Willamette Valley – The summer Chinook run is underway on the mainstem Columbia, but in consistent fashion, the action is inconsistent. There have been some flurries of action at Davis Bar for trollers but gorge anchor anglers are coming up with more consistent results. Spinners are the key, no matter if you’re trolling or anchor fishing. Peak passage often happens the first week of July so we’re nearing peak. Summer steelhead are also starting to show in greater numbers as well and some sockeye, falling to smaller gear too.

No one has shared the end of the spring Chinook season with the couple of boats still trolling on the lower Willamette. It’s really slow but they’re catching occasionally. Better fishing is available for shad or catch-and-release for sturgeon.

Recent rainfall had little effect on water conditions on the McKenzie River, but this one fishes well over most seasons and many different conditions. It’s expected to fish well for trout.

The Santiams will be dropping slowly over the coming week. The greatest percentage of fish counted at Willamette Falls are headed here. Fishing has been slow, however.

Rainfall over the past week did little on the Clackamas other than prevent it from dropping; water levels changed very little. Expect to see it drop in the coming dry week. Summer steelhead and spring Chinook are available here.

Water conditions have been good this week thanks to lower temperatures and a little rainfall. This is likely to change with the water getting some color as the weather turns hot. Steelhead and springers are scattered throughout the river.

Northwest Oregon – Summer Chinook fishing in the Astoria area remains surprisingly disappointing, especially after last years success. Action may pick up but it doesn’t look hopeful in the near future. Last year’s thermal block may have had a lot to do with estuary success. Water temperatures are much more tolerable at this point.

Sturgeon fishing in the estuary is off the hook. Action is intense for those using fresh anchovies and World Class Fishing has the highest quality bait. Call (503) 741-1407 at least a day in advance of your trip to secure your bait reservation. Taylor Sands above the Astoria bridge remains the best bet as crabs are stealing bait frequently downstream, although there are sturgeon present.

Clam diggers along Clatsop Beaches remain plenty happy with their results. Although action is likely to slow on the 2nd half of this minus tide series, limits can still be attained by those most experienced.

Tillamook Bay is still putting out brief flurries of action. It’s towards the end of the season for sure so action should continue to taper. Stronger tides this week should produce results in the upper bay, especially during high tide.

Although we’re experiencing needed rainfall in NW Oregon right now, only a slight bump in river levels is expected. None-the-less, that’s all desperate spring Chinook need in water-starved Tillamook County streams. It should provide a fresh batch of Chinook to the Trask, Wilson, Nestucca and Three Rivers systems. Summer steelhead action should also bolster.

The ocean swell looks quite tolerable this week but wind waves will inspire offshore anglers to make quick work of a bottomfish limit. Garibaldi Charters (503-322-0007) is reporting excellent success for sea bass and they’re recently spotted orca’s and grey whales inside of Tillamook Bay! Ocean crabbing is also picking up but there are a fair percentage of soft shells in the catch.

Central & South Coast Reports – Surf perch fishing off Oregon’s south coast beaches continues to yield lots of fish. The limit is 15 but take only what you need, please.

While ocean Chinook fishing has been open since mid-March, starting June 25th, hatchery (fin-clipped) coho maybe added to the salmon bag. It stands to reason that having more fish to catch means more fish in the boat, right?

More to enjoy offshore! Watch for Orcas and Grey Whales which have been sighted frequently by boats as they head to the fishing grounds.

Fishing for pinkfin surf perch has been quite good as they make their spawning run into Winchester Bay and or the lower Umpqua. Bay crabbing has improved to the point that bottom fishers in the bay have started complaining about the numbers.

Tuna fishing started early this season and has made a good showing right out of the gate, both in numbers and size of albacore. While they’re being caught out of almost every port now, Charleston has been one of the best.

Steelheaders and spring Chinook anglers have been struggling on the lower Rogue River where high water temperatures have combined with low water levels to create difficult conditions. A few are being taken by trollers in Rogue Bay. Use anchovy on a spinner rig to try this. Better fishing has been on the upper Rogue.

Trout seem to be scattered everywhere at Diamond Lake and anglers can attest to the good fishing as ‘most everybody is catching limits.

Central & Eastern – Results for redsides have been good over the past week on the lower Deschutes. Improvements have been made at Macks Canyon Campground, including a new boat ramp

Some river fish better than others in the summertime. So it is with the Metolius which is challenging to fish but has been productive this week.

Fly fishers have been taking good numbers of trout at East Lake where hatches have been occurring in the evenings.

While few trollers are taking limits at Wickiup Reservoir, these are some of the larger kokanee available to Oregon anglers.

SW Washington – District anglers remain focused on the Cowlitz River, where anglers are still finding success for spring Chinook and some summer steelhead. Action is likely to taper for Chinook and improve for steelhead in the coming weeks. Bank anglers are faring better than boaters.

The Lewis and Kalama remain poor.

The Drano Lake fishery will quickly convert to steelhead and regulations for Chinook change towards the end of the month. As we’ve stated in recent weeks, focus will change to the mainstem Columbia and the tides are right for successful beach plunking.

Trout have recently been stocked in good numbers in area lakes. Check the WDF&W web site for more details.

Bill Monroe of the Oregonian writes, “For the first time in two decades, anglers can keep up to two sturgeon per day. The sturgeon must be between 38 and 72 inches fork-length and do not have to be recorded on the state’s catch-record card (????)

“The state released several thousand hatchery sturgeon into the upper Columbia in 2003. Biologists now estimate 4,000 of them are in Wanapum Reservoir and another 2,000 are in Priest Rapids Reservoir.

“The hatchery fish weren’t marked. All within the legal-retention size window are considered hatchery origin sturgeon. The fishery is intended to reduce interaction and competition for food between the hatchery fish and larger native sturgeon.

“The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will closely monitor the season and decide later whether to repeat the fishery.”

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Willamette Valley – The Columbia River is coming on surprisingly strong in recent days. There have been reports of impressive bites for trollers in the Davis Bar area, not quite to the magnitude of the September fishery but for the amount of pressure and a mid-June fishery, it is worth your while. Furthermore, Chinook numbers crossing Bonneville Dam have also showed an impressive bump in recent days, eclipsing over 4,000 adults at mid-week. In addition, sockeye salmon, summer steelhead and shad are also entering the Columbia River system in fine fashion. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

While the ODFW stated in their fishing report that spring Chinook are still being caught in the lower Willamette, we’re pretty sure it’s not many. Shad fishing has been quite good as has catch-and-release sturgeon fishing. But you have to fish for springers in order to catch one.

McKenzie River fly anglers have been doing well with success expected to continue with weekend showers having little effect on excellent water conditions.

The Santiams are starting to show their stuff now that data at Willamette Falls shows good nubers of spring Chinook and summer steelhead moving upriver and heading for tributaries.

Fishing has been slow to fair on the Clackamas River. Levels will rise over the coming weekend to drop in the week to come. Catches of summer steelhead many times outnumber those of springers.

Water conditions turned silty and off-color on the Sandy River during the heat wave but cleared with lower temperatures and rainfall. Fishing improved with this change.

Northwest Oregon – The Tillamook Bay spring Chinook fishery never gained great momentum this season. For the most part, action for estuary Chinook starts to wind down by mid-June. The fishery switches to a tidewater and river program and fair action should maintain the fishery through early July or later. Given the current water conditions however, action will remain challenging. A recent slight bump in water levels certainly brought in better numbers of adults into the Trask, Wilson, Nestucca and Three Rivers.

Summer steelhead numbers should be growing as well, the Nestucca, Three Rivers and Wilson will offer the best chance but use small baits or muted spinners to attract biters. They will likely be in the swifter, broken surfaced waters.

As the spring Chinook fishery fades, and the Pacific Ocean offers more friendly seas, anglers will switch focus westward, in pursuit of halibut, nearshore bottomfish, salmon and soon-to-be tuna. Peak action for salmon and albacore is still weeks away but bottomfishing and halibut opportunities are what to focus on this weekend, friendly seas are ahead.

To the north, Columbia River sturgeon anglers are having a great time with ample numbers of large fish, eagerly taking anchovies and sand shrimp in the estuary. The best fishing remains upstream of Tongue Point.

The soft tide series is producing good catches of bottomfish along the sunken and south jetty of the Columbia River estuary but lingcod remain scarce.

The estuary Chinook salmon fishery should begin to take off but anglers are restricted to fish upstream of the Astoria/Megler Bridge.

Central & South Coast Reports – Tuna were caught this week out of Charleston/Coos Bay in pretty good number and decent size for so early in the season. So it begins.

Deep water halibut fishers will have more opportunities on Friday, June 17 and Saturday, June 18 as sufficient quota remains for this opening. With 92% of the quota remaining to be caught, the inshore halibut fishery will continue seven days a week.

Regular weekly contributor Pete Heley (peteheley.com) reports that the pinkfin perch fishery caught fire this week, producing many limits for anglers in Winchester Bay and on the lower Umpqua. Heley also reminds us that the smallmouth bass fishery on the Umpqua is strong now.

Spring Chinook catches have been slow on the lower Rogue due to warm water but improved this week as rain provided fresh water but also served to lower water temps. Fishing has been poor on the middle Rogue while the upper river is producing some spring Chinook as summer steelhead start to show.

Surf fishing for pinkfin perch has been excellent off beaches in the Brookings and Gold Beach areas. These fish bite best during last two hours of the incoming tide.

Salmon trollers have finally started scoring out of the Port of Brookings. Now that they’ve broken the ice (so to speak) fishing is expected to improve. Hatchery coho may be taken starting June 25th, Halibut fishing, open seven days a week here, has been slow to fair.

Since the water temperature improved at Diamond Lake, trout fishing has remained pretty good. Be certain to release any tiger trout (they’ll be small).

Central & Eastern – The Stonefly hatch on the lower Deschutes has concluded for the year. Fly fishers continue to take trout on other patterns.

Trolling at Green Peter Reservoir has been producing great numbers and usually limits of kokanee but these fish are running small.

Trout fishing has been worthwhile at Lava Lake this week.

East Lake has been producing decent catches of trout to bait anglers.

This is a great time to fish almost any of the Cascade Lakes as the majority are fishing well.

While not totally resolved, the gate at Starvation Lane which is used for public access to Starvation Point on the John Day is now open.

SW Washington – As Chinook opportunity winds down, summer steelhead numbers are climbing, especially for Cowlitz River anglers although the Lewis and Kalama will also remain options.

Serious Chinook and steelhead anglers will begin to focus most of their effort on the mainstem Columbia, which should pay dividends given the large return size that’s in the forecast. Beach fishing is soon to peak and Washington beaches, especially on the stronger outgoing tide series, often pays dividends during this time of year.

The Drano Lake and Wind River steelhead fisheries should also begin to light up. The action is often best at night.

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