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It's Springer Time... Stay tuned to Steelhead University for all your Springer Reports. Don't miss the article on Fishing Drano! May 06, 2008
Springers, Springers, Springers! That's all I can think about. Springers on the mind Springers in the boat.... Springers, Springers, Springers! Although it's been pretty dang tough in the waters above Bonneville dam on the Columbia River things may have turned the corner. Counts are up and have been holding steady for the last few days. We have been fishing Drano Lake and working for a fish here and there. Some nice fish to be had and look for this place to take off any day with both the amount of fish in the lake and angling pressure. Bring the arsenal with you you may need it. Herring seems to be taking a few fish as well as the standard Wordens M2SP Flatfish and prawns spinners. Bring your pateince and be prepared for lots of people looking to catch some of the finest eating salmon on the the planet. Looks like thing are shaping up for a nice late run so I will be adding three of four more days to my Drano Lake schedule and have openings for anyone who's looking to connect with a Springer or two.
Mention Salmon or Steelhead University and receive 15 percent off a trip for two. For more info call Phil Stephens, Mystical Legends Guide Service Call (206) 940-0052 or E-mail Lewis River: Lewis in great shape with 4 ft of vis and running at 5600 cfs. Springers slow to start but showing up more each day. The best techinques in this early season has been fishing cut plug herring in green label size on a size 20 diver. Have also had good success with T-4 flatfish, magnum wiggle warts, k-13 kwikfish or k-15 kwikfish. The best colors have been Silve/char bill, Silver/red bill, blue scale, green hornet and gold. As more fish start to stack up we will start to switch over to Eggs/shrimp combo or eggs/sardine combo hover fished in the deep holes or back bounced in the shallower holes. One of the other killer baits will be Dyed pink prawns fish by themselves or with a spinner in front of them. Water is warming up and so our the springers. This should get better each day.
Kalama River: Kalama in great shape with 5 ft of vis and med flow. Springers starting to show in better numbers each day. Best techniques so far have been plugs in sizes T-4 , k-13 or k-15's in silver/char bill, grinch, bubba, green hornet, green weenie an the best has been Blue Scale or blue scale/char bill. Diver's and eggs or egg/shrimp combo have also had some success and will get better as mre fish arrive. Back bounceing eggs or the combo will be the go to method as water drops. This river is do to explode with springers at any moment.
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by Bob Kratzer No report this week Paul
Ockerman, Ock's
Fishing Adventures No report this week
Bruce
Warren, Fishing
for fun Guide Service
Spring Chinook action @ Drano lake in the Columbia River gorge has picked up some this last week, but remains slower than normal. The bite should pick up with the higher Bonneville dam Springer count and warmer air and H20 temps. This last week our action came on trolled prawn spinners and M2-SP Flatfish. See you out there. Now booking Cowlitz Summer Steelhead...
Bob Barthlow Rivers NorthWest Guide Service (509) 952-9694
We are now booking for the Chinook run on the upper Skagit.. I am looking forward to getting back onto my home river. Last year produced some very nice hatchery fish, as well as many of the Skagit Natives.. I still have some dates open for this.. We have been free drifting for these pigs the last couple of years and have been very successful. We also back bounce and back troll for them depending on clients preference. Our season this year is from June 1 to July 9.
Submitted by Wayne Ackerlund E-Mail or Call 1 (888) 6 Skagit - [1 (888) 675-2448]
No report this week
No report this week Lets
go fishing! Bogachiel River - Closed
Sol Duc River Sol Duc in great shape with 4 ft of vis and 6 boards. Fish from the hatchery down to the mouth. It is all Springer's now. For springers the best tchniques will be pulling plugs in sizes form T-4 flatfish, k-13 kwikfish and k-15 kwikfish. Try colors like silver/char bill, silver/red bill, blue scale, blue scale/char bill, glad clown, green hornet and grinch. With a little color to the water try fishing a cut plug herring on a 5 foot leader and a size 20 jet diver. this works very good when there is color in the water. As the water clears we switch over to a size 20 diver and a shrimp/egg combo or sardine/egg combo. One of the secerts that I employ is to fish a dyed pink coon stripe shrimp behind that diver. Springers cant resist these things. Springers will just keep getting better in the next couple of weeks. . Calawah River Closed Submitted
by Bob Kratzer
With talk like this we could get an early opener on the Klickitat. Once the hatchery knows that they will receive reproduction numbers the department does an emergency early opener we have had the season open as early as May first. The peak of the Klickitat Spring Chinook run is mid may through the third week of June.
Call or email Tracy Z.... phone (509) 369-2366
This has and continues to be a crazy year for fishing, seasons opening closing, fuel prices, weather and rumors about no fishing this summer on the Oregon Coast. So since we have been slammed over the past few weeks with questions I knew we needed to get the FACTS out to every one. We are going to let you know by Season what is up. April (last ten Days) Until May 9th Early Sturgreon fishing on the Columbia. We are seeing fish move into the lower river earlier then in the past and have caught some nice limits this past week. You will not land 20 fish on these trips but landing some quality fish a the norm. Good chance for an early season keeper. We have these dates available. April 22,24,26,29,30.
Spring Chinook on Tillamook Bay is under way with the increased water flows we have heard of a few fish caught. We will only be fishing this area from May 1st until May 9th. We have these dates available. May 2,3,6,8 Now a special note! The OFWD says they may reopen the Columbia late April or Early May and if this happens we will be moving to the Columbia. Not a for sure thing but if it happens then I suggest you take advantage of it. May 10th - June 24th Keeper Sturgeon! We will be booking three boats on the lower Columbia for this Keeper Season. It appears we will have good numbers in the lower river and it will just get better each day until it ends June 24th. This is the best season to catch fresh from the ocean Sturgeon for eating fresh, smoking or canning. As most every knows we try and hook these fish in shallow water for the great fight we get but we also if need be fish deeper water when they are off the sand flats. I recommend getting dates booked for this awesome fishery. Call or email for available seats and dates.
Special Ocean Chinook Season for June Hogs! June 1st - June 28. We will be running trips as weather permits off the mouth of the Columbia for the June Hogs. This is the first time in several years we have had this season open. We will run Combo trips for Chinooks and then Sturgeon when weather and schedule workout. For those with booked Sturgeon trips if you want to add Chinooks then call or email for price etc. Great chance for rare combo opportunity. May 1st seven days a week we will also be offering Halibut trips off the Columbia on Local Charter Boats Ruby Sea, Tackle Time and Red Sky. Call us so we can get you contected and booked for Halibut. Again a great combo opportunity fior a day Sturgeon and a Day Halibut. June 29th - September 31 or until Quota is reached, Sunday - Thursday we will be fishing for ocean Coho and Chinooks. Should be a good season allowing Two salmon a day. We will also be offering Sturgeon Catch & Release trips seven days a week and can also make a daily combo trip available. Crabbing can be included for a small fee per pot. So far we have open space for this time frame but once we get the press and other marketing partners to promote HEY WE ARE OPEN dates will get much tighter. Buoy 10 fishing is different this year. We will be fishing the ocean when conditions allow and the river when not for the Coho until August 31st. The Chinook 16 day season begins in the river. This will be a slammed time and we are close to being booked. We will fish either here in Astoria or in the Longview Area which ever is better. If the water is cool and the fish are flying up river be ready for fishing in Longview if not Astoria with herring and spinners. Call ASAP to reserve space and dates. Val Perry Perry's Fishing Adventures
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report this week
Fishing Oregon
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report this week
The current reports and hot bites.
The Willamette is slow with a fish every 8 boats over the past weekend it should pic up when the Columbia swells with runoff Team Hook-up has been catching summer steelhead last week in the Sandy river with spring Chinook on there way
Jack
Glass, Hookup Guide Service
No report this week
Fraser Valley report for the week of May 06, 2008 The Fraser has risen substantially this past week, lots of debris in the water with some larger logs. Keep an eye out when your anchored or running up river especially if you're running a prop boat. Hopefully this is the start of spring freshet as we do have quite a bit of snow in the local mountains. The sooner it melts, the sooner we can start our salmon season. Oh and just for your information, the local natives were netting this past weekend and it's looks to me like the early Chinook run isn't so bad after all. Every net I watched being pulled had at least 2 or 3 Chinook salmon. I am looking forward to seeing the reported numbers. Fraser River / Fraser Valley Report Sturgeon
Sturgeon fishing has continued to improve over the past week with good numbers of fish between 3 to 5 feet and a few more fish in the 6 to 7 foot range. Our largest fish this week was just over 7 ft caught by Jack Whitmarsh of Calgary who fished 3 days with his brother Lyle and friends. They managed to land close to 100 sturgeon in 3 days of fishing on the Fraser. There are some bigger fish starting to move into the river as we tagged into a monster yesterday, after a long tiring 2 hour battle we were so close to landing this fish but sometimes the fish gods have a different plan. Unfortunately this big fish will only be a story about the one that got away. We estimate this fish between 10 to 12 feet. If you're looking to get out onto the water over the next month, sturgeon fishing is one fishery you should give a try. We are starting to fill up for dates for September , October and November so if you are planning on fishing with us during peak season, book soon to not be disappointed.
Vedder River Steelhead Steelhead fishing is now over for the year guys but if your wanting to try your luck at fly fishing the Vedder River below the Vedder Crossing is still open to steelhead fishing on the fly. If water conditions remain good there is a good number of fish holding in the lower river and canal area. Best to swing large spey flies or egg suck'n leeches, rabbit leeches or large attractor fly's. Nymping with strike indicator & single egg patterns also work well. Trout fishing in the Valley The Upper Pitt River sea-run Bull Trout fishery is almost hear. End of May through the month of June is best. Book now as we limit the number of anglers per day on this river. Last year our biggest trout was 12 lbs but we did manage quite a few fish between 8 to 10 and lots of 4 to 6 lb trout. Our best day was 40 fish on the fly so don't miss out on this world class fishery.
Chehalis River With record snow packs at Hemlock Valley Ski Resort you can be sure that once local weather begins to get warm, this river will be done for steelhead fishing. If you want to fish the Chehalis I would suggest getting out soon. A few reports coming from the canyon and most of them are the same, lots of walking, hiking and wetting lines for little reward. If you get lucky and find a pocket of fish, you're rewarded with a few nice fish.
Vancouver Saltwater Report The local saltwater fishing has started to show so some signs of life after a real slow spell throughout March and early April. Fishing for chinook/king salmon has been decent off the south end of Bowen Island and the outer reaches of Vancouver Harbour. The average size of the legal fish is getting bigger as well. The fish are averaging in the 10-15 pound range with the odd larger one. A local charter boat picked up a 31 pound chinook off Point Grey on April 12. The fish are starting to show a preference for anchovies. We have been having our success on the downriggers from 50-130 feet. Crabbing has continued to be great in the harbour as well. Crab traps are dropped on every fishing trip.
To Book Your next guided adventure, call us Toll Free 1-866-771-3474 Remember to conserve your catch Tight
Lines and we will see you on the water Vic
Carrao
Steelhead report: Skeena region Attached are pics of our monster Steelhead this week and Kranny, Hunter, Hak, Serge, and Cap were recipients of the local aggressive Steelheads. Great fights with the Spey rods and some air raising events made these fellas jump with joy. Water temps have been 38F to 41F, with a rise in water levels we can expect the next week to produce some excellent numbers as the fish are moving throughout the system for the May season. Chinooks are starting to run in small numbers so our Salmon season is just around the corner.
Tracey
John Hittel
Kitimat
BC Canada
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632-9880
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639-4277
Stamp River Report
April 8 The water is very low on the Stamp but fishing is still reasonably good. Fishing on Saturday was very good in the lower for fresh fish and good in the upper for a mix of kelts and fish still making there way up. Fishing in the ocean around Ucluelet has picked this past week with some good fishing around the Red Can Buoy, Great Bear Island and Sail Rock. This has been the norm for the past couple of seasons during these early times. The guys are also trolling up the odd Halibut as well. This fishery is primarily close to shore and it only takes a few minutes to get to the best fishing spots. This is a great fishery for those who like to see land when they are out. We have a 2 day special for the early season up to May long weekend. David Murphy 1-877-218-6600 or Email murphy@island.net
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