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This Weeks fishing report updated July 21, 2010
Provided by Oregon fishing guide Dennis Hull 
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Columbia river summer steelhead -- hot now
Summer king salmon
Buoy 10 Salmon fishing only a couple of weeks away
September peak season giant sturgeon fishing - only a few dates left
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  • Sturgeon fishing: Sept will be the start of my peak season giant sturgeon trips once the spawning sanctuary opens Sept 1. Sept and October will be very good for the oversized sturgeon and after Oct 1 keeper fishing opens back up. The keeper fishery in Astoria has been less than good this year. The season in the estuary has been extended until the August closure river wide for retention of sturgeon. The next good opportunity to keep a sturgeon will be Oct 1 when the upper river opens back up for retention. Lots of great catch and release fishing to be had, just getting tougher every year to fill freezers - which we shouldn't be doing anyway, that is the reason keeper hunters are having trouble catching fish - to many fish are in the freezer already.

  • Effective May 1 the spawning sanctuary goes into effect below Bonneville dam, be aware that it has been extended downstream basically to Multnomah Falls and now includes August. They have also created a spawning sanctuary on the Willamette from the I-205 bridge to the falls for the same months as the Columbia. The wall at Oregon City is now closed for all fishing permanently. Lots of new rules this year on both rivers so make sure your up on them before you go.  Click on these links to Oregon or Washington fish and wildlife check the news releases for updated sturgeon seasons and rules Oregon fish and wildlife, Washington fish and wildlife
     

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  • Summer Chinook Salmon: Exciting news here. The season for June hogs also known as summer chinook salmon opened June 16 and is scheduled to stay open through July. This season in the past has been very short but now with the marked fish only requirement it means we will be salmon fishing from June 16 all the way into the fall months. The summer chinook season runs right into the fall chinook season. For the most part up to this week most fish caught have been late springers. The true summer fish are just now starting to show and with the river dropping into reasonable levels July is going to be the best month for the big June Hogs. These summer fish seem to prefer smaller sized spinners, they like the wrapped kwikfish too but with all the big sturgeon in the gorge its best to leave the bait off them unless you want to chase big sturgeon all day. Update for this week, salmon catches have slowed with the counts dropping over the dam, still some fish around but the majority of the catch is now steelhead.

  • Steelhead: Columbia river steelhead action is hot and going to only get hotter in the next couple of weeks. Most are anchored with small spinners or kwikfish, flatfish or spinglo's. Look for 6-20 foot depths with a little less current than main channel and you will find them. The run size is forecast to be near a half million fish so its only going to get better as we get nearer the peak of the run which is usually mid August.
     

  • Buoy 10: Only a couple of weeks till our most famous salmon fishery gets under way. Buoy 10 as its known is the Columbia River estuary in Astoria Oregon. This years run looks to be a great one for king salmon and a bit slow on the silver salmon. Typically its a lights out fish on all day type of deal especially with good numbers of Coho. This year it most likely will be a lights out chinook salmon bite but expect only the last 10 days or so to be decent on the Coho. I will be fishing at buoy 10 the last three weeks of August this year. I do have a limited number of open days left if you need a guide.
     

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  • Columbia River Walleye: July is prime time in the Portland area for walleyes. The river will need to drop a bit and clear up but as soon as it does its game on.
     

  • Crabbing Report: July is the earliest I would go and expect decent results on crab. Some bays will start to produce some decent catches of legal sized males in July with the catches only improving as we get into Aug and Sept.

     For General crabbing info or rental boats and gear go to my crabbing page - phone numbers for rental boats and gear and marinas on the right of the page.
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    • Tuna fishing: July is the start of it, who will be the first to find them.

    • Shell fish hotline - clamming information: Please contact the following agencies for more information, call the Oregon Department of Agriculture's shellfish line (503-986-4728) or visit its Web site (www.oda.state.or.us) under "Warnings and Alerts." .

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      Revised: July 21, 2010

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