OR & WA Fishing Guide | Marvin Henkel

2013 will be it for Keeping Sturgeon on the lower Columbia River and tributaries. So if you want to keep a Sturgeon and help fill your freezer, you better go in the winter of 2013. When you go with Marvin’s Guide Service you will be fishing from a covered heated boat.

December 8th/2012

Holy crap, it was crazy it was wild, there were happy people and very pissed off people, yes I’m talking about yesterday at the Oregon fish and wildlife commission meeting.

Here’s whats going to be new in 2013 on the Columbia River. Commission voted 4-2 to ban gillnetting on the main stem of the Columbia River.

If you’re looking for Steelhead, there’s nothing better than the John Day River in November. Most of these fish are Summer hold-overs seeking cool water before heading off to Idaho. These Steelhead fight hard, run and jump and charge the boat. If you let the the line get slack, they run in the opposite direction and jump and run hard. This is a blast on light tackle.

Columbia River opens back up for Spring Salmon fishing tomorrow April 8th, it will be open lintel April 15th.

With the Columbia River running fast, I would suggest anchoring instead of trolling.

Here is a look at the rules again.

Well the season is set For the 2010 Spring Salmon season On the Columbia River Like it or not!

Columbia River, Buoy 10 to I-5 Bridge

I have been hearing about some more Spring Salmon caught on the Columbia River. It just might be a great season on the Columbia River for Spring Salmon.

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.

Here are my top 3 places for Spring Salmon on the Columbia river in the Portland Oregon area.

One of the first places I like to fish for Spring salmon is on the Columbia River, trolling between the 205 bridge and the I 5 Bridge. This area has become very popular the last few years. So if you plan on fishing here, you better get your boat in the river Early in the morning.

With experts saying that the Columbia River is going to have the best run of Spring salmon since 1938, I am looking forward to great salmon fishing in the Portland Oregon area. Let me tell you last year we had plenty of action, and expecting more this year, WOW!!!!

Here is how Marvin’s Guide Service rigs up for Sturgeon fishing on the Columbia river.

My rods are the ugly stick tiger rods, I use peen 320 gti for the reel with 80# test tuf line.

shad fishing on the Columbia River Starts in mid May. There are lot of places to shad fish on the Columbia River.
Lets talk about a few. You can fish just above the mouth of the Sandy River. The water is fast, but that makes for good fishing. I prefer a depth of 12 to 20 feet of water.