{"id":2375,"date":"2024-11-23T16:45:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T16:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brookingsfishing.com\/reports\/?p=2375"},"modified":"2024-11-23T16:45:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T16:45:19","slug":"drift-boat-salmon-season-produces-big-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brookingsfishing.com\/reports\/drift-boat-salmon-season-produces-big-kings\/","title":{"rendered":"Drift boat salmon season produces big kings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BROOKINGS, Ore. (Nov. 22, 2024) – With rough ocean conditions the past month, the Brookings Fishing Charters crew has been focusing on the local rivers, where fall-run king salmon are migrating into freshwater to spawn. The Chetco and Smith rivers boast some of the best drift boat salmon opportunities on the West Coast, and this year has lived up to their reputation. The Brookings Fishing Charters crew of captains and deckhands are also full-time drift boat guides in the fall and winter, and among the most experienced river guides in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Capt. Andy with a hefty hatchery king salmon caught last week on the Elk River in Southern Oregon.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Salmon season in the rivers and estuaries began in September, when big kings began staging along the Chetco River jetties in Brookings. Fishing was good through October, with salmon as big as 52 pounds caught by boaters trolling flashers and anchovies. The Brookings Fishing Charters crew switched back and forth between the estuary salmon fishing and ocean charters until late October, when heavy rains increased flows on the Chetco and Smith rivers and kicked off the drift boat season upriver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Capt. Mick with a bright Chetco River king caught on a MagLip plug.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Upriver, anglers fishing from drift boats used plugs – primarily Yakima Bait Co. MagLip and FlatFish plugs – or roe and sand shrimp, to catch big king salmon moving into the rivers to spawn. Fishing was good through November, until a series of big storms, with hurricane-force winds and heavy rain, brought the rivers to minor flood stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Capt. Sam with a big Smith River king, which was released after a quick photograph.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Capt. Rye with a large hatchery king salmon from the Chetco River estuary.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This fall we welcomed two new drift boat guides to our crew, although they have been members of our team for several years. Eric and Chris, who have been deckhands on our ocean charter boats, successfully ran their first drift boat trips with customers this fall. Chris completed his Coast Guard captain’s class this spring, is now licensed to run our ocean boats and river boats. He has been having a good fall Chinook season on the Chetco. Eric, who started work with us when he was 16 and a sophomore in high school, graduated in June and is now running drift boat trips and deckhanding on the Nauti-Lady while he completes his Coast Guard license classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Capt. Chris holds a nice Chetco River king salmon.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Eric holds a nice Chetco estuary king caught while deckhanding for Capt. Rye.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We will continue to fun drift boat trips for salmon into December. The Elk and Sixes rivers have a later run of fall kings, while fresh fish also will trickle into the Chetco and Smith rivers. Winter steelhead season begins Dec. 1 and runs through March. Late December, January and February are the peak season for winter steelhead. Our guides will run salmon and steelhead combo trips through mid-December, then switch gears just to side-drifting for steelhead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about our drift boat trips, visit www.wildriversfishing.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ocean charters will resume next week with good weather on the forecast. When the weather cooperates, our crew splits time between the ocean and rivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some of the recent drift boat salmon catches with our crew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BROOKINGS, Ore. (Nov. 22, 2024) – With rough ocean conditions the past month, the Brookings Fishing Charters crew has been focusing on the local rivers, where fall-run king salmon are migrating into freshwater to spawn. 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