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So I have a friend staying with me starting on the 23rd for about a week or a little more. Told me he's always wanted to fish up a salmon. I'm in SW Portland. How would we go about making that happen? Is it a good time of the year? I know very little about fishing. :-/
Is that stretch of the Columbia open? I get so confused. Whatever you do read the regs ONLINE for the most current restrictions. Don't want a huge ticket.I don't see any ocean reports on Salmonuniversity.com. Means its probably closed on the coast. July 1 is the usual opener but there are sometimes early seasons for kings. You could take him to the bonneville dam and catch some shad. They are a hoot on light tackle.
Is that stretch of the Columbia open? I get so confused. Whatever you do read the regs ONLINE for the most current restrictions. Don't want a huge ticket.
Dad about 35 years ago chartered a small pro fisher out of Brookings Oregon. He said it was worth every $penny$. Caught and released some big fish. Caught and kept a nice big salmon. Did I mention huge? He paid some more big bucks to have the fish processed into fresh, frozen, dried and canned product. We ate Salmon for months. One fish! Extraordinarily good eating.
Now when you say six pack, do you mean passengers or beer?Your best bet would be to hire a charter. They usually don't start offering Salmon charters until July in WA, but Oregon may be different and this year the WA regs look to allow fishing in the Ocean earlier. Pm me and I can offer some names of some good 6 pack outfits which I recommend over the cattle boats.