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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: 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: $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: 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: 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!...
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: 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: 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: WheresDaFish
Posted: 2/4/2018
Species: Clams
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/2/2018
Hot Spots: 0
Hey All! We tried razor clamming Thursday night but too stormy. Friday night Was much better wether, almost calm and the rain stopped, but we couldn't even find one show. We started 3 hours before low...
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...
By: camperclyde
Posted: 7/26/2016
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/24/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Fished Sunday morning till 9:45 am with my brother, got the lines in the water at 6:15 at 240ft on downriggers baited with cut herring and a fish flash (color didn't matter) as soon as the line and do...
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: WheresDaFish
Posted: 2/7/2016
Species: Clams
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/6/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Day Two!
Much better! Wind calmed down, sun even peeked out a few times. We spent the morning hours roaming the peninsula. Hit the local bakery(that place is amazing) and tried clamming again. Low...
By: WheresDaFish
Posted: 2/5/2016
Species: Clams
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/5/2016
Hot Spots: 0
Drove down for the evening tide razor clam dig today(Friday). Didn't really check the wether........ it's blowing about 40mph (feels like more!) and the beach is a giant sand blaster!! Don't look int...
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: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/13/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/5/2015
Hot Spots: 1
The old saying one door closing can mean another one opening certainly rang true for a group of Northwest Fishing Reports anglers this weekend.
Our group had a trip/video planned to fish tuna with...
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 ...
Posted: 7/4/2015
Species: Black Rockfish
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/4/2015
Hot Spots: 0
A strong ebb on the bar made for a tuff crossing. The ocean was good with 5 to 7 foot swell. It's about a 2 hr. ride to Tillamook head where the black rock were stacked up for a rapid fire shoot out ...
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: 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: 6/24/2015
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/23/2015
Hot Spots: 0
A perfect "10". It just doesn't get any better than this. The morning sky is clear. A young family going out salmon fishing for the first time find a calm ocean and great fishing landing 6 chinook an...
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...
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: 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...
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 ...