Spill At Last for the Columbia...Lance Fisher
    Court orders the spilling of large amounts of water over Columbia River dams to aid Salmon....
Columbia River Hog Hunting...Lance Fisher
    Great oversize sturgeon fishing opportunities in the Columbia River Gorge....
Astoria is Saving Grace: Light Tackle Sturgeon Fishing...Lance Fisher
    After a dismal Spring Chinook season, anglers everywhere are looking for a little healing...
Depoe Bay, Crab And Lingcod Combo ...Richard Alves
    I could see a huge lingcod following a black rockfish being reeled in....
Early Columbia River Springer Action Sluggish...Richard Alves
    A little luck and a lot of skill made for a successful day's fishing, for us...
Garibaldi, Wide Open Rockfishin' Off Cape Falcon...Richard Alves
    Within a half an hour the B & B was only nine fish short of limiting out....
Red Hot Steelheading on the Siletz... The Mystery Of The Exploding Leader...Richard Alves
    I set the hook and the steelhead came out of the water, then took off down river.....

UMPQUA RIVER SALMON, SHAD & SMALLMOUTH... Spring run chinook salmon continue to generate excitement for Umpqua River anglers. Summer steelhead, smallmouth bass and shad are also available.

The Lower Umpqua River is kicking out good numbers of king salmon up and beyond the 40 pound mark, with the average fish running in the upper teens to lower 20 pound range, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

While it is the spring kings that hold the spotlight, smallmouth bass and shad fishing are coming on strong with rising water temperatures. Anglers are not getting the huge numbers of smallies and shad they will be getting when spring gives way to summer, but they are still enjoying plenty of action at this time.

On the North Umpqua, summer steelhead counts across Winchester Dam are 136 and more than 3,500 chinook thru May 21. Boat fishing activity has increased in the section below the dam along with chinook harvest numbers. Fishing in the Rock Creek area for chinook is good. The fish are actively moving now with the increased flows and warmer water.

Remember that only adipose fin-clipped steelhead can be harvested on the North Umpqua. The North is open to catch and release trout fishing from the mouth upstream to Soda Springs Dam.