Columbia River Spring Chinook

The reports that we have been receiving from the Columbia River have not been exactly exciting by any means. Had one of the customers stop by this afternoon having fished the river yesterday with one of the better guides. They fished the I-5 to Willamette stretch and did not have a single take down on the boat and did not hear of a single fish landed amongst the rest of the fleet. It has been very slow fishing so far and when there has been a bite it has been on and off, with nothing consistent. With just 101 Spring Chinook through Bonneville as of yesterday for the year it appears that returns have been very scant to say the least. We only have a couple of weekends left as we get shut down on April 4th. It's very hard to judge if we have fish coming in the lower river as it has been virtually unfishable most of the season below the Willamette and the slough, as both have been pumping in lots of color! If fishing does not improve will we get more time after the 4th? Your guess is as good as mine!

Had one of the other customers in just a while ago who spent the past three days fishing down in the mud off the Lewis. They fished on anchor with Kwick Fish with sardine wraps and additional scent and managed to hook 3 - 4 fish a day, however did not have much luck at landing them and ended up with just a single fish for the three days. They said that there were a few fish landed around them, though there was not much fishing pressure and they had the place much to themselves. At least there seems to be a few fish in that section of the river.