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Thanks to
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Astoria Fishing Guide
Salmon fishing and an Astoria fishing guide catches more Salmon,
Sturgeon Halibut Cod and bottom fish because charters and
fishing charter boats of the Astoria Fishing Guide catch more
fish.
Columbia River Meets the Astoria fishing guide at the
Pacific Ocean at Astoria, Oregon. Fishing the Columbia River for
fall run salmon is excellent. Astoria area has several coastal
tributaries that offer excellent fishing.
The Columbia offers some of the best Sturgeon fishing, Walleye
fishing, Coho salmon and King salmon fishing found anywhere in
the World. The Coast rivers and bays offer world class angling
for steelhead, salmon and crabbing.
Astoria Salmon Fishing
Sturgeon retention is allowed three days a week
(Thursday, Friday, and Saturday) from Bonneville Dam downstream
to Wauna power lines with a 38-inch minimum and 54-inch maximum
fork length restriction in effect.
Sport
Fishing West
Contact Astoria Fishing guide Chris Sessions Of Sport Fishing
West for a guided fishing tip in Astoria, Washington, Oregon or
Alaska. Year 'round fishing in the most popular rivers and
locations of the Northwest. Columbia River fishing guides in
Astoria catch more fish.
Winter steelhead and spring Chinook should be
available on the lower Columbia for boat and bank anglers
willing to brave the elements. Columbia River Fish Counts
Salmon, Steelhead and Shad:
North Coast Steelhead
Oregon Fish and Wildlife
COLUMBIA RIVER MAINSTEM, Buoy 10 Line upstream to Tongue
Point/Rocky Point Line: Under permanent regulations this section
of the Columbia River is open Jan. 1-March 31, 2009 to the
retention of adipose fin-clipped spring chinook, adipose
fin-clipped steelhead, and adipose fin-clipped coho with a daily
bag limit of two adult salmon or steelhead (chinook greater than
24 inches and coho greater than 16 inches or steelhead greater
than 20 inches) and five jacks. Modifications to the 2009 spring
chinook fishery will be considered when the Oregon and
Washington commissioners come to a mutual agreement.
COLUMBIA RIVER MAINSTEM, Tongue Point/Rocky Point Line to
I-5 Bridge: Under permanent regulations this section of the
Columbia River is open January 1-March 31, 2009 to the retention
of adipose fin-clipped spring chinook, adipose fin-clipped
steelhead, and adipose fin-clipped coho with a daily bag limit
of two adult salmon or steelhead (chinook greater than 24 inches
and coho greater than 16 inches or steelhead greater than 20
inches) and five jacks. Modifications to the 2009 spring chinook
fishery will be considered when the Oregon and Washington
commissioners come to a mutual agreement.
COLUMBIA RIVER MAINSTEM, I-5 Bridge to Bonneville Dam:
Under permanent regulations this section of the Columbia River
is open Jan. 1-March 31 2009 to the retention of adipose
fin-clipped steelhead with a daily bag limit of two fish. The
retention of spring Chinook is prohibited. Modifications to the
2009 spring Chinook fishery will be considered when the Oregon
and Washington commissioners come to a mutual agreement.
COLUMBIA RIVER MAINSTEM, Bonneville Dam to the
Oregon/Washington Border: Under permanent regulations this
section of the Columbia River is open Jan. 1-March 31, 2009 to
the retention of adipose fin-clipped steelhead with a daily bag
limit of two fish. The retention of spring chinook is
prohibited. Modifications to the 2009 spring chinook fishery
will be considered when the Oregon and Washington commissioners
come to a mutual agreement.
An eager school of spring chinook has entered the lower
Columbia; boat and bank anglers willing to put in the time might
get a lucky bite. Steelhead anglers in The Dalles pool were
quite successful this past week.
The Columbia River Gorge Bank & Boat Troutdale Boats Portland
to Longview Bank & Boat Estuary Boat (Above Tongue Point)
Bonneville Pool The Dalles Pool Weekly checking showed six
adipose fin-clipped steelhead kept, plus 16 unclipped steelhead
released for three boats.
John Day Pool (Columbia River above John Day Dam and John Day
Arm) STURGEON White Sturgeon Oregon Fish and Wildlife
The Columbia River Compact met on Thursday December 18 and
adopted new sturgeon regulations for 2009.
Sturgeon anglers are reminded that effective Jan. 1, 2009, a new
method of measuring sturgeon for retention will take effect
statewide. Under the new rules, sturgeon will be measured from
the tip of the nose to the fork in the tail (rather than the tip
of the tail). The resulting allowed retention measurements are
slightly shorter than the old method. As a result, the 2009 slot
measurement for sturgeon caught in the Columbia River downstream
of The Dalles Dam to the Wauna Power lines, including
tributaries, will be 38 to 54 inches FORK LENGTH. Upstream of
The Dalles Dam to the Oregon/Washington border, the fork length
for sturgeon retention will be 43 to 54 inches beginning on Jan.
1. Below the Wauna power lines, the fork length will likely
change to 41-54 inches after April 2009, although those rules
have not yet been adopted (see emergency rule changes for exact
dates as the season approaches for sturgeon fishing below the
Wauna power lines). Remember, all of these figures are simple
conversions of the old method of measuring sturgeon. It does not
mean you can keep smaller fish, only that the method of
measuring “keepers” has changed. So, from Jan. 1 on, make sure
that your sturgeon is of legal length under this NEW measurement
technique.
Sturgeon angling was slow at the mouth of the Willamette this
past weekend with only a few sublegals released.
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