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Oregon & Washington Salmon, Steelhead and Sturgeon Fishing Guides, Charters & Trips

    Washington Steelhead Fishing Guide Eli Rico with 30 pound Native Fall Kings

 

Washington Fishing Guide Eli Rico (hotshot guide service) is also known as the most successful multi-species (Salmon, Steelhead, Sturgeon, Trout and Walleye) guide in the Northwest

Salmon, Sturgeon & Trout Fishing Trips & Charters

You WILL catch Steelhead, Salmon or Sturgeon with Eli and also learn how to improve your fishing skills while having a great time fishing with an excellent and willing instructor!

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Eli guides more than 300 days a year. He fishes on the Columbia and its tributaries, Snohomish River system, the Quillayute River system and isolated Steelhead rivers of the Olympic Peninsula...in short all areas of the Northwest wherever the fishing is HOT!  We offer jetsled fishing or drift boat fishing trips and Oregon fishing vacations!

Offering both Seattle trips and Portland fishing trips, owner of Hot Shot Guide Service, Eli Rico is the most well-rounded guide in the Pacific Northwest!  We offer group charters for corporate customers up to fifteen.

Coming Soon - Eli has designed a new line of fishing rods for Steelhead and Salmon drift, jig and plug fishing

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Just a sample of our fishing tips and technique pages

  Where to cast - corkies
  Rigging - Choosing the right weight
  Wiggle Wart Colors
  Brad's Wiggler Colors
 

Calawah

 

Cowlitz Winter

 

Green River Washington

 

Hoh River Washington

 

Kalama River Fishing

 

Sauk River Fishing

 

Skagit Fishing

 

Skagit River Steelhead

 

Snake River Steelhead

 

Sol Doc Steelhead Fishing

More Washington Fishing Tips & Techniques - Articles

Trolling for Salmon in Washington
Mooching for Salmon
Jigging
Blackmouth in Puget Sound
Bait Wrapping Kwikfish
Jet Diver Techniques
More on Kwikfish
Drift Fishing Techniques
Fishing Hotshots in Rivers
Diver and Bait Backtrolling
River Anchor Tips                            
Releasing Undersize Fish
River Bank Fishing for Salmon
Estuary King Fishing Technique
Lower Columbia Springers
Lower Columbia Fall Chinook
Buoy 10 Salmon Fishing
Deep River (Columbia East of Buoy 10) Salmon

 

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Current Reports

Cowlitz Report

Region 5 (SW)  Report)

Weekender Report - Statewide Report

Fish Passage Report Columbia River Dams

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife - Columbia Region

Puget Sound Creel Reports

Hatchery Escapement Reports

River Levels and Stream flow

Steelhead

 

Winter Trophy Fishing  Limits on the Cowlitz Father and Son Quality Time

Steelhead are the same species as Rainbow Trout, but rainbow spend their lives in freshwater only - Steelhead spend only part of their life in freshwater.  Like Salmon, they return to their home waters to spawn.  Unlike Salmon, they do not die at spawning and can return to the salt water to return even larger!. 

We can help you develop your fishing skills and build your fishing confidence - which will yield more hookups! We offer washington fishing trips for both winter and summer run fish. Washington Fly fishing trips too!

Steelhead Fishing Trips include the legendary Washington Olympic Peninsula rivers and the Skykomish, Lewis, Kalama and Cowlitz rivers among others.

Cowlitz steelhead are plentiful and hard fighting - year after year the Cowlitz River ranks in the top ten rivers in Washington for steelhead production!

We can also fish the Skykomish river near Monroe for those who want to learn this highly productive river. Learn to fish the river from the top Skykomish guide.  In the last two years Eli has produced Winter Natives in the 27- 30 pound range

We fish either from our drift boat or jet sled depending on the time of year and river fishing conditions.

The native winter steelhead fishing offers the largest and most aggressive of the species, they are available in catch and release fisheries throughout the state. Without a doubt the most picturesque location and largest runs of Steelhead are on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington. We offer fishing trips for these fish in January, February, March and April.

The Cowlitz River and Skykomish River systems have high returns of BIG hatchery fish during November, December and January!

It's hard to beat the smaller summer run species found throughout the state from July through September.

When fishing conditions are right, we will also fish the Cowlitz, Skykomish, Snoqualmie, Columbia, Klickitat, Kalama and Washougal Rivers, along with the fabled rivers of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. These trips are by drift boat, the most peaceful and relaxing way to enjoy a day on the water in a wilderness setting.

Prime time for the winter run fishing on the Skykomish, Cowlitz, Lewis, Kalama and Snoqualmie extends from November through February. The average winter fish is eight to ten pounds with many going into the twenty pound range. February, March and April see the return of the Olympic Peninsula’s wild Natives. With true trophy potential, these natives average twelve pounds and every year anglers land exceptional fish over the twenty pound mark. Thirty pound monsters are taken every few years!

 

King Salmon

Fall Kings Washington Fishing Washington Spring King FishingFall King Fishing Washington Sturgeon Fishing Combo Fishing Trips

Chinook or Kings are the largest of the NW Species, with some individuals growing to more than 100 pounds. These huge Salmon are rare, as most mature chinook are under 50 pounds. Chinook or King Salmon fishing is an annual event looked forward to by many of our customers...ask about our Summer Sturgeon Combo Trips. Fall Salmon trips also coincide with cutthroat trout runs for fly fishing customers! Ask about our combo flyfishing trips!

We offer Washington salmon fishing charters!

Coho Fishing (Silvers)

Chum Fishing and Silver Fishing Combo Fishing Trips
 

Coho Salmon fishing is very popular in the Northwest. This species of Salmon uses coastal streams and tributaries, and is often present in small neighborhood streams. Coho Salmon can even be found in urban settings if their needs of cold, clean, year-round water are met.

Chum Fishing

fall Chum Fishing

Chum Salmon are also very popular sport fish. The 15-30 pound Chum Salmon are a great sport fish - they bite eagerly and fight hard...Days of fishing until your arms ache are common...20-40 fish in a day!

Sturgeon Fishing

sturgeon Columbia River

A Keeper is a Sturgeon between 42; and 60; in length. This fish may be retained when caught. The Keeper Sturgeon is easily distinguished because it shakes the rod somewhat slowly and will run hard taking much of the line off the reel...ask about our Sturgeon & Salmon Combo Trips in the beautiful Washington Columbia River Gorge! We offer Washington Sturgeon Charters!

 

 

 

 

 

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