Peak passage last year took place in mid-August but now is the time to go as water temperatures will rise, putting catch rates on the drop. Small brass and red spinners should take fish along shore edges in the gorge, Oak tree, and Shad rack. The current is very fast so use caution when you anchor

Sturgeon fishing in the Columbia River Gorge has been fair to good. with Shad being the best bait.
Sturgeon fishing in the Columbia River Gorge will close soon the last day you can keep a Sturgeon in the Gorge is the last Saturday of July.

Buoy 10 Fishing starts August 1. with experts saying We going to have a fantastic Salmon season this August and September! Predictions are 600,000 + Chinook Salmon, and 385,000 + Coho Salmon.
Book your trip now with Marvin’s Guide Service.
Marvin

How to rig up for summer Steelhead on the Columbia River.

I like to use a slider or my lead line, then put 2 or 3 beads, then tie on a bead chain swivel.
I make my lead line 20 inches, then of of my bead chain I tie a 25 inch leader to it with a spinner on the end.
I like to use a number 5 blade.

Back bounce your line out 6 to 8 oz of lead has been good. When the Steelhead hits you know it, the pole will double over to the water.
Good luck to all you, and be careful.
Here is a picture of Good Day Oregon’s Andy Carson.
Marv

I like to troll for Salmon. I use a Delta Diver and a flasher and troll with the tides. I like to troll with Herring on a few rods, and I also like to troll with hardware on a few rods.

king Salmon can get up to 50 pounds, with 30 being the average. Coho Salmon get up to 20 pounds with 12 to 15 pounds being the average.

Astoria Oregon is a great place to be in August not only is there great Salmon fishing on the Oregon coast, there are plenty of things to do and I am sure your family will have fun.
Call Marvin’s Guide Service today and get in on the action.

On June 6th, I got to the boat ramp at 6 a.m. Man was it raining hard and I did not have my top on the boat.
Pat, Mike, Tom, and I left the dock and headed out on the river. I got the anchor set and threw the first line in the water. The Columbia River is high and fast, I was using 32 oz to stay on the bottom.

After fishing about 30 minutes or so we got our first bite, it was about a 30 inch sturgeon.
It really didnt matter the size, because you can’t keep Sturgeon on Sunday.

We caught a few more small ones, then Pat got a sturgeon that was about 50 inches, but remember it is Sunday so we let that 50 inch Sturgeon go as well.

Mike got a bite, he set the hook and the Sturgeon jumpedit was about 10 foot long, now the fight was on!
I don’t think it could of rained any harder as we battled this monster from the Columbia River. After an hour,we finally got this monster Sturgeon to the boat we took the hook out and let her go back in to the Columbia River.

Then the run really started. We threw our lines back in the water, 15 minutes later we had a bite, it jumped this time it was only about 7 foot or so. The fight was on.

I Dont think the rain ever stopped that day. but it still was a great day on the Columbia river,
2 monster Sturgeon 1 that would of been a keeper on a open day, and about 10 or 12 small Sturgeon.

I will post some picture soon as I recieve them.

The plan was to fish in Astoria Oregon on the Columbia River for Sturgeon then Andy and Donetta were going to go tours some homes in Seaside Oregon. Andy and Donetta showed up at the East Basin boat ramp in Astoria Oregon about 8:45 am, We stared to load the boat with the camera and all the gear. Mike Andy’s photographer brought this cool new water proof camera. He strapped it to the top of the boat.

Away we went! Mike is filming everything, I head down the Columbia River a few miles and set my anchor down on the bottom of the river. I put the lines it the water. man it was a wet day out but we still were fishing.

Sorry to say it was a very slow day on the river. We did knot catch a Sturgeon.

But I did catch a nice 51 inch Sturgeon the day before, so I gave that fish to Andy and the crew.

With that said it still was a blast to have Andy on my boat again. Watch for the video to air in June.

I wil have a link on my web site to the video after it airs in June so check back.

I give a special thanks to fox 12 Good Day Oregon.

Here is the Video Oregon coast Sturgeon fishing

It was not very long and we had our first bite, just a little 30 inch Sturgeon. Really did not matter anyways,you can not keep Sturgeon on Monday’s. Only on Thursday, Friday, and Saturdays.

We caught 4 or 5 more small ones, then all the sudden we had a big Sturgeon on the line. We played this Sturgeon for about 25 minutes or so when we finally got it to the boat. it was about 6 feet long 150 pounds or so.The day went on we caught some more small Sturgeon and some that would of been keeper fish if it had been a open day to keep Sturgeon.

Now the Funny part, Alicia one of my guest in the boat had a nice Sturgeon on, we get it to the boat and I would say this Sturgeon is about 48 inch Sturgeon, nice fish! So I reach down in the water grab the fish by the tail and take the hook out of the mouth, Alicia reaches over to hold the Sturgeon so she can have a picture of it before we let it go, just as she reached for it the fish kicked its tail slapping me in the face! I dropped the fish, it fell in the water. no picture for ALicia, but let me tell you I had a sore nose, that fish slaped me so hard. Guess it safe to say the Sturgeon won the battle that day!!

I also like to fish in the Troutdale area, under the power lines. You also have the deep water off the cliffs at Roster Rock. or go up the River to the flats around Multnomah Falls area.
Remember the new deadline is just around the falls.

May Is the time to start watching for shad to show up on the Willamette River, Shad is great bait for Sturgeon on the Columbia River. If you don’t have any Shad I would use squid for bait.

Hope everybody had a great Salmon season on the Columbia river.

If the run of highly prized and tasty spring Chinook, the come back as predicted would be the largest return since at least 1938.

Last year, 222,000 spring Chinook returned to the Columbia River.

Be sure to give Marvin’s Guide Service a call, and get hooked up with a Spring Chinook Salmon.

Columbia River Sturgeon

First of all the Columbia river is known for the salmon runs, we have spring salmon, Summer Salmon, and the big run of fall Salmon.

Or maybe you just Like Steelhead fishing, well then the Columbia River gorge has some of the best steelhead fishing around, you can fish from a boat or off the bank.

There are plenty of Walleye to be found on the Columbia River, experts say the next record Walleye should come out of the lower Columbia River. I plan on catching that Walleye!

Now the Monster fish, one of Marvin’s Guide Service favorite fish on the Columbia River is the White Sturgeon.
The Columbia river holds Sturgeon in it over 12 feet long and upwards of 900 pounds.

Bass, crappie, catfish, are just a few more to name.

Don’t miss out on fishing on the Columbia River Call Marvin’s Guide Service and find out best dates to fish.

Tell us what you like to fish on the Columbia River.
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We will find out next week what days we can fish, I can only hope that fish and game won’t screw us over this year. So if you want your shot at salmon fishing, you better call soon.

Sturgeon fishing on the Willamette River has been good, Squid or smelt has been a great choice of bait.

This time of year is a great time to start the day off trolling for Salmon, and the finish the day off fishing for Sturgeon.
Good luck fishing, and see you soon on the Columbia River.

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