Fall Chinook

Here are some pictures of great days this Fall. I spent all of my time on the Siuslaw, Umpqua, and Coos rivers. Based on the size of the fish we should have another outstanding Fall Chinook fishery next year.

Fall Chinook

Fall Chinook was great this year. This is a 40lb Chinook we caught on August 20th. I went back to bouy 10 this year, I haven't fished up there in about 6 years. The Columbia is a big place, but they get a bunch of fish. The fish pictured was the biggest I caught all season. It was a great way to start the season off.

Summer fishing

This is summer fishing. Getting hang out in the boat with two great girls. Smallmouth fishing is a great time in the summer. The weather is warm, and we don't get up at 4:00 a.m. If you have kids that you want to get into fishing this is the way to do it.

Sturgeon

Sturgeon season was pretty good overall. We had to hunt hard for our fish. We got them good most days, but we did have some tough days. Astoria sturgeon fishing has been good for so many years. Finally it seems the fish are making us work a little harder, but it still is one of my favorite places to fish.

Spring Chinook

Here are a couple other groups that had some great fishing on the Columbia this last Spring.

This is nice Spring Chinook on the Columbia caught in late March near St. Helens, OR. St. Helens was my home during the Columbia Spring Chinook season.

February Steelhead Fishing

Steelhead fishing this month has been decent. I have had to move around a lot to get my trips in. Here are a couple of pictures from this week.

Siuslaw Steelhead

We just finished up some steelhead fishing on the Siuslaw River. Fishing was pretty good. On our best day we were 11 for 13. The river started to rise yesterday, but it looks as though we'll be able to start fishing again the first of next week.

Siuslaw Steelhead

I fished yesterday on the Siuslaw River with Craig and Mike of Portland. Craig got a new drift boat and asked if I'd teach him the ins and outs of rowing. I had a great day and got to fish myself while he rowed. We caught four steelhead. Looking forward to this week's fishing, but waiting on weather at the moment.

Winter Steelhead Season

December was a great month for winter steelhead fishing on the Umpqua River. We managed to get in a fair number of days, despite cold weather and adverse conditions.

A New Home

If you visit my site, you've noticed that I've moved to a new home. My home page is now a blog, enabling me to update more often, post pictures of recent trips and allow me to connect with you better. Thanks for visiting.

-Shane