Local Waters
Willamette River (Clackamette Park)
Oregon City, OR · about 25 min from Portland, OR (typical, off-peak)
The confluence park Portlanders actually stand on.
Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first
- Season
- Legal on many waters. West-side streams drop and warm. Fish dawn. Confirm ODFW. Official rule
- License
- Oregon angling license (ODFW)
- Park
- Clackamette Park city lots at the Clackamas mouth. Off 99E / I-205.
- Walk in
- Short to long bank walks in the park.
- Wading
- Big tidewater. Bank and boat more than a wet-wade.
- Usual window
- Shad, salmon, and steelhead on official seasons; bass in summer.
- Thursday conditions
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W 1 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 82° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:24 · 🌕 Full moon · Set 10:59
- Wind at dawn
- W 1 mph · Partly Cloudy · 46°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: W 1 mph
- 10am: 0 mph
- 2pm: N 1 mph
- dusk: NW 5 mph
- Flow
- 12400 cfs · in a wadable band · 2.22 ft · 75°F water · 7:15 pm · Willamette River at Portland · USGS gauge · wadable band is a sketch, not a safety rating
- A setup that belongs here
- 7- or 8-wt.
- Notes
- ODFW 50-in-60 Portland. Named city park. Lower Willamette OHA advisory — read it. Confirm ODFW.
OHA fish advisory on the lower Willamette. Read it.
Log this trip
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Shops
Guides
Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.
Royal Treatment — book a day
West Linn, OR · wade / drift · Half or full day
Good for: Sandy, Clackamas, metro Willamette
Shop desk for Portland-side testers.