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December
fishing GUIDE report
Thanks to Steve's Guided
Adventures for this Columbia River and tributaries fishing
information
With 2007 almost
coming to a end I would like to thank all of you that fished with me
this year for making it another successful year and sharing all the
fishing stories while we were making more. There was some great
fishing seasons this year with some nice fish that were caught
whether it was a Salmon, Steelhead Sturgeon or a Walleye. Some
seasons took a while to get started but if you hit it right when
they were in I am sure that you experienced some great fishing. Fall
Chinook was great this year for me on the Columbia above Bonneville
in September and early October. I also fished the Nehalem River in
Oregon during October which was good while September was a little
slow unlike years past. If you have never fished this river it is
definitely one to take a trip on for these Big Chinooks and the
quality is fantastic. For Silvers I fished the NF of the Lewis which
was great during the end of October through mid November. I had a
lady catch a 17 pounder one day which was a big fish for a Silver. I
also spent some time on the Columbia for Silvers which produced some
nice limits.
It is now that time of year when the Salmon are mostly done running
except for some of the Oregon coastal rivers and before we know it
the Spring Chinook will be showing up in a month or two. My last
meeting I attended for the fish and wildlife they gave out a
forecast for most of the runs that will be coming back this next
season in 2008. The Willamette river run is not going to be good
this year with a forecast of only 37,000 fish to return. This should
keep the commercial gillnets out of the Columbia until mid April
which will help with the wild Steelhead and upper river Spring
Chinook runs that would be coming through the Columbia in March and
early April when they would be netting during that time. The total
for the Columbia is looking like 260,000 fish which is up from last
year and they should open the Columbia to Rooster Rock. It is also
being talked about to may be open it for a few days to fish below
Bonneville Dam. For sure they should let us fish above the I-5
bridge which will help increase the sport fishermen's success. Drano
Lake in Washington is expected to have a great return this year and
the Wind River in Washington is forecasted to be good which last
year it was a little slow. They didn't have numbers for the Cowlitz,
Kalama or the NF Lewis yet and they should be out shortly. Last year
the COWLITZ was very slow but in return the Kalama and NF Lewis
fished very well.
Oregon Fishing Guides
- Washington Fishing Guides
Winter Steelhead are
now coming in the rivers with a small number of them already making
there way to the hatcheries during our high water that we
experienced during the big storm. When we have conditions like this,
these fish will travel just as the water starts to clear and drop
and usually make there way up river before we are on the river to
have a chance at them. The good thing is that there is still more
fish that have started to come in and some rivers have a later run
that go through February which helps us have a longer season. I am
mainly running drift boat trips right now for Steelhead in SW
Washington tributaries on the Washougal, Kalama and the East Fork of
the Lewis with a average of 2-4 fish being caught per trip. I do
have jet sled trips available on the Cowlitz river which is starting
to produce some fish also. Last year the river was high and muddy
and didn't fish well but it looks like it could be a good year this
Steelhead season.
Walleye fishing is slow right now and will start to pick up
starting February. I will be fishing for them from February through
April until they go on the spawn in May. This early fishery is your
best opportunity if you want to have a chance at catching the State
Record or possibly the World record which is expected to come off
the Columbia River. Last year a new Washington State record was set
at 19.3 pounds. This early season is a great quality fishery with
some nice fish being caught unlike the summer months where you will
catch more but are usually smaller in size on the average. I did a
film shoot last year on the upper Columbia for these fish and I have
a short clip of the video on my website that you can take a look at
if walleye fishing may interest you. I think Walleye are the best
tasting fish on the Columbia if you want my opinion.
This past fall offered some great Keeper Sturgeon fishing with some
nice keepers being caught. The Fish and Wildlife Dept opened the
season earlier this year starting in September due to the quota not
being filled the past spring. Usually it doesn't open until October
and only on Thursday-Sunday but with the low numbers of fish being
caught they decided to open it up early. The next season will start
in March of 2008 and will go through June. The best fishing early
will be in the Willamette River and from the mouth of the Cowlitz to
Bonneville. the estuary will start to get good in early June and the
best fishing will be from mid June to the closure which may not last
to the end of the month. It normally will run to the end of the
month and into July but this past season they over ran the quota by
3,000 fish so they will be taking it off of 2008 quota which will
make the season shorter. This is a great fishery fishing the shallow
water in the sand flats with light tackle. When you hook one of
these fish they will give you the best fight peeling line off your
reel like you have never imagined.
With 2008 going to offer us another great year of fishing it is
never to early to book the trip or trips that you know you would
like to do before I get booked up and possibly not have that date
that you wish to fish. There may be a trip that you haven't done
with me that I talked about that you may want to do so book early to
assure the dates that you may wish. I can be contacted by email at
stevesguideservice@comcast.net or by phone on my cell
1-360-609-1902 or my office 1-360-835-7995. My website is
www.stevesguidedadventures.com So quit wishin and lets go
fishin!
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