Oregon Chinook Salmon Fishing
Spring Chinook Salmon Fishing
Oregon Chinook
Salmon are prized for their great eating qualities and are a top cold water
sport fish. Oregon Chinook Salmon enter fresh from the Pacific Ocean in the early season months of late March to
June. Our salmon fishing rivers are cool from Cascade Mountain snow pack run off and rains. The
Oregon Chinook Salmon is hatched from eggs laid in redds (spawning beds) in the upper reaches
of local rivers that extend far inland to the Cascade and Siskiyou Mountains.
In the Ocean,
the young Spring Chinook Salmon will feed and grow for 3 to 4 years,
feeding on the oceans bounty from Monterey, California to the Gulf of Alaska. Spring
Chinook Salmon which escape the rigors of
ocean life, and the Sea Lion gauntlet at the rivers mouth. Return to their natal streams,
after 3 to 4 years at sea at 18 to 40 pound silver bright fat Spring Chinook Salmon adults.
Not all rivers have a
Spring Chinook Salmon run. The best rivers to catch these prize fish in are the Umpqua
River and the Rogue River. The Rogue River has the largest run of Oregon Spring
Chinook Salmon although the Umpqua River produces good catches.
These are very large rivers during run-off and a
Oregon Salmon Fishing Guides is recommended.

Lower Rogue River Salmon Fishing
Spring Chinook Salmon Fishing
March to June Spring Chinook Salmon fishing
in the Lower River extends back to the 1870's. The most highly prized eating
salmon in the world is a Rogue River Spring Chinook Salmon. A Lower Rogue River
Spring Chinook Salmon is literally only a few hours
out of salt water. Fresh from the sea with a spirit that causes extreme
excitement among those Spring Chinook Salmon fishing. Down here Spring Chinook Salmon
fishing is generally from a specialized anchored Jet boats equipped with a
canvas top and heater to ward off the morning chill. When a Spring Chinook
Salmon is hooked up all rods will be brought in and stored except the one
with the screaming reel! The special anchor used for Oregon Chinook Salmon fishing is on a 100 ft rope with a buoy, the
rope is released from the boat and the buoy will float our anchor rope until we
return from landing our salmon. Sometimes we will float down river hundreds of
yards chasing the hooked Spring Chinook Salmon to find a place to land it in
slower current. Then the boat will run back upstream to reclaim the anchor buoy.
A limit of two Spring Chinook Salmon per angler is observed, but that means 35 to 60 pounds of Spring
Chinook Salmon the best
eating salmon you ever had to take home each day! Contact one of our local
Oregon Salmon Fishing Guides for
more Oregon Chinook Salmon fishing information.
Middle Rogue River Salmon Fishing
Spring Chinook Salmon Fishing
April to June Spring Chinook Salmon fishing in the middle section is mainly for
moving Spring Chinook Salmon. River flows and salmon movements are very important to a
successful Spring Spring Chinook Salmon fishing outing. One
of the hot spots is below Savage Rapids Dam at Grants Pass. Spring Chinook
Salmon stack
below the dam allowing large numbers of salmon to be accessed by fishermen. Our
middle section Oregon Salmon Fishing Guides
will be on top of these conditions to get you hooked into a prized Spring
Chinook Salmon.
Upper Rogue River Salmon Fishing
Spring Chinook Salmon Fishing
May 1st to July 31

This is the region where the Rogue River Spring Chinook Salmon is headed when it starts its journey upriver.
Here the Spring Spring Chinook Salmon slows its frantic pace and starts to hold
in cold deep pools. A few areas are accessible by Jet Boat but the region
is mostly Drift Boats with two anglers each. Areas drifted are from Cole Rivers
Hatchery to Valley of the Rogue Park. This is about a 45 miles. Methods
used to for Spring Chinook Salmon fishing here are Back
Trolling big plugs such as Quick Fish and Flat Fish wrapped with a rapper
or back bouncing roe. Our Oregon Salmon Fishing Guides know where
and when the Spring Chinook Salmon fishing is best.
River Logs for Rogue River Basin
Umpqua River Salmon Fishing
Spring Chinook Salmon FishingMarch through June
The Umpqua River has a nice run of Spring Chinook Salmon. Umpqua
River Spring Chinook Salmon fishing is mostly from the town of Elkton down
to tide water. High quality Spring Chinook Salmon fishing with beautiful
Umpqua River scenery.
There is also some good success from the forks to Winchester Dam and good bank
fishing at Rock Creek on the North Umpqua River. Check
with one of our Oregon Salmon Fishing Guides for best local
Oregon Salmon fishing information.
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