Fishing Reports

Outdoor Report 7/20
Outdoor Report 7/20

Summer steelhead are being caught in decent numbers on the Columbia River, as well as summer chinook.  Just last week, in the lower river, a few more summer steelhead showed up in the catch rate. Folks plunking from the bank or …

Outdoor Report 7/27
Outdoor Report 7/27

Locally, salmon fishing has continued to be productive for those that are willing to put in the time and find the traveling lanes.  Spinners, wobblers, Kwikfish and Mag Lips have been among the top producing baits.  As the water …

Outdoor Report for 8/3
Outdoor Report for 8/3

Outdoor Report 8/3 Salmon fishing opened below the Astoria-Megler Bridge on Tuesday, and it sure didn't disappoint!  We had reports flying in about how good of an opener it was.  A large part of the fleet reported catching boat …

Outdoor Report 8/10
Outdoor Report 8/10

Fall chinook and coho fishing for the Buoy 10 / Astoria fishery, started off with a bang!  Last week we had a big tide set so it slowed the fishing down just a little.  The ocean is still pumping out limits for those headed out …

Outdoor Report 8/17
Outdoor Report 8/17

Astoria is rocking and rolling, lots of chinook have started to pour into the river over the last few days. Fishermen are making the most of it; both below and above the bridge have been producing fish.  We are still waiting on …

Outdoor Report 8/24
Outdoor Report 8/24

Astoria salmon fishing has stayed consistent through this past week.  We all expected to have lots of silvers push up river on the big tides, but they never seemed to show up in huge numbers.  When the silvers do show up, which …

Outdoor Report 8/31
Outdoor Report 8/31

The reports coming in from our ProStaff guides, are that chinook fishing has been very good with a good portion of the fleet still fishing bait.  Anchovies and herring have been working equally well, depending on who you talk to …

Outdoor Report 9/7
Outdoor Report 9/7

The chinook retention below Tongue Point, on the Columbia, ended with a bang this week. The reports from our Prostaff were, most of the morning was fast paced with chinook bites, and after they caught their limits of chinook the …