Fishing in Northwest Oregon

The rain this weekend might kick off the Silver run, yes?

The most recent rain has brought some fresh Chinook to the north coast, and I’ll emphasize “some.” Pro guide Rob Gerlitz landed his people a couple of nice Chinook on Wednesday, November 25th. Drifting from Mills Bridge to Sollie Smith, Gerlitz landed these two nice Chinook and had a couple of...

Thursday, only the Kilchis was in good enough shape for the driftboat fleet to deploy upon and most anglers came up short while pursuing Chinook. A lot of incidental chum salmon were caught and released however, a good sign that there’s a good return of those challenged fish. Most north coast...

I'm continuing on my exploration of all the wonderful rivers and lakes that Oregon has to offer. I came across some postings about the Necanicum river and was wondering if any one has any intel/info/reports on trout fishing here? I'm still assembling my salmon/steelhead gear so not ready for...

Went out near the mouth of drift creek - alsea yesterday and it was absolutely beautiful. Didn't think I was going to catch any fish, mostly just exploring for the summer and when SRCs start biting. Amazing kayak water but I was using my chevrolegs today, don't have my truck. Found the access...

While helping someone out with a link to Hagg Lake I found this little reservoir just south and east of there. Seems to be called Barney Reservoir. Anyone know if any fish lurk in those waters?

I am going to be up at Waldo Lk camping and riding my mountainbike next week. I always bring my inflatable raft so I can fish nearby Charlton Lk. I don't think it has been stocked in a while, but I know there are lots of trout in it. I have tried trolling or casting spinners and using a...

I created this Wilson River fishing map after reading several peoples frustration with finding good holes on the Wilson. It's a work in progress and all are welcome to edit the map and add some holes of there own. You can even go back and edit description of holes to add how you did when you...

Is it safe to float the Siltez this time of year? I heard a guy flipped his drift boat in an accident recently down there. I am hoping to come and float fish it for some winter steelhead in the next few weeks but I'm not familiar with the river. Any insight would help! Tight Lines!

Made it out fishing the last couple of weekends. Hit the Umpqua with killigan last Sunday, got up early and busted out the toons for some smallies. Caught plenty of fish, only a few larger ones but nothing huge. Brandon got into some bigger fish lower down, I had a blast sight fishing with some...

Does anyone have much experience kayak fishing Devil's lake out toward the coast? Is the water dangerous out there I do know it feeds out into the ocean but it doesn't appear to be to abrupt of a channel. I'm waiting admin approval on my registration over at NWKA, for now I'm seeking out to...

If I remember correctly the KILCHIS River has no advanced hydrologic gauge monitor. My question is the WILSON RIVER water level predictions the same for the KELCHIS? I recall sometime back that it was so. My memory eludes me. Help! Tony

Hello, I landed in Portland yesterday and hit up the Wilson past Jordan Creek. Using spinners but only caught one small salmon (I think). Had it adipose fin so I got it back in the water as quick as I could. If if y’all could help me with what kind of water to look for and if spinners are the...

Is there an online resource to find out the status of the dam being open or closed?

Has the Salmon fishing on the Siuslaw improved with the rainfall?

Hey everyone! I just got notified that I'll be staying here in the Portland area for the summer since I've got a summer internship and have decided I really want to get into fishing! I had the chance to fish in hawaii and have wanted to go back and do it ever since. However I am completely new...

I checked OFF another milestone on my i11s today (video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqJUiB41L8E), chinook have been widely spread out this year, a few more coho around but no big show going on from them. Got lucky, I had a soft take on a cut plug herring just before low tide, rod...

Wilson River water levels Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service - Wilson River water levels near Tillamook.