The recent cool-down and a little early fall rain has been a welcome event for anglers across our region. The largest opportunity for anglers in Oregon is always trout: catch and release for wild trout and catch and keep for hatchery trout. The ODFW’s trout stocking program is winding down[Read More…]
Author: FRANK ARMENDARIZ for The Chronicle
Recalling the beauty before climate change
Editor’s note: This is the first of two parts. As I began to do the research for this week’s Angler’s Log, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration climate summary for July and August became available. Now we all know it was hot but the summary revealed that at about 74[Read More…]
Dream fishing trip comes true in Idaho
You plan, you do the research, you have expectations, but until you find yourself on the way to a new adventure it’s sometimes hard to fully grasp the depth of the experience you are about to have. And as we stood at the edge of the gravel runway on the[Read More…]
Fly fishing on the Umpqua a joy
FRANK ARMENDARIZ / FOR THE CHRONICLE Armendariz with an Umpqua smallmouth bass caught while fly fishing. Armendariz landed a couple of dozen fish that were much larger. Pictured is an average-sized fish from a stretch of the river down stream from Tyee. From the confluence of the North and South[Read More…]
Fine fishing found easily in Lane, thanks to ample, early Spring rains
Angling adventures can be found down and around most bends in the road this time of the year. A wet spring filled the reservoirs, the lakes and ponds of western Oregon. Our rivers, streams and creeks are also the beneficiaries of the ample spring precipitation, and in some instances, a[Read More…]
Coho salmon plentiful this season
FRANK ARMENDARIZ/PHOTO- Stevie Parsons of Aloha Oregon with a very nice early season ocean caught hatchery coho. This salmon grabbed a super bait filled with tuna, one of the seven we kept on a hot morning of fishing out of Newport Harbor last week. NEWPORT – Late last week, my[Read More…]
Spring salmon run nearing its peak on McKenzie, Middle Fork
The Lane County crabbing dock is on the south jetty of the Siuslaw River. A 30-mph wind had thinned the crowd on this day but the crabbing was good for the people who endured. Shad and other fish parts are always effective as is out-of-date chicken. Let me start at[Read More…]
Recent rains, rising water levels frustrate anglers
FRANK ARMENDARIZ/PHOTO This small stream is a short drive from the southern Willamette Valley. On many late spring days it offers reasonable solitude and exists on public lands in the Siuslaw National Forest. THE ANGLER’S LOG It’s been an early fishing and outdoors recreation season that has tested the patience[Read More…]
It’s time to ‘fish for free’ across Oregon
The Port of Siuslaw on a recent spring day, about what you would expect. By September the port is normally bustling but a recent ruling by the ODFW has closed salmon fishing in the bay and river for the entire 2022 season. The Port of Siuslaw on a recent spring[Read More…]
Angler’s Log: April showers helped; drought remains
FRANK ARMENDARIZ / THE CHRONICLE – Orchard Point Marina on Fern Ridge Reservoir. April rain has nearly filled Fern Ridge and several other reservoirs in the Willamette Valley. With more wet weather in the forecast, the boating season in 2022 should be the best in several seasons. The prospect of[Read More…]