Local Waters

← Around Portland, OR

River Open — summer low / warm

Columbia River (Chinook Landing)

Fairview / Portland, OR · about 30 min from Portland, OR (typical, off-peak)

The east-county Columbia ramp people actually launch from.

Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first

Season
Legal on many waters. West-side streams drop and warm. Fish dawn. Confirm ODFW. Official rule
License
Oregon angling license (ODFW)
Park
Metro Chinook Landing Marine Park. Six-lane ramp, ADA docks. Fee.
Walk in
Short from the lot to docks and bank.
Wading
Big river. Boat first.
Usual window
Salmon, steelhead, sturgeon, and shad on official seasons.
Thursday conditions

W 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⛅ 80° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 9:23 · 🌕 Full moon · Set 10:59
Wind at dawn
W 2 mph · Partly Cloudy · 46°F
Wind later
  • dawn: W 2 mph
  • 10am: 0 mph
  • 2pm: NE 2 mph
  • dusk: N 5 mph
Flow
1.5 cfs · 4.75 ft · 6:00 am · FAIRVIEW CREEK AT GLISAN ST NEAR GRESHAM, OR · USGS gauge
A setup that belongs here
8-wt or a conventional rod.
Notes
ODFW 50-in-60 Portland. Named Metro park. Confirm ODFW.

Log this trip

Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.

W 2 mph · Partly Cloudy · 1.5 cfs

How did it go

Pictures only — no video.

Opens a map. Locate finds you, then tap to drop or drag the pin. Private — not the public map.

Shops

Royal Treatment Fly Fishing

21570 Willamette Dr, West Linn, OR 97068
Often 10:30am–4pm — confirm

Portland metro desk. Clackamas, Sandy, and the lower Willamette.

Guides

Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.

No desk pinned yet. Ask the shop above who they trust here.

If this isn’t the day