This salmon averages 20 pounds and has a great amount of stamina.  Visualize jerking back your rod, setting the hook, and the rod slamming back down while leveling off at the side of the boat.  It is on the run!  Playing tug of war with this strong fish will test your endurance. In April, with the weather warming, we will head for Gold Beach on the Rogue River.  As the month of May arrives we will be looking at the Main Umpqua for fishing Spring Salmon.

Weighing in at 15 to 50 pounds, anglers anxiously await the Chinooks annual return.  You will remember the exciting battle after one of these hogs peel 30# line from your reel.  During the month of July we will start following their movement in the Rogue river.    September will have us racing to the Coquille River in Bandon and the Coos  River in Coos Bay.  In early November, we will be towing the drift boat just outside of Port Orford to fish the Elk and Sixies Rivers or farther south to the to the highly productive Chetco river.

Whether you  are casting plugs, throwing sp inners or drifting bait this small salmon species is very aggressive.  They will jump, run, dive, somersault and any means possible to get away.  We will fish many of Southern Oregons rivers from either my 6-passenger jet boat or drift boat.   As the long hot days of summer change into the colorful days of October, this trip will bring you priceless memories .

                    Winter Steelhead:  

This fish is one of the most exciting that Oregon rivers offer.  They range in size from   6 to 20 pounds.  If you have been looking for a fight that makes your heart pound and sends chills down your spine then a winter steelhead  trip is what you want.  The season begins in mid-December peaking in February and March. We will look for them in the Umpqua River system consisting of the North, South and Main stems making it one of the largest in Southern Oregon. The Southern Coastal rivers also deliver splendid results.