Buoy 10 Fishing Guides

Buoy 10 charters, charter boats, fishing guides and places to stay when you fish for Salmon at Buoy 10. Buoy 10 fishing guides are better at catching Salmon and they know the secrets for catching bigger fish. Enormous numbers of Coho Salmon migrate up the Columbia River every year from the Pacific Ocean going past Buoy 10. Fishing guides from all over the country show up for this fishery every year but many of them are not familiar with biting times, conditions, or bait and color choices. If you want to catch your limit and have a better chance of catching more Buoy 10 Salmon and bigger Buoy 10 Salmon contact one of the guides below who are local area experts and members of the Buoy 10 fishing guides association.

Always book your fishing trip for Salmon at Buoy 10 with Buoy 10 fishing guides. Oregon and Washington fishing is good and local Buoy 10 fishing guides know "ho to catch Salmon" at Buoy 10, in the Pacific Ocean and in the mouth of the Columbia River.

Thanks to Olympic Anglers, Bud's Fishing Guide Service and Big Fish Guide Service for photos on this website.

Photo by Bud's Fishing Guide Service

Salmon Fishing Websites

Dielman's Guide Service: Dielman's Northwest River Fishing Guides and Sightseeing Adventures. offers Salmon and Sturgeon fishing on the Columbia River all the way to the popular Buoy 10 fishery.

J and J Fishing Guide Service

J & J Guide Service fishes the finest rivers in Washington and Oregon for salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon using only the finest equipment available. We will make every effort to ensure your trip meets or exceeds your expectations. We fish the Columbia River from Buoy 10 to Bonneville Dam, Wind River, Drano Lake, the Cowlitz and Snake Rivers as well as the Snohomish, Skykomish and Skagit Rivers. Book now for the best dates. J&J Fishing Guide Service

Erik's World Class Fishing Adventures

Erik's World Class Fishing Adventures is Columbia river fishing guide service for Salmon, Sturgeon, Steelhead, and Kokanee on the Lewis River, Cowlitz, Tillamook Bay and all the popular rivers and streams of the Northwest including Buoy 10 fishing out of Oregon. 

 Goodwin Fishing Guide Service

Goodwin Guide Service: Roger Goodwin has been fishing for Salmon Sturgeon and Steelhead in Oregon for 50 years and is Coast Guard Licensed and insured and provides a quality full day fishing trip with all tackle and bait provided. Rodger fishes the Tillamook Bay Columbia, Willamette and North Santiam and Siletz Rivers and Buoy 10 in Astoria. He guides for salmon, steelhead, sturgeon and oversize sturgeon Join Roger and fish from a 22 ft Willy Jet Sled with seating for four or from a 17 ft Willy drift boat in the North Santiam River.

How To Fish Buoy 10 BY BUZZ RAMSEY

“Buoy 10” is the name used to describe the fishery at the mouth of the Columbia River where sport anglers catch salmon returning from the ocean. Anglers are drawn to the mouth of the same river that Lewis and Clark first navigated to rendezvous with the thousands (sometimes millions) of adult salmon that linger there before moving upriver to the hatchery or natural habitat that produced them. Huge returns of salmon survive to adulthood if, as young outmigrating juveniles (called smolts), they were provided with enough water to be spilled over the top of the many dams that restrain the Columbia River, and are greeted by a nutrient-rich ocean. In better years the Columbia can yield over a million Coho Salmon and up to 750,000 Fall Chinooks. For regulation purposes, the Buoy 10 area extends from the red navigation marker with the same name (located just west of the Ilwaco Channel), east six miles to an imaginary north/south line running from Rocky Point in Washington to red channel buoy 44, and on to the navigation light at Tongue Point. The area east of Tongue Point falls under Columbia River fishing regulations, which may be different from the Buoy 10 area. Only hatchery Coho Salmon that have had their adipose fin removed can be retained. The adipose fin is the small fin located between the dorsal and tail fin of all salmon. Since most Fall Chinook are produced in the wild, the fin-clipping rule does not apply to them. This report features a description of the two most popular fishing destinations within the Buoy 10 regulation zone and a fairly new destination located just east of Tongue Point. Although August and September are the key months for the fall fishery, the season peak extends from mid-August through the first half of September.

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BOAT RAMPS AND MOORAGE Boat ramps in Washington include Fort Canby State Park and Chinook Harbor. There is both a ramp and boat sling at the Port of Ilwaco, 360-642-3143. From Oregon, there are several ramps in and around Astoria in addition to ramps located at Hammond and Warrenton.

A PLACE TO STAY Astoria Red Lion, 503-325-7373. Warrenton Shilo Inn, 503-861- 2181.
For camping, contact Fort Canby State Park at 360-642-3078.
LAST MINUTE FISHING UPDATE Contact Englund Marine Supply in Astoria, 1-800-228-7051; Linda and Gene Kane at Tackle Time in Warrenton, 503-861-3693 or Patti Rogers at Free Willy's in Hammond, 503-861-1201.

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