There’s still a very small contingent of boats working the river for salmon and anglers are picking up an occasional springer, mostly down in the St Johns area near the head of Multnomah Channel. Anglers will also find there are warm water fishing opportunities on the Willamette for bass and small pan fish, working the rocky shorelines and around areas with structure.

Spring Chinook passage at Willamette Falls has held steady over the week with 100-200 fish per day moving in early July. The summer steelhead passage has been extremely steady, with counts still running ahead of last year for the same date. As of July 1, a total of 27,302 adult spring Chinook have passed while the summer steelhead have reached 17,514 counted up through the July 1 date. Look for summer steelhead in the shallower runs of the Willamette River downstream of the Clackamas. Use small plugs, side drift eggs, or bobber and jig for summers as the water temperature picks up through May and early June.