Salmon Season 2017 for Seattle, Portland and Astoria, Oregon

Salmon Fishing Oregon, Salmon Fishing Seattle is made easy with our Columbia River Fishing Guides.

The 2017 Fall Chinook and Coho Salmon Season on the Columbia River and Buoy 10 is set and we are looking forward to a return of 582,000 of king salmon and 386,000 coho salmon.

Our Columbia River Fishing guides will help provide excellent service for your salmon fishing oregon trips, salmon fishing seattle trips and all Columbia River Fishing Guide trips.

Whenever a fishing enthusiast travels to the Pacific NW they have one thing on their mind - Salmon Fishing.  And rightly so. For salmon fishing oregon you have the best chances of catching fish in April through August and for salmon fishing seattle the best closest fishing is in the fall.  The Columbia River has many tributaries so when the columbia river fall salmon season is over the smaller rivers such as the cowlitz and kalama continue to have good fishing into winter for salmon.

Oregon Salmon Fishing Trips meet in Astoria at the West Mooring Basin in July, August and September.

Salmon Fishing Seattle is available year round with the smaller rivers being fish in July through March including steelhead fishing.

Columbia River Fishing Guides fish the Columbia River from the mouth of the Columbia River at Buoy 10 between the Washington and Oregon border and the Pacific Ocean.

Columbia River Fishing Guides

The mighty Columbia River is home to millions of returning salmon each year.  With runs for king salmon, coho salmon, sockeye salmon, chum salmon and steelhead and various strains of these fish all headed for different upriver destinations planning the timing of your columbia river fishing trip can seem a bit daunting.

Columbia river fishing guides have you covered.  Our columbia river fishing guides are all seasoned veterans of the river.  Many people think of native american fishers when it comes to salmon expertise and being one with nature.  However, you would be hard pressed to find any native american in Washington or Oregon who spends more hours each year on the river than any of our columbia river fishing guides.

Our columbia river fishing guides are often licensed to fish in both Washington and Oregon.  Washington State gives commercial guide licenses for salmon and steelhead and Oregon gives guide/outfitter licenses.  The reason we obtain Oregon licenses is because there is a moratorium in Washington State on Charter Licenses for salmon.  This means that if we want to take you fishing below the longview bridge on a columbia river fishing trip, we must obtain an Oregon guide/outfitter license which allows us to fish all the way to the mouth of the columbia river.

Columbia river fishing guides must obtain charter captain licenses from the U.S. Coast Guard.  They must provide proof of insurance to the state that licenses them.  

Most importantly by booking a trip with one of our Columbia River Fishing Guides all you have to do is show up dressed for the day with lunch and recreational fishing licences.

Your columbia river fishing guide will take you out on an adventure on the columbia river to fish for king salmon, chinook salmon, sockeye salmon and sturgeon.