Spill At Last for the Columbia...Lance Fisher
    Court orders the spilling of large amounts of water over Columbia River dams to aid Salmon....
Columbia River Hog Hunting...Lance Fisher
    Great oversize sturgeon fishing opportunities in the Columbia River Gorge....
Astoria is Saving Grace: Light Tackle Sturgeon Fishing...Lance Fisher
    After a dismal Spring Chinook season, anglers everywhere are looking for a little healing...
Depoe Bay, Crab And Lingcod Combo ...Richard Alves
    I could see a huge lingcod following a black rockfish being reeled in....
Early Columbia River Springer Action Sluggish...Richard Alves
    A little luck and a lot of skill made for a successful day's fishing, for us...
Garibaldi, Wide Open Rockfishin' Off Cape Falcon...Richard Alves
    Within a half an hour the B & B was only nine fish short of limiting out....
Red Hot Steelheading on the Siletz... The Mystery Of The Exploding Leader...Richard Alves
    I set the hook and the steelhead came out of the water, then took off down river.....

UMPQUA RIVER SMALLMOUTH BASS & SHAD ... The Umpqua River is best known for the outstanding winter and spring steelhead fishing it provides, yet anglers in the know understand that the river provides good fishing all year long provided you are willing to expand your horizons in terms of the type of fish you target. These days in addition to providing steelhead and king salmon action, the river is kicking out American shad and ever increasing numbers of smallmouth bass.

According to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, shad are still being caught on the Umpqua’s mainstem. On the smallmouth fishing front the action is improving quickly with rising water temperatures.

On the North Umpqua, over 6,000 spring chinook and 2,700 summer steelhead had passed Winchester Dam through the end of June. Springer fishing in the North Umpqua is fair with the best angling occurring in the morning hours. The springers are starting to color some. Summer steelhead fishing is now improving. Remember that only adipose fin-clipped steelhead can be harvested on the North Umpqua. The North is open to catch and release trout fishing from the mouth upstream to Soda Springs Dam.

Both sturgeon and striped bass fishing have been slow in the Umpqua Estuary. Surfperch have been caught recently in the Winchester Bay area.

Scott Wolfe of the Big K Guest Ranch is one of the Umpqua’s most talented guides when it comes to catching spring kings, summer steelhead and big numbers of smallmouth bass.