Local Waters
Willamette River (Clackamette Park)
Oregon City, OR · about 2 hours from Maupin (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
- 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.
- Saturday conditions
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Skinny water. S 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ☀️ 85° fair
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:18 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:08
- Wind at dawn
- S 5 mph · Patchy Smoke · 62°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: S 5 mph
- 10am: SW 6 mph
- 2pm: SW 8 mph
- dusk: SW 9 mph
- Flow
- 2960 cfs · skinny · 2.17 ft · 75°F water · 12:25 am · Willamette River at Portland · USGS gauge · wadable band is a sketch, not a safety rating
- Next dawn (Sunday)
- Skinny water. SW 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go. · SW 5 mph
- 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.
Overnight plan: Saturday evening and Sunday dawn. Book two nights if you want the morning. Drive time is to the stay, then a few minutes to the water.
OHA fish advisory on the lower Willamette. Read it.
Log this trip
Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.
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.