Craig Nunley of Caldwell, Idaho, holds a steelhead he caught and released Dec. 27 while fishing the Upper Chetco River with guide Andy Martin of Wild Rivers Fishing. All four rivers are only a few miles apart.
When we hook you into one of these get ready for a big fight.The Chetco River is home to some of the largest salmon and steelhead trout on the west coast.It is not uncommon for anglers to hook Salmon in the upper 50's to low 60lbs class. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Wild Rivers Fishing. The Chetco River estuary has good fishing from late September through October.Brookings has the safety bar - or entrance into the ocean from the river - of any port in Oregon. Chetco River Fall Salmon Fishing – Oct. to December. The biggest three fish get cash prizes. The Chetco River and Smith river are short coastal streams that are referred to as "Sister Rivers". The boat is equipped to catch fish in the ocean as well as the lower section of the Chetco. Andy has fished the ocean out of Brookings since he was a child, operating boats long before he got his first car. “Big numbers of smolts are making it difficult to fish roe on the upper end. When a big king salmon hits your plug you must prepare for a good battle, they are powerful.Salmon run begins in early October Through the first week or so in December.The Steelhead run begins Mid December running untill the end April 30th.This Photo has a little water on the lens but it still does not take away from it's size The Elk and Sixes both have late fall runs, peaking in December.Capt. In the last few years, Andy has got customers into numerous giant kings over 50 pounds at the mouth of the Chetco, including a massive king that had a live weight in the upper 60-pound range.The Chetco Bay trophy season is one of Andy's favorite fisheries. It is not uncommon for anglers to hook Salmon in the upper 50's to low 60lbs class. King Salmon are big here and the Chetco River King’s are written in angling lore. Chetco Bay Trolling Salmon begin to stage in the Chetco estuary, the area from the Highway 101 bridge to the tips of the jetties in mid- … The fish are big and great-eating. While in the ocean out of Brookings, they are in their prime - big, fat, full of fight, great eating and ready to bite. The Rogue Bay, lower Coquille River and Coos Bay provide some of the best late summer and early fall king salmon fishing anywhere. It is Oregon's premier ocean salmon season and Capt. Fall King Salmon. The scenic Smith River is located in the redwoods about 10 miles north of Crescent City in Northern California. Run Schedule. We will be pulling plugs, kwikfish, flatfish or Sting fish wrapped with a sardine fillet or back bounce roe bait through the slots and holes. The Chetco River is short approximately 50 miles long.You will spend the day in a comfortable, heated drift boat that is also equipped with a rain top if needed.We start estuary fishing in mid October, trolling plug cut herring, spinners and spinner bait rigs.After fall rains begin king salmon begin to flood the Chetco's system. Salmon stack up in these bays waiting for rain, and provide some of the best fish-after-fish action anywhere. Recommended fly fishing leader: 9 foot leader 0X; Recommended fly fishing tippet: 1X or 0X Tippet for streamers or Spey.
The Chetco River is home to some of the largest salmon and steelhead trout on the west coast. The Rogue River is one of the few rivers in the world that has salmon and steelhead fishing twelve months a year!The Coquille and Coos Bays have most prolific early fall salmon fishing on Oregon Coast!For sheer numbers of king salmon, the Elk River is hard to beat.