Welcome. I live on Hayden Island. My father was a Charter Chief.

Buffalo Joe: Wind River comes into the Columbia on the Washington side downstream of Drano Lake and Hood River Oregon. The Columbia is closed but Wind River is not. We were fishing the mouth. There are deadline markers that depict where the limit is for the Wind and where the Columbia starts for angling purposes.

Chuckfasst: There were several fishing from the bank under the railroad bridge but I could not see them. There were also three boats anchored there when we finished. They were using floats, but I don't know what they were using under them. In the few minutes we were there landing the boat, I did not see any success, but since they were in boats and not trolling surely they were doing well. If not, why not troll?

Good day at Wind River. Our boat limited, and most had catches.

Maybe we could make it a foursome some days. I am 74 and live on a floating home on Hayden Island. I fish frequently, but I am a novice. Moved here in 2018 and caught my first salmon that year. Fish alone on my boat without success, so I usually have to go with a guide. Probably have enough gear to outfit all of us and troll, anchor, float a worm or plunk. Not any good yet, but I keep trying to learn. Prefer during the week for many reasons. Let me know.

For salmon best bet from the bank is just south of Longview at Willow Grove park. Good access to Kalama and Cowlitz rivers within 20 miles of you for steelhead and salmon. Another good site is WDFW Places To Go, Water Access Points. You can sort this by county.

For salmon best bet from the bank is just south of Longview at Willow Grove park. Good access to Kalama and Cowlitz rivers within 20 miles of you for steelhead and salmon.

Alphawolff, I recommend you look at the Guide's Forecast. The email comes out every Thursday night and covers the entire state, broken down by areas, and the ocean. Includes SW Washington which should be of interest to you also. The email is free. You have to subscribe to get the future outlook, but the free information is timely.

Josiah Darr, Jack Glass or Brandon Glass are all very good if you can get a seat.

Was with a group of Steelheaders this weekend. Don't know about the Alsea, but we did well on the Nestucca and Wilson.

Detroit gets frequent stockings of trout of trophy size - sometimes as many as 3000 in a week.

He might want to check with Japan about that.

Johnimac, FYI, steelhead are not native to Japan and are considered an invasive species. They are only on two islands and are not desired because they decimate the salmon and char fry.

Hey, Oldie, are you talking about the Fairgrounds and Haydu Park? If so, do you know the name of the Ma n Pa store? I always like to stop at those type of stores. Thank you.

Hello, Joe.

I live on Hayden Island and have not fished your river, but I have fished the Columbia from the bank at Willow Grove with some success. Last year got my PB Chinook at 28+ lbs there. There are a lot of helpful people there and plenty of shoreline. I will probably go there this week as the steelhead are still running and the first Springer was caught in the Multnomah Channel.

Tight Lines.

Although the steelhead run has been depressed on the Clack in recent years, Jack Glass said that they are being caught near Meldrum Bar now.