COLUMBIA RIVER MAINSTEM, Astoria/Megler Bridge upstream to Oregon/Washington border

Open for retention of sockeye, adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon (adults and jacks), and adipose fin-clipped steelhead.
Daily bag limit is two adult salmon and steelhead in combination, and five jacks. Sockeye salmon must be tagged as adults regardless of size.

seasons may be subject to in-season modification. Check with the Oregon department of fish and game, or the Washington department of fish and game before fishing.

Marvin’s Guide Service will be fishing Summer Chinook Salmon, and summer Steelhead on the Columbia River just below Bonneville Dam.

July day’s are going fast so call today and let’s go fishing for summer Chinook Salmon, and summer Steelhead.

Summer Salmon season is a post from the best Oregon fishing guide blog we could find, where Marvin writes about Salmon, sturgeon, and Walleye...

With all the rain we have had, the river’s are high and there is a lot of stuff floating in the water.

I have 350 feet of rope with a Columbia River Anchor, at the end of the rope I have an EZ Marine buoy anchor pulley system.

I start around 200 feet or so from were I want my boat to sit, I put the boat in reverse for a second just to make sure we are going backwards, then I let the anchor drop, I put the boat in forward, to slow down dont want to go back real fast, just keep the rope out in front of the boat.

When I get about 20 feet from were I want my boat, I let go of the buoy. I like the buoy to be around 15 feet or so from the bow of my boat, Now tie the rope off and you are ready.

During the day always keep a good eye on the river to make sure there are no tress or logs drifting towards your boat.
Good luck and be safe.

How Marvin’s Guide Service Anchors Safely is a post from the best Oregon fishing guide blog we could find, where Marvin writes about Salmon, sturgeon, and Walleye...

Upon hatching, the larvae are around 0.5 in. (1.3 cm) long, with a tadpole-like appearance. They drift downstream with the current until they reach a suitable habitat. When the rearing habitat is reached, the larvae typically take around 25 days for the yolk sac to be absorbed. About a month after hatching, the sturgeon will have a full set of fins, rays, and scutes. As small juveniles, they feed on insects, small fish, and small crustaceans. Maturity is reached between 5 and 11 years, depending on the gender of the fish and the temperature of the water.

White Sturgeon can live to be over 100 years old. The rate of growth is dependent on water temperature. Typically, they reach six feet long around 25 years of age, showing that these fish do not grow as quickly as many other fish. White Sturgeon are anadromous meaning they spawn in fresh water and migrate to salt water to mature. Sturgeon may migrate in and out of salt water many times in their lives. However, since the building of many dams along the Columbia and Snake rivers, the populations above the dams have become landlocked.

Unexpected social behavior has been observed in white sturgeon of the lower Columbia River. Up to 60,000 sturgeon massed in a dense “sturgeon ball” at the base of the Bonneville Dam in early 2008. Scientists are not sure what the reason for the behavior was.
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life of a Sturgeon! is a post from the best Oregon fishing guide blog we could find, where Marvin writes about Salmon, sturgeon, and Walleye...