Rains hitting the area

Now that I am back from vacation the rains are hitting the area brining warm water into the system. This should raise the temp of the Willamette, if the temp hits in the upper 50's or greater switch to prawns if your a bait person or hardware like Kwikfish or spinners. There is a lot of pressure on the Willamtte so etiquette is key to making the day fun.

Springers Closed

The Columbia closed Sunday for Springers but the Willamette is still open. Overall it was a decent year the crowds were unbearable and there are still some out there that have no clue how to drive or manage a boat and they need to learn to not troll upriver against the traffic or anchor in the trolling lane oh well.

Red hot springers

The springer season has been in full mode lots of fish in the river and it will close this Sunday. That is so typical right when things get going things close. Willamette will get packed starting Monday how fun.

Winds playing havoc

This past weekend the winds kicked up making it hard to hold the boat steady, walleye fishing was tough in these conditions and trolling for Salmon was difficult as boats were being pushed side to side. Another week left before Salmon closes unless they take a look at he quota marks and determine to keep it open. This is peak time for Salmon.

First Salmon

It was a good weekend for fishing. Had a guy from Colorado who's biggest fish he ever caught was a 4lb trout to watch him fight and land two springers in the 20lb class was a great site. We saw a lot of fish caught the Columbia is holding up well considering the weather water temp was holding in the 47 degree range a bit cool for this time of year.