Fishing Report 10-28-2022
Check out this nice fish brought in by customer Christer Antonsen! At a whopping 14.05lbs Christer was our weekly winner in our Fall Coho Derby. Thank you Christer for entering and enjoy your prize pack!
Fishing Report:
The rain is here! To everyone’s delight we have finally gotten rain all across the Northwest. This means rivers will start to rise and the fish will begin making their way upriver. Along the coast, Fall Chinook will start to leave the ocean and start pushing upriver. Once rivers do come up there are many techniques that will be effective to use. Running drift boats will be the name of the game. while backtrolling plugs and divers or back bouncing bait will be some of the most productive techniques. Many anglers will also be throwing bobber and eggs to any likely holding spots.
Coho fishing across the region has been ok, however with the rain finally coming in there should be good shots of fish entering local rivers. These fresh fish will be on a one-way mission to head upstream so you must get in their face and give them something to be aggressive towards. Casting plugs, spinners, or twitching jigs will all work. Bobber and eggs, drift fishing eggs and bobber and bead fishing will all produce fish, especially if you find a pod of fish that has slowed down and wanted to hang in one spot for awhile. Many of these fisheries will last for several more weeks. In fact, this time of year is when some of the biggest Coho of the year are typically caught.
Crabbing remains productive along the coast. If full Crab are what folks are looking for, they have been finding them. Tillamook Bay and Astoria have both been producing well lately.
Razor Clamming has been excellent this week. Clamming has been open for the most part during the PM tides, so make sure to bring your head lamps and warm clothing. One tip is that you can typically start finding Razor Clams an hour or two before low slack. So, you may be able to dig in the daylight hours if you choose to go a little earlier then you might think is possible.
Bottom fishing is a great fishery this time of year. Many anglers feel the draw of the saltwater year-round and as Salmon fishing in the ocean is beginning to wind down, you can still head out after delicious bottom fish. Ling Cod and Rock Bass make up the majority of the catch, but you never truly know what you have hooked until you bring it up to the boat.
Trout fishing in Oregon and Washington continues to be a good bet. Both states are still stocking Trout and as we near towards November, both states will drop some rather large plants of Trout in an attempt to motivate folks as an incentive to get outside. Once we start having more cold temperatures bait fishing will be one of the best options. Spinners and bobber and fly always have their place, but when the temps outside drop so does the water temp. Which will lead to Trout looking for any easy meals that they don’t have to waste a lot of energy for.
Elk and Deer hunters are sure to be thrilled with the weather change as well. Reports are coming in of an increase in Deer activity as the nasty weather moves in. With general season Elk hunting coming up in both Oregon and Washington, we expect there to definitely be some good success.
Duck hunting opened up and again the nasty weather is a welcomed sight for Duck hunters. As we get more rain look for areas to start to swell up with standing water and watch the waterfowl flock in.
