Licensed Oregon Fishing Guide | Marvin’s Guide Service

Call or text 503-314-5087 to book a guided fishing trip with a licensed Oregon fishing guide.

If you are looking for a fishing guide in Oregon or Washington, it is important to make sure your guide is legally licensed, insured, and properly registered to carry passengers for hire.

Marvin Henkel of Marvin’s Guide Service is a licensed Oregon fishing guide with more than 27 years of professional guiding experience on the Columbia River, Willamette River, Buoy 10, Astoria, the Columbia River Gorge, and the Oregon Coast.

Before booking a fishing charter or guided fishing trip, it is always smart to make sure your guide is legal, insured, experienced, and properly licensed.

Why Hiring a Licensed Fishing Guide Matters

When you hire a fishing guide, you are trusting that person with your safety, your family, your fishing trip, and your day on the water. That is why it is important to choose a guide who is properly licensed, insured, trained, and experienced.

Legal fishing guides operating in Oregon are required to meet Oregon State Marine Board requirements. Depending on where they operate and the type of boat they run, many guides are also required to hold a United States Coast Guard captain’s license.

Legal guides are also required to maintain proper insurance coverage, meet safety requirements, and follow Oregon boating and fishing regulations.

At Marvin’s Guide Service, safety, professionalism, and client trust are taken seriously on every trip.

You can verify Oregon fishing guide licenses directly through the Oregon State Marine Board here:
Oregon licensed fishing guide verification

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Why Choose Marvin’s Guide Service?

Marvin Henkel has spent more than 27 years guiding Oregon and Columbia River fishing trips. Marvin’s Guide Service is built on experience, safety, local knowledge, and hard work.

27+ years as a professional Oregon fishing guide
Licensed Oregon fishing guide
Coast Guard licensed
Fully insured
CPR and first aid trained
Featured on FOX 12 Good Day Oregon
Featured on KGW’s Rod on the Job
Experienced on the Columbia River, Willamette River, Astoria, Buoy 10, Columbia River Gorge, and Oregon Coast
Family-friendly guided fishing trips
Two boats available for different fisheries and conditions

Whether you are booking salmon, sturgeon, walleye, steelhead, crabbing, or ocean fishing, the goal is always the same: provide a safe, enjoyable, and productive fishing trip.

What Is Required To Be a Legal Oregon Fishing Guide?

Anyone accepting payment to take clients fishing in Oregon is required to be properly registered and licensed as a guide.

Legal Oregon fishing guides are also required to:

Carry proper insurance coverage
Maintain first aid and CPR certification
Meet Oregon State Marine Board requirements
Display official guide decals showing passenger capacity
Follow Oregon boating safety regulations
Follow current fishing regulations

The Oregon State Marine Board only issues guide decals and registration to guides who meet state requirements.

If you are unsure whether a guide is legal, do not be afraid to ask to see their guide registration card, Marine Board decals, or proof of licensing.

You can also learn more about Oregon guide and charter requirements here:
Oregon State Marine Board Guide Program

The Oregon State Police also maintain a hotline for reporting suspected illegal guiding activity:
1-800-452-7888

Licensed Oregon Fishing Guide for Salmon, Sturgeon, Walleye, Steelhead & More

Marvin’s Guide Service offers licensed guided fishing trips across some of Oregon’s best fisheries. Trips may include salmon, sturgeon, walleye, steelhead, crabbing, rockfish, lingcod, halibut, and seasonal Columbia River or Oregon Coast opportunities.

Whether you are fishing near Astoria, Portland, the Columbia River Gorge, Buoy 10, the Willamette River, or the Oregon Coast, Marvin’s Guide Service works hard to provide safe, professional, and productive fishing trips.

Call or text 503-314-5087 to reserve your fishing trip.

Two Guide Boats for Different Oregon Fishing Trips

Different fisheries require different boats. Marvin’s Guide Service now operates two boats so the right boat can be used for the right trip.

The larger 27-foot Alumaweld Intruder is used for many Columbia River, Astoria, Buoy 10, salmon, sturgeon, walleye, ocean, and crabbing trips. It is comfortable, fully equipped, and built for bigger-water fishing conditions.

The dedicated steelhead boat is an 18-foot flat-bottom Alumaweld powered by a 115 jet outboard. This boat is better suited for many shallow-water steelhead rivers and gives Marvin more flexibility for Oregon steelhead fishing.

You can learn more about the larger guide boat here:
Fishing guide boat information

Fishing Licenses & Trip Information

Before your guided fishing trip, make sure you have the proper fishing license and tags if required.

If you have questions about licenses, tags, regulations, meeting locations, or what to bring on your fishing trip, feel free to call or text before your trip date.

Follow Marvin’s Guide Service Fishing Reports

Follow Marvin’s Guide Service on Facebook for fishing reports, Columbia River updates, salmon reports, sturgeon reports, and current fishing conditions around Oregon and Washington.

You can also read more fishing reports and articles here:

Book a Trip With a Licensed Oregon Fishing Guide

If you want to fish with a licensed, insured, and experienced Oregon fishing guide, Marvin’s Guide Service would be happy to help you plan the right trip for the season.

Trips are available for salmon, sturgeon, walleye, steelhead, crabbing, Buoy 10, Astoria, Portland, the Columbia River Gorge, and other seasonal Oregon fishing opportunities.

Questions? Call or text 503-314-5087.

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