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Lake / pond Open — summer low / warm

Scappoose Bay

Scappoose, OR · about 40 min from Portland, OR (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

Around now

Most likely in this drive this week. Not a guarantee — confirm the official rule.

  • Smallmouth bass Smallmouth bass
  • Trout Trout
  • Sunfish and crappie Sunfish and crappie

Also worth a thought: Largemouth bass.

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.
Friday conditions

SE 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⚡ 83° storm
Sun and moon
Rise 9:26 · 🌕 Full moon · Set 10:59
Wind at dawn
SE 2 mph · Chance Rain Showers · 67°F
Wind later
  • dawn: SE 2 mph
  • 10am: SE 5 mph
  • 2pm: SE 8 mph
  • dusk: S 6 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.
Maps Call shop

Log this trip

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

SE 2 mph · Chance Rain Showers

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.

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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.

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