Kayak fishing the columbia river portland area

I am a hobie team member lookn for info or someone to fish with the last weekend of sept. Lookn to hook up on some salmon out of my yak! Any info would be great!

There will be salmon throughout the entire system.  What part if the columbia do you want to fish?

Hey smilinkayaker.  Saw your post on ifish and wondered how long it'd take you to get here.

By the end of September, most of the salmon in the Columbia have already passed Bonneville Dam.  The upper mainstem will still be putting out fish, as will some of the tribs.  If you're looking for "fresh fish", you'll be focusing more on coastal estuaries or rivers.

This link will help you identify trends: http://www.fpc.org/adultsalmon/adultqueries/Adult_Table_Species_Graph.html

-Mark-

I am a hobie team member lookn for info or someone to fish with the last weekend of sept. Lookn to hook up on some salmon out of my yak! Any info would be great!

  There are a few of us that live on the coast if you're willing to travel a little farther.

I will be staying in seaside with a buddy. He has been fishing bouy 10 lately but i know it will probly be to late by then, i will be the only one fishing from kayak, i will be headed there on thurs the 25th

I have fished the ocean in so cal but not in oregon, wouldnt mind playn in the ocean as well!

Yes Mark i would like to maybe fish one day in the ocean...will have fri, sat and part of sun to fish maybe we could hook up

I will be staying in seaside with a buddy. He has been fishing bouy 10 lately but i know it will probly be to late by then, i will be the only one fishing from kayak, i will be headed there on thurs the 25th

  End of September will still have a lot of coho coming into the Colombia River traveling to their spawning beds. Might not be too many kings but maybe there will be...... Oh crystal ball --- so cloudy.

 

I have fished the ocean in so cal but not in oregon, wouldnt mind playn in the ocean as well!

    Big difference between the two. Ocean might not be too hot because fish will be thinking of getting their nuts off by then. There will be some but it might be difficult to find them. It's big water out there.

    Stay in touch as the time nears. You will be able to get out and have some company to help you figure it out. Hook ups are easy around here.

Sweet, will do...ya wasnt to concearned about salmon fishing in the ocean, just cant get enough of the big water!