We will have to wait until January to know for sure the exact day’s we can fish salmon.

I know I’m very excited for the Spring fishery on the Willamette because the spring of 2011 was very good and now, to say there will be more spring salmon on the Willamette in 2012, has gotten everybody excited.

Marvin’s Guide Service will be Spring salmon fishing on the lower Willamette River from the head of the Multnomah Channel on down to the mouth of the Willamette River.

Marvin’s Guide Service has a nice top and a heater where you will be warm and dry while you fish in the spring. Call Marvin today a get your Spring Chinook salmon fishing trip for 2012 in the books.

Willamette River Spring Salmon 2012 is a post from the best Oregon fishing guide blog we could find, where Marvin writes about Salmon, sturgeon, and Walleye...

Spread the word on Facebook, or Twitter. Tell your friends. Do whatever you can do. Drawing by a random number generator will only happen if Marvin’s Guide Service page on Facebook as a minimum of 1000 “likes” at the end of the year.
enter here salmon fishing
facebook

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

I’m going to talk a little bit about how and where I like to fish when working Buoy 10 around Astoria, Oregon.. Note, this is a big river with lot’s of good places to fish for Salmon, so these places are not all inclusive.

Early in the season I like to Salmon fish at Buoy 10 on a incoming tide. I will start my troll at the buoy and start trolling up river with the tide I go around 2 miles then head back to buoy 10 and start fishing again.

One of my favorite spots have to be the sawdust pile, witch is located up river from the Hammond boat launch on the Oregon side a few miles, I like to fish out by the green buoy, again I troll with the tide.

I will rig up 2 fishing rods with a delta diver and then pull a fish flash, and a herring, then I will rig up 2 fishing rods with a lead as my dropper then use a fish flash and a spinner, size of lead depends on tide, anywhere from 12 to 20 oz is what I like.

Call Marvin’s Guide Service today and get hooked up on this great fishery 503-314-5087.
Don’t for get to like us on facebook

Columbia River Buoy 10 Salmon fishing is a post from the best Oregon fishing guide blog we could find, where Marvin writes about Salmon, sturgeon, and Walleye...

Call Marvin’s Guide Service today and get your days booked, 503-314-5087 as days are starting to fill up fast. We can handle small group of or very large groups as we can hire multiple fishing guides to help us out.

Mid-August is the best time to be fishing the Columbia River around Astoria, Oregon’s, “Buoy 10″ at the mouth of the Columbia River.

Chinook salmon can be up to 50 pounds and Coho salmon can be up to 20 pounds.

We troll for these Salmon and it is very common to have multiple fish on at one time.

Besides great fishing Astoria, Oregon, is a great place to visit with many things to do in town.

Please like us on Facebook.

Fall Chinook Salmon Return Columbia River is a post from the best Oregon fishing guide blog we could find, where Marvin writes about Salmon, sturgeon, and Walleye...

COLUMBIA RIVER MAINSTEM, Tongue Point-Rocky Point line upstream to Beacon Rock deadline (boat and bank), plus the Oregon/Washington banks between Beacon Rock and Bonneville Dam

The Beacon Rock deadline is defined as: A line projected from a sign that o is on a dock on the Oregon side of the river across to the exposed downstream end of Pierce Island, then across to a sign posted on the Washington side of the river at Beacon Rock.

Starting 1201 AM Friday, May 27, the entire River from Tongue Point/Rocky Point up River to Bonneville Dam will be open for retention of Chinook salmon and steelhead, for both bank and boat fishing.
Open for shad May 16-Dec 31 from Buoy 10 upstream to Bonneville Dam.
Open to retention of adipose fin-clipped steelhead, adipose fin-clipped Chinook (adults and jacks), and sockeye May 15 – June 15 (or until Chinook salmon guideline is met.
The Daily bag limit is two adult salmon/steelhead in combination, of which only one may be a Chinook salmon, and five jacks. Sockeye salmon must be tagged as adults regardless of size. Jack salmon must be adipose fin-clipped to be retained.
Seasons may be subject to in-season modification. Check with fish and wildlife before fishing.

Select Area Recreational Fisheries, including Young’s Bay, Blind Slough, Knappa Slough

Open for Chinook salmon and steelhead fishing as under permanent rules.
Through June 15, when the Columbia River mainstem is open to retention of Chinook, the daily bag limit in Select Areas will be the same as the mainstem daily bag limit.
From June 16 onward, permanent rules remain in effect and the daily bag limit is 2 adipose fin-clipped adulthinook salmon or steelhead in combination per day, and 5 adipose fin-clipped jack salmon per day.

COLUMBIA RIVER MAINSTEM, Bonneville Dam upstream to the Oregon/Washington border

Open for shad year round.
Open to retention of adipose fin-clipped steelhead, adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon (adults and jacks), and sockeye Saturday May 28 – June 15 (or until Chinook guideline is met).
Daily bag limit: two adult salmon/steelhead in combination, and five jacks. Sockeye salmon must be tagged as adults regardless of size. Jack salmon must be adipose fin-clipped to be retained.
Seasons may be subject to in-season modification.

Summer Chinook Salmon Season is, June 16 – July 31

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

Open for retention of sockeye, adipose fin-clipped Chinook (adults and jacks), and adipose fin-clipped steelhead.
Daily bag limit: two adult salmon/steelhead in combination, and five jacks. Sockeye salmon must be tagged as adults regardless of size.
Seasons may be subject to in-season modification.

Select Area Recreational Fisheries, including Young’s Bay, Blind Slough, Knappa Slough

Open for salmon and steelhead angling as under permanent rules.

Be sure to check with fish and wildlife before for fishing, as rules can change at any time.

Up To Date Salmon Season is a post from the best Oregon fishing guide blog we could find, where Marvin writes about Salmon, sturgeon, and Walleye...

Willamette River in the Oregon city area has been great for Chinook Salmon fishing, just prepare for big crowds here.

Willamette River Sturgeon fishing has been hot hot in the harbor. Remember the Willamette River is catch and release for Sturgeon. Squid has been the hot bait for Sturgeon fishing on the Willamette.

Yesterday 5-24-11 we did a catch and release Sturgeon fishing trip on the Willamette river and we ended up with 10 Sturgeon between 40 and 55 inches, and 2 Sturgeon over 6 foot long, Great day of fishing.

Columbia River is very high, but you still can find some good Salmon fishing out there around the Troutdale area was producing some Chinook Salmon yesterday.

Shad are starting to show up,I have been hearing some reports of shad caught in the gorge at the shad rack.
Use extreme caution if you anchor up at the Shad rack, as the Columbia River is flowing very hard and fast.

Fresh Shad is a good bet for Sturgeon bait.

Call Marvin’s Guide Service today and get your fishing trip booked.

Please like us on facebook today

Marvin’s Fishing Report is a post from the best Oregon fishing guide blog we could find, where Marvin writes about Salmon, sturgeon, and Walleye...

We did catch a Steelhead but we had to let it go because it was a wild one.
We also lost one steelhead.

About 9 am we decided to go Sturgeon fishing.
so we headed down the Columbia river about 5 miles to horse tail falls.
The wind was blowing pretty hard so it was a rough ride down.
I got set up in 50 feet of water.

we got 6 or 7 small ones.
When all the sudden the 10 year old set the hook and said owe daddy this is a big one!

Well the ten year old battled it for about 15 minutes or so.
Then mom took over.
Mom is tough She puled on the pole she did not give this Big Sturgeon any slack
The battle was on for about 20 min or so when she had to give the rod up.

Now Mike has the pole and he is battling out with this fish.
We get the sturgeon right up to the boat 3 or 4 times
before we Finley can take the hook out of this big 9 foot 400 pound fish.
it was about a hour fight.
all 3 people on my boat were tired.
I will have some picture on this post soon so please check back to see.

Mom and son Hook up On Columbia July 22 09 is a post from the best Oregon fishing guide blog we could find, where Marvin writes about Salmon, sturgeon, and Walleye...

Dwane and Debie came all the way from the Tri-Cities. They have fished with me before in Tillamook bay and have had success.

I met the 3 of them at 6:30 am at the fishery on the Columbia River. We started the day out fishing for shad. Shad fishing was spotty but we managed to get 6 or 7 shad. All of them were pretty small which is perfect for Sturgeon bait.

The first spot I anchored we had no success.I moved 2 or 3 times and we started to get a few bites.

The first fish we had on it was probably a keeper but we lost it..

When I threw Dwanes pole back out it wasn’t 5 minutes and he got another bite.This time we landed it. It was a nice fat 49 inch Sturgeon.

A couple hours went by and Debbies pole SLAMMED to the water!! Dwane grabbed it and set the hook. I knew instantley this was a big fish.

Dwane handed Debbie the pole and the fight was on. Let me tell ya this lady is tuff!! She faught this fish for about 30 minutes before she gave the pole to Dwane. I think she wore the fish out for Dwane!! LOL.

An hour and 15 minutes went buy and we had finally landed this fish. It was around 8 foot 3-400 pounds.

It turned out to be a great day on the river.

I want to give a special thanks to jim for all the pictures and video he took. Videos and post should be on website soon.

I look forward to fishing with these 3 again soon.

Washington Couple Score Big on the Columbia River is a post from the best Oregon fishing guide blog we could find, where Marvin writes about Salmon, sturgeon, and Walleye...

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

We headed down the Columbia river, Where I anchored up what as the flats.I was in about 62 ft of water.

After 4 or 5 small Sturgeon We hooked my first Oversized of the season. My clients faught it for about an hour it was a little over 8 foot.

It sure was a suprise for For them when they got it too the boat.

As the day went on we caught 4 or 5 small sturgeon And one keeper Sturgeon at 47 inches long.

Not a bad day for 2 people in the boat.

Good Day Sturgeon fishing on the Columbia River is a post from the best Oregon fishing guide blog we could find, where Marvin writes about Salmon, sturgeon, and Walleye...