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Multnomah County, OR

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10/29/2020
56° - 60°
Sturgeon
Squid
Morning
56° - 60°
10/31/2020
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Each year as water temps cool on the Willamette River White Sturgeon pile into the Swan Island Basin to tuck out of the current from winter rains and to enjoy the warmer water temps created by the heated dry docks and the shallower stagnant water. I always try and make at least one pilgrimage here a year and it almost never disappoints. Traditionally herring is my go to bait here but I always carry smelt and squid as some days those baits outshine the others. On this trip squid was by far the most productive bait and I hooked 15 and landed 13 in just 3 hours of fishing. Most were 2-4' but I did catch two over 5'.


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downriggeral
11/1/2020 8:06:01 AM
Cool video! Thanks for sharing.
tightlines68
11/1/2020 8:51:50 AM
Excellent work as usual. Looked like you had it to yourself. Is that normal? Seems with that good of action would packed with boats.
uplandsandpiper
11/1/2020 1:07:50 PM
I never see more than a few people there. Its a very under utilized fishery.
uplandsandpiper
11/1/2020 1:27:49 PM
tightlines68
11/2/2020 11:15:40 AM
Assume you fish the back channel out from the swan island launch? Have you tried the main river up by the bridge? What about the Multnomah channel
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