Oregon’s Favorite Game Fish Species: Where and How to Catch Them

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Find Oregon's best fishing for trout, salmon, steelhead, smallmouth and largemouth bass, crappie, sturgeon, walleye, kokanee and more.

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Bass, Largemouth

Best Largemouth Bass Fishing in Central and Eastern Oregon

Best Largemouth Bass Fishing in Western Oregon

Bass, Smallmouth

Best Smallmouth Bass Fishing in Central and Eastern Oregon

Plus John Day River (spring tactics and summer tactics)

Best Smallmouth Bass Fishing in Western Oregon

Plus Hagg Lake (includes largemouth) and Umpqua River spring tactics and summer tactics

Catfish

Best Catfish Fishing in Oregon

Clams

Best Clamming Bays in Oregon
Best Razor Clamming Beaches in Oregon

Crab

Best Crabbing Bays in Oregon
Crab Like a Ninja (Tips for Success)

Panfish

Best Crappie Fishing in Central and Eastern Oregon
Best Crappie Fishing in Western Oregon

Salmon, General

Buzz Ramsey’s Buoy 10 Salmon Fishing Basics

Salmon, Chinook (Fall)

Alsea River Fall Chinook Fishing
Nestucca River Fall Chinook and Nestucca River Fall and Spring Chinook
Salmon River Fall Chinook
Siletz River Fall Chinook Salmon Fishing
Siuslaw Bay and River Fall Chinook
Trask River Fall and Spring Chinook
Wilson River Fall and Spring Chinook

Salmon, Chinook (Spring)

Best Spring Chinook Fishing on the Oregon Coast

Plus chinook fishing at Nestucca River, Trask River, Wilson River

Best Spring Chinook Fishing Near Portland
Plus Spring Chinook Fishing Near the Mouth of the Willamette River and Sandy River Springers
Best Spring Chinook Fishing in the Willamette Valley

Salmon, Landlocked

Best Kokanee Fishing in Oregon (index page)
Best Kokanee Fishing in Oregon (Outside Central Oregon)

Plus kokanee fishing at:
Green Peter Reservoir, Wallowa Lake

Best Kokanee Fishing in Central Oregon


Steelhead, Summer

Best Summer Steelhead Fishing on the Oregon Coast

Plus year-round steelhead fishing at: Nestucca River, Siletz River, Wilson River

Best Summer Steelhead Fishing Near Portland
Best Summer Steelhead Fishing in the Willamette Valley
Best Summer Steelhead Fishing in the Mid-Columbia Basin (including Deschutes and John Day)

Plus Fly Fishing for Steelhead in the Deschutes River

Best Summer Steelhead Fishing in Northeast Oregon

Steelhead, Winter

Best Winter Steelhead Fishing Near Portland
Best Winter Steelhead Fishing on the North Coast

Best Winter Steelhead Fishing on the Central Coast

Best Small Streams for Winter Steelhead Fishing in Northwest Oregon
Best Winter Steelhead Fishing on the Umpqua, Coos & Coquille Rivers
Best Winter Steelhead Fishing on the South Coast
Best Small Streams for Winter Steelhead Fishing in Southwest Oregon

Sturgeon

Best Sturgeon Fishing in Oregon

Plus sturgeon fishing in the Umpqua River

Trout, Brown

Best Trophy Brown Trout Lakes in Oregon

Plus brown trout fishing at East Lake, Miller Lake

Trout, Lake (Mackinaw)

Best Mackinaw (Lake Trout) Fishing Lakes in Oregon

Plus mackinaw fishing at: Crescent Lake, Odell Lake, Wallowa Lake

Trout, Rainbow

Best Rainbow Trout Lakes and Reservoirs in Oregon

Best Fly Fishing Rivers in Oregon

Oregon’s Stocked Trout Waters

Walleye

Columbia River (The Dalles Pool)

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