Fishing Report for 7/06/16

The Cowlitz River has been good for steelhead on side-drifted roe, plugs and jigs. Surf perch fishing has been excellent on the Oregon Coast with either sand shrimp or Gulp Sand Worms. Catch and release sturgeon fishing is excellent on the lower Columbia River using anchovies or green label herring for bait. Summer steelhead fishing has been fantastic on the Columbia River on plugs or spinners or coon shrimp. The first summer steelhead of the year have been reported caught from the Deschutes River. Summer Steelhead are present in the Clackamas and Sandy River in fair numbers. Spring Chinook fishing is decent in the Sandy.