Willamette River, OR Fishing Report

Long Weekend In Oregon

Hello everyone. First of all, I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while. This past year was my Freshman year in college so I have not had time. But now that it's summer, I'll be posting on what I have been up to fishing wise. Back at the beginning of December last year, I made a long weekend trip out to Oregon with my Dad. Our first day there, we visited Oregon State University which I plan to transfer to from community college. Upon visiting, I met with some advisors to discuss transferring. We stayed in Portland and we even went to a Portland Trail Blazers game after visiting Oregon State Univeristy. And of course, there are so many amazing fish in Oregon that aren't found in Massachusetts, so there was no way we weren't going fishing! Prior to making the trip, I arranged a trip with a guide named Sky to go fishing for White Sturgeon on the Willamette River. After watching Jeremy Wade catch a 9 foot sturgeon in Oregon on an episode of River Monsters, I had always wanted to catch one myself. The next day, myself and my Dad met Sky at 7 am and we went off to fish for sturgeon. Sky anchored us in a deep part of the river where he consistently catches big sturgeon. For bait, we used dead pacific herring and squid. The bait was cast into the deep area and allowed to sink to the bottom. Within a very short amount of time, the sturgeon started biting, and before long, I caught my first sturgeon. My first sturgeon was about 2 feet long, not a monster, but a great start. All sturgeon caught were released by the way. The fish continued biting, and it was not long before I caught another 2 footer, another closer to 4, and even one which broke me off which Sky believed to be a 6+ foot fish. The bite cooled off, and Sky said this was most likely due to lack of current, and once the current picked back up, we'd be into fish again. In the time between, myself, my Dad, and Sky shared stories with one another. Once the current picked back up, we were quickly back into fish. It was at this time that I caught the biggest fish of the trip, which was a 4 foot sturgeon which made a spectacular jump as I fought it. I also caught a sturgeon of about 3 feet, and my Dad caught one in the upper 20 inches. The next day, we packed up and flew back to Massachusetts. Special thanks to guide Sky for a great trip, and here is a link to Sky's website for anyone interested in a trip http://www.skysguideservice.com/. Tight lines!

• Added By: newenglandangler on 07/06/19 10:22 PM
• Location: Willamette River, OR
• Report Date: 11/31/2018 - 12/1/2018
• # of Hotspots: 1
• # of Photos: 8
• # of Fish Caught: 6
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