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Oregon and Washington Fishing Guide - Columbia
River Gorge Buoy 10, Guided Chinook Salmon, Steelhead,
Sturgeon Shad charter trips. Astoria, Cascade Locks, Oregon coast,
Portland Willamette River guided fishing tours.
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Sturgeon ●
Shad
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Oregon & Washington Guide
Coast Guard licensed and
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Our
vision is to create a fun and memorable fishing adventure for everyone!
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"Lets Go Fish"
Go Fish Guide Service
Mike Griffiths
Tigard, Oregon 97223 |
Join me --
professional fishing guide
Mike Griffiths -- for a fun and exciting guided fishing adventure in waters throughout
Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington. I fish year-round!
Oregon Fishing guide Mike Griffiths offers
guided fishing trips for Chinook salmon, sturgeon, steelhead and shad on
Portland area rivers including the Columbia River, Willamette River,
Clackamas River, and Sandy River.
If the Oregon Coast is your destination, we
offer guided fishing trips on the Nestucca River, Nehalem River, Trask
River, Wilson River, Tillamook Bay and the Columbia River at Buoy 10 in
Astoria.
Washington Fishing guide Mike Griffiths offers guided salmon fishing trips on SW
Washington's Lewis River and Cowlitz River.
With over 13 years experience fishing northwest rivers, guide Mike Griffiths
brings a wealth of knowledge and experience as you target Spring or fall
Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Winter or Summer Steelhead and keeper or
oversize Sturgeon. If you are looking for an action-packed fishing day with
your family, try Shad fishing on the Columbia river in May and June. 30 fish
days are not uncommon.
Providing private and corporate fishing trips for
experienced and beginner anglers. Handicapped persons and kids are always more then
welcome. |
| Month |
Species |
| January |
Sturgeon, Winter Steelhead |
| February |
Sturgeon, Winter Steelhead |
| March |
Spring Kings, Sturgeon,
Winter Steelhead |
| April |
Summer Steelhead,
Spring Chinook, Sturgeon |
| May |
Spring Chinook, Keeper Sturgeon,
Oversized Sturgeon, Shad, Summer Steelhead |
| June |
Spring Chinook, Keeper Sturgeon,
Oversized Sturgeon, Shad, Summer Steelhead |
| July |
Summer Steelhead,
Sturgeon |
| August |
Fall Chinook, Coho
Salmon, Sturgeon, Summer Steelhead |
| September |
Fall Chinook, Coho
Salmon, Sturgeon, Summer Steelhead |
| October |
Fall Chinook, Coho
Salmon, Sturgeon, Summer Steelhead |
| November |
Fall Chinook, Coho Salmon,
Keeper Sturgeon |
| December |
Winter Steelhead, Keeper
Sturgeon |
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Prices:
- Full day trips: $150.00 per
person.
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Half
day trips: $85.00 per person.
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Please call for special group pricing and family shad trips.
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Kids and Handicapped always welcome.
Oregon Chinook salmon steaks
Chinook salmon contain high amounts of healthy Omega-3 oils
and are a part of a heart healthy diet.
[
Salmon recipes ]
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The Sandy River and Columbia River provide some
of the best fishing in Oregon for salmon and steelhead. The Sandy River now
has a wild brood-stock program in place where wild winter steelhead are used
for hatchery brood-stock. 2005 was the first year of an all true wild
brood-stock return on the Sandy River. These steelhead are big, averaging 12
to 15 pounds each, and provide a battle that rivals no other. The Columbia
River provides excellent fishing for white sturgeon averaging 30 to 80
pounds each, with oversize fish weighing as much as 400 pounds or more.
Trophy Walleye are also available on the Columbia River, these fine eating
fish average 3 to 8 pounds with some in the 10 to 25 pound range.
Don't forget, the scenic beauty and ruggedness
of the Columbia River Gorge and Sandy River Gorge is also a special part of
our trips. So be sure to bring along your camera for some fantastic shots.
The Columbia River Gorge is a spectacular river canyon cutting the only
sea-level route through the Cascade Mountain Range. It's 80 miles long and
up to 4,000 feet deep with the north canyon walls in Washington State and
the south canyon walls in Oregon State. The Columbia River Gorge is more
than a gorgeous, natural wonder. It is also a critical transportation
corridor and is home to 70,000 people.
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Mike Griffiths
OR & WA
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Trip Now!
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503-442-6017
E-mail:
mike@gofishnw.com
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Washington Fishing
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Chinook Salmon
 Of the five species of Pacific salmon, the Chinook and Coho are the most
important to anglers. The two are often found in the same waters and
pursued in much the same way, but the Chinook is the larger of the two
and highly prized among anglers. The Columbia River Gorge is a prime
area to target Chinook salmon. When hooked, Chinook like to slug it
out, while Coho's are acrobatic and quick.
Chinook are also known as the king salmon or spring
salmon. Chinook salmon are powerful swimmers that migrate hundreds of miles up
northwest rivers to their spawning grounds, and they can grow huge. The
rod-and-reel world record was taken in Alaska's Kenai River in 1985 and
weighed 97 pounds, 4 ounces. Most fish caught by northwest anglers,
however, range from 15 to 40 pounds. At the end of a fishing line,
Chinooks are absolute brutes - hard-running, stubborn fighters that will
give you all the challenge you can handle, and sometimes more.
Starting in March, the
Spring Chinook are the most desired of all the fish for their excellent
taste. The average fish weighs 15-20 pounds. Then in August the Upriver
Brights make their way upriver, they are hard fighting and a joy to
catch. By mid to late September, Fall Chinook are present. The largest
of the salmon species, the Fall Chinook, will certainly get your heart
pounding. Coho Salmon enter our rivers in September, a great fish to eat
and catch.
We will use a variety
of techniques depending on water conditions and the river fished. Some
of the techniques include; back-bouncing bait, hovering, bobber-bait,
drift fishing, pulling plugs and back trolling plugs or bait.
Trip information
White Sturgeon
 Sturgeon are always on tap for Catch & Release on the Lower Columbia
River. But Oregon sets seasons for retention of these special
prehistoric game fish. Common Names: Pacific sturgeon, Oregon sturgeon,
Columbia sturgeon, and Sacramento sturgeon. Sometimes misspelled as sturgen. White sturgeon are the largest freshwater fish in North America
and can weigh over 1,500 pounds, be 20 feet in length, and live for over
100 years. Anadromous white sturgeon most commonly move into large
rivers like the Columbia River in early spring, and spawn May through June.
White sturgeon are tough fighters -- so make sure you are
ready to do battle. Many days we will catch and release over 25 fish. If
your lucky enough to be here on a retention date you will quickly become
a coinsure of the best eating fish there is. If you like Halibut its a
sure thing you'll love Sturgeon.
A significant economic and cultural resource throughout
the Northwest, white sturgeon recently became a popular target fishery
with major commercial landings in the Columbia River. In fact, Columbia
River sturgeon production, with its valuable roe for caviar, is second
only to the former Soviet Union's production. The Columbia River Gorge is also
the site of an intense sport fishery, as is the San Joaquin Delta in
California and the Willapa Bay in Washington where guided fishing trips
are popular. The white sturgeon is also an important fish for Native
American fishermen on the Columbia and Klamath rivers.
Trip information
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