2022 Keeper Sturgeon Season
2022 Keeper Sturgeon Season The season has finally been set! Everyone has been Patiently waiting to see when we will get a chance to catch a few of these [...]
Columbia River Walleye Fishing: How to Catch Walleye
How to Catch Columbia River Walleye As the Weather and water begin to warm it’s a perfect time for a Columbia River Walleye Fishing Trip. Take me to a [...]
Top 4 Sturgeon Fishing Destinations In Oregon
Sturgeon Fishing in Oregon Sturgeon are among the largest gamefish found in Oregon, as well as one of the largest fish found anywhere in the world. Northwest Anglers quite [...]
Columbia River Fall Sturgeon Fishing
Guided Fall Sturgeon Fishing Trips White sturgeon retention will be open on Sept. 15 and 22 from Wauna Powerlines upstream to Bonneville Dam. White sturgeon from 44-inches minimum to [...]
Columbia River Sturgeon Season
Closed to retention of green sturgeon. Open for white sturgeon retention 1 per day, 2 per year: Jan 1 – until quota reached, from Bonneville Dam to McNary Dam; Feb [...]
Guided Walleye Fishing
Walleye Fishing Guides Columbia River Fishing Adventures are year-round walleye fishing guides offering guided walleye fishing trips in the Portland area as well as the Columbia River gorge. Many people have no idea [...]
Fishing Calendar
January Sturgeon, Walleye February Sturgeon, Walleye March Sturgeon, Spring Chinook, Walleye April Sturgeon, Spring Chinook, Walleye May Sturgeon, Spring Chinook, Walleye June Sturgeon, Summer Chinook, Walleye July Sturgeon, Summer [...]
Choosing and Rigging Sturgeon Bait
Types of Sturgeon Bait Sturgeon can be very aggressive feeders. However, that doesn’t mean that they’re willing to eat just anything, any time. When they want a particular bait, [...]
2020 Columbia River Sturgeon Season update
Zone 6 Recreational White Sturgeon Fisheries Under permanent regulations, the area from Bonneville Dam upstream to McNary Dam opens January 1 each year for white sturgeon retention. For 2020, [...]
Winter Fishing in Portland Oregon
Sturgeon Fishing The number of sturgeon in the lower Willamette begins increasing in October to November as the Sturgeon migrate out of the Columbia River and into the Willamette. [...]
Columbia River Gorge Fishing Opportunities
One of our favorite places to take our clients on guided fishing trips is a very popular area of the Columbia River known as the Columbia River Gorge. The [...]
Want to Catch Sturgeon? You’ll Need the Right Gear
Sturgeon Fishing RodsSturgeon can be very lite biters, so you need to be able to see and feel the bites without spooking the fish. For sturgeon fishing, I always use [...]
Top 6 Tactics for Catching Salmon
When it comes to fishing for salmon on the Columbia every angler has their secret method. As a long time Oregon Fishing Guide, the tactics we are going to discuss [...]
Tips for Columbia River sturgeon fishing
As a top Columbia River fishing guide with decades of experience catching sturgeon, Buddy Dupell (guide and owner of Columbia River Fishing Adventures, in Portland, Oregon), knows how sturgeon travel the [...]
Buddy Dupell
I grew up fishing for salmon and sturgeon in northwest Oregon’s Willamette River. As a kid, I remember seeing a few fishing guides working the river and thinking about [...]
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