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Fall Fishing for Silver Salmon and King Salmon in Southwest Washington.

The arrival of October always signals three things in the Southwest Washington area: the changing of the leaves, the arrival of the heavy fall rains, and the return of the mighty king salmon and acrobatic silver salmon to Southwest Washington's rivers.

These fall rains bring the river levels up from their low, late-summer levels and signal the silver salmon and king salmon waiting in the ocean off the rivers' mouths that it is time to begin the final leg of their journey home.

Anglers anxiously await the return of the salmon to the Southwest Washington rivers, such as the Cowlitz, Chehalis, Satsop and Wynoochee rivers, anticipating the furious battles that they sometimes provide ... whether it be the blazing run of of the hefty King, or Chinook Salmon, or the sometimes vicious leaps and twists of their smaller cousin, the Silver, or Coho Salmon.

Quite often salmon anglers can generally expect to hook into either species of salmon on any given day.

We usually begin our salmon fishing around mid to late August and continue fishing salmon-only through about late November when our winter steelhead fishing begins and we begin running our combination trips in which anglers generally fish for both salmon and steelhead on the same day.

The king salmon generally average around 25-30 pounds, with fish in the mid- to high forties not at all unusual, and 50 to 60+ pound 'slabs' caught a few times each year on these rivers.

The silver salmon that return to the Southwest Washington area streams often are amongst the largest you'll find anywhere: silver salmon average 10-14 pounds with fish near 20 pounds a possibility!

Fishing dates, especially weekends often book early, so contact us as early as possible to reserve your salmon fishing dates.