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By: Mike Carey
Posted: 12/1/2018
Species: Surf Perch
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/17/2018
Hot Spots: 0
This is a late report for a weekend getaway of fishing at Long Beach for red tail surf perch.
JoAnn, the dogs, and I loaded up the car and hit the road - and Friday evening traffic - for a weekend ...
By: prozaxxx
Posted: 5/12/2007
Species: Sturgeon
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/12/2007
Hot Spots: 0
went out for the opener. we chartered a boat 9 hours on the water and 1 fish between 12 guys and gal. and it was 2 inches to long. was a rough one there was 7 charter boats out that morning and only 1...
By: $e@hawk
Posted: 7/17/2021
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/17/2021
Hot Spots: 0
had to work hard for limit but caught our fish.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/25/2011
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/23/2011
Hot Spots: 0
Went Razor claming on Long beacg near Ocean Park and got easy limits. Cleaned the clams and went surf fishing for the first time. Used 4oz pyramid sinker with double hook set up and clam necks for bai...
By: 64omcangeler
Posted: 3/10/2009
Species: Other
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/10/2009
Hot Spots: 0
The weather was horrible and all we could hook was crab. I'm sure it was because of the weather front we had. It most likley pushed all the sea perch back in deeper water but I will be back soon with ...
By: Spaceyak1000
Posted: 10/1/2018
Species: Other
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/29/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Surfperch are so much fun. If you like the beach and fishing than they are for you. I took the kids camping on last time at Cape Disappointment State Park. I had a fishing session on Saturday a...
By: nwbhoss
Posted: 5/17/2021
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/17/2021
Hot Spots: 0
Went out of Ilwaco to do some deep sea bottomfishing with a few friends. 500-600ft of water. There was 5 of us and a total of 8 fishing on a 55ft boat. I don't know if I am supposed to name business b...
By: bionic_one
Posted: 7/26/2010
Species: Lingcod
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/24/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went to a kayaking crab derby Saturday and tried for bottomfish while my trap was soaking. Got one hit the entire day.
Crabbing was decent though. I had 7 keepers, but being new to crabbing I t...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/26/2019
Species: Halibut
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2019
Hot Spots: 1
After enduring two rainy windy days down at Tillamook that included a bar closure it was a blessed relief to arrive at Ilwaco with a forecast of sunny skies and calm winds. Time to go halibut fishing!...
Posted: 5/12/2015
Species: Halibut
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
This is Pat Schenk, owner of Sea Breeze Charters in Ilwaco Washington. Friday I took 4 on a hook and release sturgeon trip. I fished north of Astoria Megler bridge. The weather was perfect and we land...
Posted: 5/12/2015
Species: Halibut
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Captain Perry VanOver Charter Vessel Sea Breeze
Sunday morning we left the Port of Ilwaco in pursuit of Halibut. The bar crossing and sea conditions were smooth and we loaded up on halibut in four...
Posted: 6/22/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
What a great day of fishing. Steady action in the morning made for a nice catch of Coho and Chinook salmon. We had a mix of six Chinook and twelve coho along with several native coho and undersized C...
By: Fish Dawg
Posted: 7/19/2013
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/8/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Combined report for Monday, 7/8 through Wednesday, 7/10
We were eager to test the salmon fishing out of Ilwaco, so got up at the crack of dawn on Monday, jumped into my buddy’s boat and headed out ...
By: stryker17
Posted: 9/4/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 9/4/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Left the dock at 8;00 AM and had the first fish in the boat 15 minutes later, caught on anchovies, next 2 fish on cut plug, than another one on anchovies, found out as we were going in that it was a ...
By: stryker17
Posted: 9/5/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/5/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Much slower today........at least for us,,,,,,,,,wind chop 2 ft to 4 ft......really hard to keep the boat going where you want it to..........released 4 finned, no kings all coho,,,,,,,,lost 3 on the ...
By: schu7498
Posted: 9/13/2014
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/13/2014
Hot Spots: 1
Danny and I had a rare 2 days off in a row. So we decided to take a small trip to ilwaco and fish for coho off of the north jetty. North jetty is located in Cape Disappointment state park so you will ...
Posted: 6/26/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/25/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Another great day on the water. A little more swell on the ocean. We didn't have time for pictures. The action was fast and furious. We only had 5 customers on board plus to crew. We had to land 44 ...
Posted: 6/30/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/27/2015
Hot Spots: 0
The only reason this report is not a 5+ is due to the weather. We had strong northwest winds creating uncomfortable fishing. However the fishing was amazing. We landed over 130 salmon in a day when t...
Posted: 7/6/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/6/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Salmon fishing continues to be red hot. All of our boats were in early with limits of coho and some chinook mixed in. The weather was overcast and the bar again was tough with a large swell and over ...
By: capers26
Posted: 8/4/2015
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/1/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the opener and the day after at Ilwaco. Fishing was slower than usual, but we expected it since we normally make this trip later in the year. We used to do this fishery and many others in my da...
By: Toni
Posted: 7/15/2016
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/14/2016
Hot Spots: 1
I had the extraordinary chance to go fishing on a charter with a group of people from
NorthwestFishing Reports.Com. I got up at 1am left at 2am to drive down to Ilwaco and after some foggy places a ...
By: nerka nailer
Posted: 7/23/2021
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/23/2021
Hot Spots: 0
This trip had been in the making for a couple years but I finally got to go fishing with my friend Capt. Keizer on his boat the salt patrol. His friend Jerry was also on the trip. Heading out of Ilwac...
By: Ganno
Posted: 7/29/2022
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/26/2022
Hot Spots: 0
Fog was very thick bar was restricted to 30 ft in the AM. Fog never let up all day but we made it out eventually to constant action, we put ten fish to the boat to keep four. Done by one o clock.
By: TomA
Posted: 8/8/2018
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/5/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Off the lighthouse in 85-100 feet water.
10 to the boat to get 4 hatchery coho. All fish in the top 25 foot of water
Inline shortbus flasher and 12 oz lead dropper.
Very consistent action
By: FishingTenor
Posted: 8/16/2016
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/14/2016
Hot Spots: 0
It had been a couple of years since my previous charter out of Ilwaco for salmon. On that occasion we had gale+ winds, but the fishing was awesome! This time around, I checked the reports more closely...
