Local Waters
Willamette River (Clackamette Park)
Oregon City, OR · about 3 hours from Bend (typical, off-peak)
The confluence park Portlanders actually stand on.
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.
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Smallmouth bass
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Trout
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Sunfish and crappie
Also worth a thought: Largemouth bass, Salmon.
- Season
- Legal on many waters. West-side streams drop and warm. Fish dawn. Confirm ODFW. Official rule
- License
- Oregon angling license (ODFW)
- Park
- Clackamette Park city lots at the Clackamas mouth. Off 99E / I-205.
- Walk in
- Short to long bank walks in the park.
- Wading
- Big tidewater. Bank and boat more than a wet-wade.
- Usual window
- Shad, salmon, and steelhead on official seasons; bass in summer.
- Monday conditions
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Skinny water. SW 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 82° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:21 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:05
- Wind at dawn
- SW 5 mph · Mostly Sunny · 66°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: SW 5 mph
- 10am: SW 6 mph
- 2pm: SW 10 mph
- dusk: SW 9 mph
- Flow
- -2730.0 cfs · skinny · 2.88 ft · 74°F water · 5:55 pm · Willamette River at Portland · USGS gauge · wadable band is a sketch, not a safety rating
- A setup that belongs here
- 7- or 8-wt.
- Notes
- ODFW 50-in-60 Portland. Named city park. Lower Willamette OHA advisory — read it. Confirm ODFW.
OHA fish advisory on the lower Willamette. Read it.
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.
Royal Treatment — book a day
West Linn, OR · wade / drift · Half or full day
Good for: Sandy, Clackamas, metro Willamette
Shop desk for Portland-side testers.