john day river

I got the opportunity to fish with legendary guide, steve Fleming a few times last year on the John day river. The river did not disappoint!

Spent part of the day with the fly rod on the John Day River at Cottonwood Canyon fishing for small mouth. Got luck with the weather, very light wind and plenty of sunshine. Prince nymphs and soft hackels worked well, wooly buggers not so good. Next trip I'll get some pictures. It was a...

I drove there Monday and launched the boat to go up river to Philipi Park, a boat in only park and campground. I got set up in the park with my tent and other limited camp gear. Now before I went, I attempted to find out about fees for camp use. Nowhere can I find that information. Now I know...

Okay so I'm going camping on 4th of july to le page park near the mouth of john day river and I have a couple questions regarding spearfishing. 1. Can I shoot gamefish like walleye bass ect. Because I'm mostly targeting carp but would like some tasty walleye . 2. What kind of gear would I need...

Heading to the john day near fossil and have never been- anyone have any advice on good pontoon floats? Only going to have one day to fish so I would kinda prefer not to go in blind! I hear the smallie fishing is even better than the umpqua......

Still trying to organize a trip. Between the weather and conflicting schedules, I've not been able to make it happen yet. But not for lack of interest or effort on my part. Gimme a holler and let's make it happen.

Hey all, I'm looking for information on John Day River Steelhead. The regs has the season between June 16th and March 31st. Anybody have any ideas when a "good" time of year is and where the fish are? thanks in advance.