Willamette Valley/Metro - Anglers seeking keeper sturgeon in the gorge are having a hard time finding legal fish. The shaker action is great for anglers willing to sacrifice premium bait. Using a half a smelt is still quite effective. Squid is also producing well. Downriver however, action is picking up below the mouth of the Willamette to Longview with a few more keepers taken on smelt. The lower Multnomah Channel is also a fair bet this time of year.

The upper Willamette is producing smallmouth bass on soft plastics with water temperatures in the mid-fifties. Sturgeon are still biting lightly with shakers easy and keepers more of a challenge. Fish in water 50 to 70 feet for larger fish.

Coho angling closed on the Clackamas at the end of October but the river remains open to steelhead. Fishing is slow to fair.

Salmon fishing is closed on the Sandy though a few late-season steelhead remain available. One winter steelhead has been confirmed but the winter run won't be worthwhile until December with the better fishing in January and broodstock fish running in February. The Sandy is currently low and clear but that will change by the weekend.

Detroit Reservoir will continue draining into the North Santiam until the first week in December which, combined with rainfall, will keep the level up. Bright hatchery summers are still available and fall native steelhead have started entering the Little North Fork.

Northwest ??? Anglers will flock to Tillamook Thursday and Friday for the 23rd annual North Coast Rendezvous which has 38 guides volunteering and 76 anglers participating in the event. Money raised will go to north coast salmon and steelhead enhancement projects.

Salmon fishing on Tillamook remains uncharacteristically slow for this time of year. Chinook are biting throughout the lower bay, including the west channel but anglers are having to work for consistent success. The ocean was calm at midweek but expected to pick up by the weekend. Stronger tides through the weekend should bring better numbers into the bay.

The upper bay is slow but a few fish are being taken in the Trask and Tillamook tidewater with the Wilson producing slightly better results. Only a select few holes on the Wilson are producing for bobber fishers and those premium spots are taken early in the morning.

North coast rivers are expected to jump late in the weekend but if predictions are correct, it won't be enough precipitation to put the rivers out. It won't take much to stimulate a significant push of fish however as the region hasn't had rain for 2 weeks. The Nestucca remains slow for fresh fish.

Astoria crabbing is excellent but higher numbers of crabbers are taking interest so limits require more effort.

Crabbing at Yaquina Bay has slowed under heavy pressure. A few Chinook are being taken in the lower bay out of Newport.

A handful of chinook and coho were taken at the jaws of the Alsea over the past weekend. That's been the only place with enough water to fish. Good catches of Dungeness have come out of Alsea Bay.

Crabbing has been fair to good in the Siuslaw estuary.

Southwest ??? High wind and wave action are predicted to create rough conditions offshore this weekend. On a bright note, the fall rains arriving this week and should relieve low, clear conditions on southwest Oregon rivers.

Winchester Bay has been fair for crabbing.

The Elk and Sixes will again produce chinook by the weekend. These small streams can go from too low to too high and back in a flash, so get on the river when it's hot.

Chinook have been entering the Rogue estuary recently and numbers should improve with rain this week. Steelhead fishing is holding up for side-drifters in the Shady Cove stretch.

Chetco anglers should see fresh chinook entering on mid-day flood tides with fall rains this coming weekend further stimulating the bite.

Eastern ??? Lower Deschutes anglers are doing well for trout and while steelheading has improved slightly, it remains very slow.

The Metolius is fishing well for trout due to constant water temperatures. Anglers should be aware that the river is closed from Allingham Bridge upstream until June next year.

John Day anglers are entering their peak season for steelhead. Trollers working the John Day Pool can score good results using plugs with some larger "B" run fish still showing in the catches.

Grand Ronde steelheading is also underway with catch rates likely to improve in coming weeks. River levels remain low making bank angling the better choice.