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Welcome to Ed's Guide Service!

I offer professional guided fishing trips for Pacific Northwest Salmon, Steelhead and Sea-run Cut-throat Trout on most Southwest Washington rivers.

Our fall salmon, winter steelhead, and spring Chinook fishing is based out of the town of Winlock, Washington, a small community located in the Southwest area of Washington State.

Located roughly two hours south of Seattle and 2 hours north of Portland, the rivers that surround the Southwest, Washington region are home to some of the world's finest salmon and steelhead fishing.

Fall salmon fishing begins with the onset of Washington's fall rains, usually sometime in late to mid-August and runs through the end of October. You can fish for acrobatic silver silver salmon that average around 10-14 pounds with fish exceeding the trophy 20 pound barrier a very real possibility. If it is the powerful king salmon that you wish to pursue, this is also the time to try your luck for king salmon that average about 25-30 pounds and occasionally exceed 60 pounds!

Winter steelhead fishing begins a week or two after Thanksgiving with hatchery origin steelhead returning in large numbers to most of our rivers. We offer both fly and conventional tackle trips for winter steelhead. Hatchery steelhead generally provide good fishing through early February and then give way to the larger wild steelhead that first nose into the rivers around the first of the year and continue to provide good fishing all the way through the end of March. The Cowlitz river is home to some of the largest wild winter-run steelhead in the world. Perhaps no other region gives anglers a better chance at 20 plus pound winter steelhead (a few over 30 pounds are landed every year on the area's rivers).

April typically means a slowing of our steelhead action. However, as the leaves begin to appear on the trees, so do the early spring Chinook in the rivers. We'll target these early "springers" in late March through early May.

As with all of our trips, all necessary equipment is provided free of charge. Please follow the links on the page for more information about each fishery!

Give me a call at (360) 785-4145 to schedule your trip today!