noticed there was nobody on the lake. Then I remembered, with the Sun going down the Mosquitos would be even worse, so I kept on going :-) Robert
this report thanks to: Robert
Lost Lake 5-1-98 (Santium Pass OR)
My Son and I caught several nice Rainbows at Lost Lake today. They were rising for black Flying Ants. Most of the action was with hardware. My son turned lose several nice fat bows like this one Click here to see photo. The water is lower than last year and the road in is still blocked by snow. I'm sure with todays nice weather it won't last long. It appears the fish population is down but still substantial. Could be a very good year. Good Luck,
this report thanks to: Robert
Fished Lacamas lake in Clark County today (sunday) Wife caught three, kept two, bite was good before sun started baking the surface, meal worms and night crawlers and night crawler flavored Power Bait were doing the job.Good luck! this report thanks to: Dan
We were at Mann lake last week and no fish getting to warm and to much grass and algae but will try again in the fall.
this report thanks to: Dick
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Merwin Lake
7-21-99
Fished Merwin from 7:00 to a little after noon and caught 3 kokanee about 14" long jigging. My first time out there this year. The fish were exactly 50' deep in front of the homes that are on the Lake. I lost a few others. Jigging is not done by anyon else there, but late in the year it can be really effective.
this report thanks to: Dan MacNeil, "the Hazel Dell Hooker"
MINERAL LAKE EXELENT LAKE FOR RAINBOWS, BROWNS, AND SOME CUTTHROATS EVEN A KOKANEE HERE AND THERE LOTS OF PERCH HERE TO.
this report thanks to: Wash guy1
Went fishing at the Nestucca... not much water. Caught two sea-run cutts 15-17" and twenty trout up to 12". Didn't see any steelhead or salmon. Also to update report on the Upper Clackamas... the Coho have arrived. Saw the first pod above River Mill today. I don't fish for them but they should be up to Indian Henry by next monday. Fish under the bridge at the tail-out. E-Mail me colin.kageyamaod@gte.net
This report thanks to: Colin Kageyama
Fished the North Santiam on Saturday June 6th hooked seven fish landed five and released one. Three of the fish weighed in around the 25 pound mark and the forth weighed in at 20 pounds..
this report thanks to: Sean Johnson
Went to Odell Lake, 6/19 thru 6/22, got there on friday morning, got to fish about 10 o'clock, trolled to all the boats that where in Shelter Cove, had several hookups, released 4 fish, 8 to 9 inchers and then figured out they where not going to get bigger. Keep some for dinner. The west wind came up about noon, made fishing a little hard, fish stop biting. Got up saturday morning and went trolling, no bites! I did manage to get 3 fish, an east wind was blowing, boy I don't like east winds. Sunday was better, did some jigging in 120' water, the fish where bigger, 8 to 12 inches. As this was my first trip there it wasn't a total bust, had a good time, weather was good and had fun jigging, it just takes a little time to figure out a new lake.
this report thanks to: Gary K
Odell Lake 1-18-98
I had the entire lake to my self yesterday. I didn't get anything, but am told by locals that they have been getting a few Big Macks in the shallower areas. Too cold and too lonely for me. This lake should not be open year 'round. The only people who can access it live there.
this report thanks to: Jack Lyle
Fished the lake Fri & Sat,slow only boated about 30 bass,all on plastics eather texas rigged or carolina rigged.Fish were any where from 4 to 26 feet deep.If the weather starts to cool down it should pick up. The perch are savage, and hiting everthing you throw for bass.
this report thanks to: HuntBass
OFFET LAKE BEEN DOING WELL ON TROUT ALSO SOME NICE LARGE MOUTHS SHOWING UP TO 3-7 LBS.
this report thanks to: Wash guy1
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Prineville Res. 7-12-98
Been bass fishing at Prineville Resivoir, Lots of smallmouth at the west end of the lake. Caught a few large mouth that averaged 3-4lbs. Crappie are starting to bite, but are still pretty thin. The weather is getting hotter and the fishing is warming up.
this report thanks to: Dave Tugmon
Prineville Res. 7-12-98
went allnight fishing up the crooked river feed and the marina, on july 12th, 98 caught 58 crappie no good size returned them all except 2, and 8 catfish 14-19 inches one bass but the bite was off by 7:45 am and left
this report thanks to: tho749
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Paulina Lake
Paulina 8-27 thru 8-30-99
went fishing at paulina lake between 8-27-99 thru 8-30-99. Tried trolling dodgers, ford fenders with wedding rings and corn. seen lots of fish on fish finder but none would bite. We tried jigging and caught two fish both were in spawning color and soft. Gave up on kokanee and started fishing for browns and rainbows. We started still fishing with worms and corn. we limited out on browns and rainbows the biggest brown was 25" most averaged around 15" can't wait till next year.
Paulina Lake 8-20-99
I fished all day last Thursday and was almost skunked. but a couple of guys I know, John, who owns Paulina Lake Lodge and Trey Carskadon from "America's Outdoor Journal",caught a slew of Kokanee both trolling and jigging. Trey said that one was as nice as he ever caught. Sitting in about 65 feet of water and going down about 40 feet with floresent orange or pink seemed to do the trick.
This report thanks to: Jerry Harding
Paulina Lake 7-15-99
Spent 3 days at Paulina jigging for kokanee. Had limits every day but had to work for them. Fishing is harder there this time of year as the fish tend to spread out, but a good fishing and a good variety of colors on jigs and a love for the sport will always get you a limit there and I released several too. Most fish were caught at 50' to 60' on the bottom. I saw fish from 35' to 125' and from the surface to the middle to the bottom, but had a difficult time getting them to hit my jigs. I have a pretty good fish finder and I can see the fish and my lure on the fish screen so I can see what they are NOT responding to. Fish were running the 13" to 15" size but caught some smaller ones which I don't usually see at Paulina.
This report thanks to: Dan MacNeil, "the Hazel Dell Hooker"
Paulina Lake June 24 to June 27
June 24 to June 27, weather was a little iffy, snowed Thursday night, just a dusting, but the morning brought ice pellets and wind. The afternoon it cleared off and was pretty nice. That was the way it was for the time I was there, cold mornings and nice afternoons. The fishing was good, the fish where running from 12" to 14 1/2" with most in the 13" range. I was fishing with a down rigger at 30' with a wedding ring and 4/0 dodger. Some fish where being picked by jigging, the bigger fish where right on the bottom.
this report thanks to: Gary K.
Paulina Lake 7-19-98 & (East Lake)
Went fishing 7/19/98 from 5:00am till 2;30pm. trolled for browns first at slide at east and caught 3 nice browns one 41/2 pounds 25", and the others on trolling 15' from bank all the way to shallow cove, on green roosters, gold blade. also trolled at 35-43 feet with flasher, dodger, and leaving my green and silver ring wedding ring 15-20 inches behind down rigger weight caught 8 kokani at east and 5 at paulina at night paulina is hotter at the evening after wind dies down reply or exchange at TH0749@aol.com.
this report thanks to: TH0749@aol.com
Paulina Lake 7-11-98
My father and I fished Paulina the 11th through the 13th. In the mornings trolling between the bird houses and the red slide produced some nice kokanee. The best bite was from 6:00pm tell dark trolling between the bird houses with a orange spin-glo tipped with sented corn. We pulled limits of fish between 14 and 17 inches every night.
this report thanks to: Sean and Phil Johnson
Paulina Lake 7-5-98
Fished at Paulina from the 7th-10th of July. The first couple of days were slow with only a few fish (kokanee) caught by trolling. 90% of the action was near the red slide and the northwest corner of the lake. Kokanee were spread out from 25-50 feet deep, however, all of the fish in my boat were caught 25-30. The secret was long leaders with worms and corn (no flashers, dodgers or gang trolls!!). Doesn't hurt to use a downrigger. Also, when you see the fish begin rising and boiling at dusk, troll a fly or light spinner way back of the boat. What a thrill to hook those same fat and fielsty kokes on the surface with only a fly! Jigging was slow(for everyone) and I did'nt hear of any browns caught (except for an 8#er at East on Thursday morning). Good luck and tight lines, Chris Yahn
this report thanks to: Chris Yahn
Paulina Lake 6-98
I talked to ya at Paulina in the first week of June, I was trolling most of the time, using a fly rod with lead core line 4/0 dodger and a wedding ring, I did real well with that combination. The fishing was good. Most of the fish where by Little Crater C.G. Campground was full of snow. Weather was good. The fish are little bigger this year, running 13 to 15 inches. Went back to Paulina 6/12 to 6/14, fishing for Kokanee was good, the fish moved to the red slide area in 15 to 30 feet of water, trolling was good, jigging is starting to pick up. Most of the snow is gone from the campground and there are a lot more people there, summer vacation season has started. It was nice talking to ya,
this report thanks to: Gary K.
Paulina Lake 7-4-97
Fished at Paulina Lake over July 4th. for 5 days. In
general it was extremely slow. A lot of very good fishermen & women
go to paulina and usually most of them do good, but it was common to
see people get either just 1 or 2 fish or no fish at all, and
a lot of them really put in some hours. I camped at the boat dock so
I talked to a lot of people. I was able to get a 5 fish limit every
day jigging buzz bombs and Nordics in about of water about 40' down, but
I've been to Paulina over a hundered times, and I know the lake pretty
well and I can tell you this: I have never had to work so hard for
fish. There were lots of fish from 35' to 50' but they just weren't
biting!
Weather was beautiful and as always I still had a great trip.
this report thanks to: Dan MacNeil "the Hazel Dell Hooker"
Paulina Lake 5-25-97
I was up at Paulina for Memorial Week-end and had tremendous luck with kokanee and no luck with browns. I was able to limit on kokanee in less than two hours each day and then release. Most fish were caught in the area near the lodge in 100' to 150' of water at an average depth of 50'. Best AM bite but caught fish all day. I was jigging buzz bombs and Nordics but trollers did good too. Some people did pretty good still fishing getting some nice rrainbows. I released several kokanee 11" to 13" and kept limits each day 14" to 16" long.
this report thanks to: Dan MacNeil "the Hazel Dell Hooker"
Pugeot Sound & surrounding area
We fish year round for Blackmouth (sexually inmature chinook ),resident coho, and the ocean run salmon. The only real slow time is between late april and the beginning of June.Right now the silvers are here and the chum will be next.Thens it blackmouth season ,where we really have fun.I primarily troll with downriggers all year ,except when we go to Port Townsend and I feel like getting some exercise by jigging on Mid Channel Bank.Puget Sound and the surrounding waters hold a wealth of fish just waiting for the savvy angler to find them and have some fun.
When winter comes we troll with flasher/squid combos or plugs.Also a coyote spoon has proven to be a favorite of the blackmouth.The bait shops here don't open till 7 or 8 in the winter so we pass on the bait, its frozen anyway...
this report thanks to: Charlie
Potholes Res. 10-10-97
Fished Potholes Reservoir for Late summer/early fall Bass, the wind was nasty but the fishing was great!!!!! Fished the dam with crankbaits in crawdad and perch (deep divers on bottom) caught five fish over three pounds (three smallies and two largemouth!) and 30+ in the 1-2 lb. range!!!! (over two days) some extreme fishing if your up to it!!!!
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Riffe Lake 6-7-98 (near Mossyrock WA)
Fished Riffe lake on the free fishing weekend. I fished at the east end of the lake off of shore just using fresh salad shrimp. On both saturday and sunday I got my limit drifting shrimp on a #6 red Octopus hook from shore where the river feeds into the park. All were nice 14inch silvers, nice red meat and great fighters on ultra light gear.
this report thanks to: dsaito@rei.com (David Saito)
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Rogue River
7-24-99
Fished 7/24 at mouth of Gold Beach. Had four hook-ups and landed two chrome bright chinook. Used the Rogue River bait, spinner with Anchovie to land the 30 lb and 15lb chinook. I recommend that you leave you rods in pole holders whenever possible.
this report thanks to: Ed Elliott
Rogue River 7-24-98
Took a day trip with guide Gene Garner fishing the lower river, from the mouth to the 101 bridge. Lots of action, wegot two at 22 lbs. out of four rods, with more take downs but did not look them. Many boats but everyone seems to troll the same direction and are curtious to others. There was a fishing derby with a 1000$ prize for biggest fish. 40 and 1/2 pounder won.
this report thanks to: Ed Elliott
Rogue River 5-20-98
Went fishing from 5-17-98 thru 5-20-98, caught one 13 pound chinook . water was off color and fishing was slow. tough river to fish.you need a rogue river anchor!
this report thanks to: Ed Elliott (our official Rogue River Anchor)
Roosevelt Lake 2-14-99
Hi there, took a trip to the lake this past week-end. fished the backside coves between the damm and keller's ferry.bank fishing with powerbait and marshmellow's we really tore them up early sat. morn. with the bite ending around noon. with 4 of us landing our limit's sat. with fat trout ave. 15 inches sun. woke up to heavy froste and no bite in same cove so decided to head out round 11 am. saw anouther cove 1/4 mile toward's keller ferry and decided to try it out. i had my daily limit in 45 min.. ended up we took 14 fish from that cove in just over an hour. tired and hungry we left for home (yakima wa.)very satisfied!! there it is . Frank, Rich, Cliff and John.
this report thanks to: Frank, Rich, Cliff and John.
Well I was just up on the East fork of the South fork of the Salmon river here in Idaho (50 miles east of McCall) in Yellowpine. Its all catch & release except for brookies on Johnson Creek. It was awesome. Beautiful rainbows all over. Even managed to land a very nice Bull Trout just where Big creek enters the east fork just east of Yellowpine.I'm not very good with the flyfishing so I was just using a Panther Martin Spinner Fly Rainbow Pattern with the barbs pinched down. Caught everything on that one lure. It was great .I'll be back. Hopefully in late AUG. or SEPT. Best time to go is during the week . Not as many people . In fact had the rivers all to myself the whole time. BTW Deadwood Res. is about 50 miles due south of Yellowpine and the Kokes should start running up the Deadwood River any time now. Bye
this report thanks to: Tom
Sandy River 2-5-99
Fished Revenue Bridge area from 1-4; then Dodge Park 'til dark. Water looked good. A little rain. River about 10-10.5, rising. No bites, didn't see anything. Used eggs, corkies, spin n glos, yarn. Tried different combinations. Good conditions, expected to at least see a few fish. I heard that someone picked up a steelhead mid afternoon at the Dodge Park bridge using shrimp. Conditions looked good there too. Water was actually pretty clear. Not many folks out on the Sandy for a Saturday.
This report thanks to: Club Walsh
Sandy River 11-25-98
Report: The Sandy River has finally dropped to fishable levels after the rains and probably will stay there since the freezing level has dropped, no sign of fish yet......but the Plunkers ( myself included ) should start seeing some action soon from Troutdale bridge to below the I-84 bridge. TIP ! In faster water fish short next to a seam.......these Sandy fish really hug the bank ! Good luck !
This report thanks to: Fishdeepr
Sandy River 5-25-98
Fished Upper Sandy (Brightwood) for 2 hrs. in the evening. Picked up 1 buck, about 7 lbs. on #5 black/white spinner. Water looked good, was high Monday (5/25). Sandy River/Salmon River - 5/25 Fished Upper SandySalmon for 4 hrs. in the evening. All water 6-10+ in. high? Threw spinners, did no good. Many people on Upper Salmon, more than I thought. Had to pick up trash that careless anglers left. Please leave a place cleaner than you found it, takes no time to pick up that mono.
This report thanks to: jjackpdx@webtv.net (jeff Jackson)
Sandy Rvier 5-6-97
Went fishing today on the sandy for about three hours 'NOTHING' .. Were up the river aways about two mile down from cedar creek.Take that back my friend caught three smolt..There were two other guys up there that I new, who got there earlier that us ,used bait, but no luck either. 6 May 1997.
..From Fish-on...
this report thanks to: Fish-on
Fishing report for Suttle Lake, Oregon on 7/16-7/18/99 Went trolling for Kokanee using red/green wedding rings. Caught two fish the entire weekend that were less than 6 inches, but the whole lake was very slow fishing all weekend long. Bank fishing for trought was dead also. Will have to wait for a full moon I guess.
this report thanks to: Mark Huber
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Skagit river
Skagit River 10-10-99
I've been reading your reports and I have noticed that there is no reports ont the skagit river, so I thought I would give you a story. My wife and I headed up last weekend and enjoyed a wonderful day all around. The fishing was good and the scenery was almost as good. We only saw three boats all day and they caught there limit of silvers or very close. We were fishing from shore and my wife showed me how it was done. She could throw anything out and catch one me on the other hand had to work my ass off. In the end she had her glory and out fished me for the first and hopefully the last time. havent heard the end of her day in over a week.
Went Sat and Sun sept.26 & 27 and found the silvers reluctant after two days of heavy rain. did get a nice 13 # on a green spoon and green Hotspot flasher. Every fish we hooked hit the same spoon, and none hit herring. Fish in 35-60 feet of water at any depth of bottom early. later in the day we marked fish as deep as 380 feet! We were right off the green buoy just outside Shilshole. Went up to Edmonds oil docks, nada, and down to West Point, also nada
this report thanks to: Kevin Connolly
Snake River 7-7-99
Fished the Snake river above Little Goose dam 7/5/99 in the afternoon and eve. Smallmouth bass fishing was excellent, with fish responding to curly tailed grubs in dark colors ( black, brown, blue, etc.). also hit a lot of fish on crawdad crank baits. Rebel crawdad a good choice. Fish broken rock areas or the ends of rip-rap banks. Fish very aggresive toward evening, and large numbers of fish in ranges from 1 to 4 lbs are available. Feel free to e-mail me for more details.
this report thanks to: Mike Lockart
June 25, 1997 Pierce County Mike Bowen and Scott Gibson
Went out at about 3:30pm and caught a nice 14" rainbow in about 20 minutes from when we got there. Then Scott took a nice 15" fat rainbow fishing off the bottom with sparkled green power bait. Thats what we used all day and we took 5 fish and released 3 of them.
Shadow lake in Maple Valley, Washington. 8/7/98 good bluegill fishing, fast action catch and release of small largemouth bass. Water warm.
this report thanks to: Kenneth Buckner
I noticed that the previous report I read about Timothy reminded me of the great day we had there on May 30th. Arrived at 7:00am and fish were rising everywhere all over the lake. We started trolling right from the ramp and caught fish immediately and continuously all day long. Two of us caught 125 trout by dusk! Most were the 9-10" planters but with ultalight poles and 2# test line we had a blast. Triple Teasers RULE!
this report thanks to: James
Flat lining triple teasers, hot shots, & needlefish caught 35-40 planters by two persons fishing 8am-8pm. No big ones. Was quiet and peaceful 'till the morons began ignoring the 10 MILES PER HOUR ENTIRE LAKE rule!
this report thanks to: James Brradley
Timothy Lake 6-22-97
10 of us camped out and fished on sunday. It was cold and rainy and a little windy Saturday night but calmer on Sunday. We caught trout and kokanee all over the lake. Trout were closer to the surface and kokes were from 25' to 40' down and only about 8" long (trout were 10" to 13"). We threw rapallas, Mepps spinners, panther martins and Tazmanian Devils, and trolled wedding rings (green) all with similar luck although the Tazmanian Devil in the red & white (bloody ripper model) worked the best. Also had limited success on jigging buzz bombs and nordics for kokes.
this report thanks to: The Hazel Dell Hooker
Timothy Lake 5-25-97
Hi People,
Went fishing this past memorial weekend at Timothy Lake had a great time, and yes caught fish also. Our friends and family went up there Friday the 23rd and we stayed till the Monday the 26th. The weather was wet off and on and the wind was there. Yes we got fourty fish mostly trout about a dozen and a half kookanee..The trout ranged about nine inches, with one at 14" and two others at 12". The kokanee ran about eight inches. Everything was caught on wedding ring with a ceramic white corn on it..We also got alot of crawdad saturday evening sure good tasting. Any how thats about it so unit later ...CATCH FISH...
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Went to the Wilson/Trask last weekend(10/25/98). Nothing happening! Saw some dark fish come in with the tides but no biters at the Tillamook hospital hole. Went up to loren's drift, some darkys in the holes but the water is too low and clear and nothing coming up with the tides. Wilson River is about in the same shape. Very low and clear. Large, dark chinook were rolling all over the place but no biters. WE Need RAIN!!! It seems funny in Oregon in October but, it is too dry! The bay is kicking out some good fish on the tide changes but not enough to justify hauling a boat down there until a few storms come in(maybe this weekend). As an aside, I fish about 200 days a year on the Sandy/Clackamas system and this year has been dismal!Tight Lines!
This report thanks to: Bruce Taylor taylorbr@gte.net
Tillamook Area 10-05-98
October 4 just got back from tillamook got four in the last three days trolling rainbow spinners in the tillamook river from the trask to the pileings that head out to the bay, flatfish wrapped with sardines are working very well also. its time to fish! pacific city also turning on.
got four in the last three days trolling spinners from the mouth of the trask to the pileings that head out to the bay. also flatfish wrapped with sardines are doing very well. pacific city is starting to get hot. netarts bay is also still very good for crabbing.
This report thanks to: mike schoenwald
Tillamook Area 9-19-98
Tillamook has been producing some excellent catches over the last week. John Winters had 3 nice chinook in the 30lb. range yesterday by 10:30. The wind came up on the bay and blew everyone off by 11:00. Spinners have been the ticket in the upper bay so far (#7 cascade blades) but don't forget your Kwikfish with a sardine rap. Kwikfish work best on a heavy running incoming tide. The bubble fishery has been very consistent , Terry Mulkey has been taking two to four fish daily along the south jetty with purple label herring. The first big rain will bring a big push of fish into the rivers. Look for the Trask to be the first river to put out fish. Back bouncing eggs or kwikfish will make for an awesome day of fishing after the first rain. For up to the minute reports on coastal fisheries you can call Fisherman's Marine and Outdoor in Oregon City (503)557-3313 or Portland (503)283-0044.
This report thanks to: Kelly Reichner
Tillamook Bay1-15-98
Tillamook Bay is getting hot for sturgeon. Look for lowest tides and fish the Bay City area and the south channel. Lots of keepers using mud-shrimp. Dress warm!
This report thanks to: Larry Watts
Fishing "HOT" for crappie often to 15". Laplaya dock or ????? Jigs ----- all day lond ----- best bite a. m. ----- plastic skirted crappie jigs ---- If you are not catching a lot ask someone who is what they are using, because the fish are there and the fishing is hot.
This report thanks to: Guy C.
TANAWAX LAKE EXELANT FISHING FOR RAINBOWS 10 - 15 INCHES TROLLING WEDDING RING WITH WORM OR A FLAT FISH BOTTOM FISHING WITH POWER BAIT OR WORM AND MARSHMELLO
this report thanks to: Wash guy1
Down around Reedsport it is very slow. Sept.11,12,13, only heard of 8 fish boated.Salmon harber is very good for crab, they are about 75-80%,lots of crab.
This report thanks to: Leroy Beagley
Umpqua 4-28-98
Crowded-----slow -------- best bet is drift or babck bounce sand shrimp and egg combo.
This report thanks to: Danny Jays
fished the upper reaches of the Umatilla ---regulations are catch & release (no bait/just your smarts),caught fifty+ rainbow trout in 2 hours on a #16 elk hair caddis fly. Makes a fun place to fish for small native RB's, in a few years (no poachers allowed) we should have a great fishery here. 6/7-- water was crystal clear, & 53 degrees F.
No fishing report but rumor has it that a lady caught a 5 lb kokanee there recently, which would be a state record by almost a pound.
Wilamette 1-15-99
the seasons first spring chinook was caught last thursday at meldrum bar below the bulkhead on the thin win spinner w/ prawntail so just to let you know to spread the news over and out.
this report thanks to: mike
Wilamette 9-19-98
I was in oregon city under the old bridge Friday 9\18 about 3:15 was using eel most of the time then decided to switch to sandshrimp not more than two min. I got a hook up it didnt feel big it just felt like another shaker well it went air born and I knew it was a keeper! landed it it measured 48"
this report thanks to: mike
Willamette River 5-20-98
Mouth of Clackamas & Willamette; Willamette too dirty for anything. Lots of salmon being caught in the mouth of Clack.
this report thanks to: casteal
Willamette 5-10-98
10 May 98 Williamette-Lost one in twelve hours not alot around, at least for us.
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Willamette 5-10-98
I was out last Saturday in Oregon City on my boat. Shad fishing still too slow for me, but should pick up in couple weeks! So I went after sturgeon lots of close to legal fish 41' 40' use straight sandshrimp or eel. Best fishing was above the old Oregon City bridge in 40-50 feet of water.
this report thanks to: Mike
Willamette 4-19-98
Down in Oregon City there were 2 keeper sturgeon caught 1 a 52''and another a 57''.Both wre caught on eel. The fish were on a steady bite pretty much all day. Another goo bet is Barview Jetty in Tillamook for bottomfish, use white jigs or sandshrimp.
this report thanks to: caffe@mindspring.com
Willamette 2-12-98
Well here it is the 9th of Feb 98, and the fishing is dim. Went to Meldrum Bar tonight around the bulk head, report is that there were three fish caught this morning up till noon and one lost. I put in at 3:00pm fished till 6:00pm, with three other guys and not even a bite. One nice thing though we watched a steelie returning back to the sea, it came out of the water twice (dark), but making a big splash. I heard today on the news that the regs for the Rouge River is (One fish per day, and no more than five for the season. To bad. Thats supposed to be a real strong run down there to.
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Willamette 1-27-98
Well here it is Tuesday night 27 Jan 98, and I have to clean another fish..Poor me. Anyway I just got back from one of my favorite places Meldrum Bar, and I got one at 5:15PM this evening. Report has it, that there are a half dozen or so caught every day through out the park.
Willamette 1-22-98
I just got back from fishing the Williamette down at Meldrum Bar 24 Jan 98, and I got a 32" #13lb native and nothing again. I got her about 8:30 this morning. She was full of eggs and about ready to drop them. Wind and rain came up really strong there so we left.
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Willamette 1-22-98
Well went fishing again today at Meldrum Bar 22Jan 98, and here is the scoop. I talked to three reliable scources. Yesterday 21 Jan 98, there were quite a few fish caught, eight were hooked and one landed on the north side of the bulk head this was in the morning. At the bulk head there were two fish caught one at 8:00 am and the other at 8:30, both by the same guy (Charlie). In the evening there were two more fish caught between 3:00/4:00pm, both by the same individual. Today 22 Jan 98, in the morning there were two fish on and lost. I stayed till 5:30pm fishing and caught one 7lb steelie at 5:00pm. There was a 14lb caught today at Meldrum around one or so, big female legal
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Willamette 1-20-98
Went fishing on the Williamette yesterday evening at meldrum. We saw one fish lost and we lost one ourselves. Its been a while since my boy cought anything and he got so excited that he had one he gave it a second jerk and broke the line. BOO HOO.Anyway I hear that there getting about half dozen a day down there. Some say the best is the morning bite others say the evening we lost ours in the evening, guess its best when the fish are there.
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I caught a 14" Rainbow on Power Bait while still fishing from a boat on West Medical Lake in Eastern Washington on May 8th. Also caught three other fish; the smallest at 11.5". A man floated by wet fly fishing, and said that he had probably caught and released about 30(!). We saw him catch 3 in about 15 minutes. Fishing there is good.
this report thanks to: Earl Stork
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Wenas Lake
Wenas Lake 5-12-99
Fishing has been really good on the Wenas Lake since the beginning. of March. The 61 acre lake is a private irrigation lake 16 miles North of Selah, open to the public. It is full now and the public launch is busy most of the time on the week ends. Boaters are pretty good about respecting the 5 mile speed limit. The top fish on the prize board hoping for the $100.00 is 8 1/4 pound. Second place is 7 pounds. The rumor is that the record fish will come out of the Wenas Lake this year. With the mild winter we experienced the Shiner (small natural bait fish native to the lake) population is up and the Trout are really hungry. People come into the store and the restaurant all the time talking about the fish that are being caught daily. There is even a rumor that there was a 8 pound, 18 inch, Channel Cat caught by the dam about a week ago. Fish and Wildlife department has already stocked the lake three times this season in addition to the 47,000 they planted just before winter. There was a really large one that pulled out of the hand of a disappointed fisherman. It was estimated to be around 12 pounds. No net, line broke, bummer! For information about the restaurant or campground you may contact me at Pnkfzz@aol.com.
11-6-98 My uncle hit the Trask with a fly-rod, going for Chinook. Saw some Darkies rolling and hooked a nice 5-lb. early winter Steelhead by surprise. Said we need a good rain for them to come in. Level was fishable already, however. Brandon Landis
Trask Wilson 5-1-98
Best bet for returning spring chinook-----not much action yet though-----small return expected this year
This report thanks to: LonnieJames
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