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I will be in pm with your infoI'll be running guided trips this Fall on the North-Mid coast once it starts raining if you want in. Catching them in a drift boat is the best
My advice is to spend some time exploring. Find a river, and see what it takes to get to the lower river holes (on some, it's really not possible). I'll let you in on one non-secret -- there's a public dock near the mouth of the Tillamook River, where people toss big lures. Another key is many of those good tidewater bank spots are the domain of the locals, who are often very cool, but expect valley-dwellers to be on their best behavior in "their" spots... which is a reasonable request, IMO.
If you wanted to try to find tidewater access, my hints would be to head to Tillamook, Pacific City, or Lincoln City. You're still going to have to do some exploring, but you'll have a good time doing it.
Sandy river coho are plentiful and a great way to learn to salmon fish.Not much of a fall run on those rivers, and what little there is should be left alone.
Sure. Up in the rivers themselves, salmon are done. Sure, they're in there -- old springers. You can't keep them (most places), and you wouldn't want to even if you could.
Right now, we're kind of in limbo, waiting on the rains (and cooler water). If you have a boat, there's plenty of fish to chase, although it's just getting started (besides the ocean). Not a whole lot of places to bank fish the bays, and it's tough going if you do... but it can certainly be done (the issue is more finding productive water that is close enough to get a good cast to). Over the next few weeks (depends a lot on the weather), Chinook will start working their way up the bays, and into the upper bays and lower river tidewater sections. This is where a bankie can start to target early season fish. Again, little bank access for most of it, but there's some around, including a couple of places that charge a few bucks for access.
My advice is to spend some time exploring. Find a river, and see what it takes to get to the lower river holes (on some, it's really not possible). I'll let you in on one non-secret -- there's a public dock near the mouth of the Tillamook River, where people toss big lures. Another key is many of those good tidewater bank spots are the domain of the locals, who are often very cool, but expect valley-dwellers to be on their best behavior in "their" spots... which is a reasonable request, IMO.
If you wanted to try to find tidewater access, my hints would be to head to Tillamook, Pacific City, or Lincoln City. You're still going to have to do some exploring, but you'll have a good time doing it.
Sandy river coho are plentiful and a great way to learn to salmon fish.
Fall nooks....I feel ya
I know a great spot near Beaver on the Nestucca as well. I can't wait for cool weather!
Oversight on my part. I rarely hit the Sandy, but I understand the coho don't get nearly as bas a case of lockjaw as their Clack brethren.
My advice to anyone hitting the Clack for silvers... don't. Tell yourself you're going after "late summers," or "early winters," then if you do hook one, you'll feel a sense of accomplishment, rather than the disappointment of not hooking the target species. Just a random crapshoot of the days/time of day those obnoxious suckers take an interest in anything.
Save that for after the second big rain (whenever that may be). First heavy rain usually gets them up into the tidewater stretches (which ends in Cloverdale on the Tuc), the second soaker usually gets them upstream.
Notice I said "usually"? Your results may vary.