SO LET'S GO!  We've pulled anchor at Moses Lake and the Cowlitz River to open up seats
for all of you to fish at Drano Lake the weeks of May 6th through May 20th!

BOOK A FISHING TRIP OR VIEW AVAILABILITY ONLINE HERE

Call Text or Email Anytime
with questions about the 2024 Columbia River Salmon Seasons.  
253-389-0359

FISHING WILL BE HOT!

Don't forget about Sockeye and Summer King Salmon!
July Fishing for Sockeye and King Salmon at Brewster is not to be missed.

We have two of the best fishing guides/charters available for the Columbia River for
Salmon Fishing.
We fish March/April near Portland for Spring King Salmon, July for Sockeye Salmon and
August/September/October for King and  Coho Salmon near Astoria, Oregon and
Woodland, Washington.
Our Columbia River Fishing Guides have been catching fish for customers on guided fishing
trips since 2003.  


These fisheries are unsurpassed for limits of chrome chinook, sockeye and coho salmon.


Fishing trips at Buoy 10 in August and September meet at the West Mooring Basin
(the docks on the west side of Astoria) in front of the Astoria River Walk Inn.  This
is a beautiful setting with the historic Astoria Megler Bridge in the background.

Read more about Columbia River and Buoy 10 Salmon Seasons and Returns expected for
2024 on our blog, Saving Fish from Drowning.

Fishing is my only job, I will be chasing these fish every day. It is very important to
book with a full time licensed and insured U.S. Coast Guard certified fishing guide, who
stays on top of these fish every day and knows where they are, what they're biting on
and what they're planning on having for lunch.

We fish on the Columbia River for Columbia River Spring Chinook, also called Springers
or Spring Chinook,  Columbia River Fall Chinook, also called King Salmon or Columbia
River King Salmon, Columbia River Coho and Columbia River Sturgeon.  The Spring
Chinook Return to the Columbia River starting in February with increasing numbers
during the months of March, April, May and June.  The Fall Chinook Run on the
Columbia River starts in August and Runs through October.  Coho or Silver Salmon
return to the Columbia River from August through early November.

Popular places to fish for Salmon on the Columbia include Vancouver, Buoy 10, Astoria,
Longview and the Bonneville Dam.

The Columbia River is a River located in the Pacific Northwest.  The Columbia River is
know as Wimahl, or Big River to the Native Chinook People who live on the Columbia
River.  The Columbia River was named after the Columbia Rediviva, the first know ship
from the western world to travel up the river.   



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The most popular time to fish at Drano Lake is in
the Spring when the bulk of the season's spring
chinook are crossing over the Bonneville Dam.

The timing of this HOT fishery varies year to year
based on the timing of the bulk of the spring
chinook run.

For the 2017 Spring Chinook Season on the
Columbia and Drano Lake that day has arrived!  

Bonneville Dam Fish Counts LINK HERE

The 2017 Columbia & Drano Lake Spring
Chinook Season was almost a non-starter!
With devastatingly low numbers of king
salmon returning in March and April
fisherpeople were singing the blues all up and
down the Columbia Gorge.

Then BAM!!  Friday morning May 5th, 2017
when the fish counted the previous day at the
Bonneville Dam were posted online -
EVERYONE started jumping for joy.  Was
that a typo?  Did 4057 Adult Spring Chinook
really go over the dam in one day after the
season total through the previous day was
only around 4500 total?  These fish were
Late to say the least, but hey, we will take
them!