Local Waters
Scappoose Bay
Scappoose, OR · about 3 hours from Maupin (typical, off-peak)
The bay that puts you on Multnomah Channel without a secret bar.
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
- Scappoose Bay Marina public ramp off Old Portland Rd. County marina.
- Walk in
- Short walk from the public lot.
- Wading
- Boat and marina bank. Shallow bay.
- Usual window
- Warmwater most of the year; salmon in the channel on official seasons.
- Tuesday conditions
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SW 6 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 80° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:22 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:05
- Wind at dawn
- SW 6 mph · Sunny · 62°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: SW 6 mph
- 10am: W 8 mph
- 2pm: W 10 mph
- dusk: W 9 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 6-wt bass bugs or a spinning rod.
- Notes
- ODFW 50-in-60 Portland. Named public marina. Confirm ODFW.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
Shops
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.