[Kirkll]

Fishing the wheeler and nehalem areas. We went 3/3 that day fishing from about
3-630 with two chinook. The one coho we caught we were attempting to get out of the net and a sea lion came up and tried to take the fish from the net. Thankfully it didn’t succeed.

Last three times I fished, I lost one to a fur bag, retrieved another from a fur bag by driving over its head before it released the fish and now one attempted to get it from the net. Did attempt to resuscitate the fish and throw it in opposite side of boat but pretty sure it didn’t make it.

Buddy fished yesterday all day and stayed it was slow again. 0/1 all day!

I’ve seen seals in wheeler, and even lost fish to them a couple times, but I’ve never seen sea lions up there. Are you sure that fur bag was a sea lion?

 

[MavetheGreat]

I saw two sea lions come pouring down from the river forks on Sunday. Huge. They came up right next to our boat and we got a great look. Brown fur, much bigger. Another year we saw one napping on the island north side of the island below the bridge.

 

[Fireguyfish]

Not good, never seen sea lions either. Hope they go back to open ocean

 

[Denneroll]

Released 2 silvers along the jetty yesterday, couple drive bys. Today fished Wheeler and way up stream. One coho released via 6oz/360 spinner far behind the boat. Didn’t see but a couple fish hooked all day. Big predicted winds at least in the section we fished were not an issue.

 

[roost4u]

I've trolled in Nehalem a few times and I remember seeing some rentals right on the water. I should have written down the name of the place at the time. Does anyone know the name of the place?

 

[Beefcake]

I've trolled in Nehalem a few times and I remember seeing some rentals right on the water. I should have written down the name of the place at the time. Does anyone know the name of the place?

There are 3 marinas that rent boats. Jetty Fishery and Kelly’s Brighton Marina are on the lower bay (crabbing area). Wheeler Marina is in the mid-bay where most small boat fishing occurs. However, I would check the Wheeler Marina website or give them a call before planning that direction. I didn’t see any of their boats in the bay when I was there a couple weeks ago. The marina is up for sale, and Jim’s daughter was running it last time I was there. I don’t want to speculate; I’d just call them.

 

[Coastalhounddog]

I've trolled in Nehalem a few times and I remember seeing some rentals right on the water. I should have written down the name of the place at the time. Does anyone know the name of the place?

Nehalem, OR Rentals by Owner | Rent By Owner

 

[Beefcake]

Oops, I read his question wrong; I thought he was asking about boat rentals.😅

 

[Denneroll]

We have 3 boats and 8 Teamsters at our rental house. After all the rain and wind we hit the jetty. Keeper Wednesday was good. 8 coho and 2 chinook. Herring, spinners, and stuffers all got bit. Few boats, I assume lots of peeps have tagged out in the bay.

 

[Fireguyfish]

Wow nice work!
Went this later afternoon, 3 boats in the mouth. Didn’t see a net, not a sniff for us.

 

[Rank Amateur]

Summer Chinook finally started moving up here in Vernonia, count is at 360 so far.

 

[MavetheGreat]

Wow, what a day @Denneroll !

 

[MavetheGreat]

@Denneroll Last weekend, the fish were jumping only in the Nehalem section up to the forks, totally quiet on the surface near Wheeler. Was that still the case yesterday?

 

[RB Drifter]

Summer Chinook finally started moving up here in Vernonia, count is at 360 so far.

Thanks Rank, been waiting. All we’ve kept is the summer chinook. Great color and fat content.

 

[Rank Amateur]

Run picked up pretty good today, count now is up to 872. Hopefully they are running as hard tomorrow, the water is dropping and often they will hold up.

 

[Denneroll]

Mavethegreat, we launched on Wednesday at Wheeler. There were several people on the dock casting spinners. Not that many jumpers, but we hooked up instantly and lost that one, then a seal stole my fish. So we headed down stream.

Today we released silvers at the jetty and crabbed. Hot rod Richard got the holy grail (clipped silver) and I then knocked off his next clipped silver. The only other of the day. I don’t like to net them, but this fish actually looked like another hatchery. I tried to keep the net tight like a tennis racket to get a look see. Hey it’s a keeper! But it flipped out. Then next attempt hooks got into the net and goodbye. OOOPS.
We had 5 pots and pulled twice and got 18 keepers.
Other boat that crabs in our group got 10. Fresh salmon carks and goopus must of helped.

 

[Rank Amateur]

They don't look that pretty up here, huge run coming through, I counted 103 in an hour, this is the highest hourly count I have ever had on Chinook. If anybody is looking for a weekend trip to see salmon, catch a trout in a kids trout pond, carve pumpkins, build scarecrows, come check out the annual Salmon Festival in Vernonia 10-5 Saturday the 4th of October.

 

[Rank Amateur]

Well, they really fell on their face this afternoon, only 2 per hour. It is not uncommon to see them do this, they sense the water levels falling and they simply shut off. A lot of fish have made onto the spawning grounds and are doing their business, now if we can just keep the people off of them. Run size update=2132, we are getting there.

 

[Denneroll]

Not as many hooked and released as yesterday. But two of our 3 boats landed clipped silvers. Also 1 chinook. Weeds in morning were bad.

 

[pearl]

Spent my 66th birthday on one of my favorite river systems.