2023 Winter Steelhead Update

It’s that time of year again! Put on your warm gear and let’s go chase some Steelhead.

Come fish with me on the beautiful Clackamas River just about 20 minutes south of downtown Portland OR. I leave from Carver Park off of Springwater Rd. I run these trips out of my 26’5″ jet sled which makes it very easy to run up or down river and stay on top of where the fish are.

I provide top of the line Gloomis rods with Shimano reels for ease of use and ideal sensitivity to catch these skyrocketing, line peeling chrome bullets. The fish we catch will be a mixed bag of Hatchery fish and Wild fish. The hatchery fish you get to take home to the BBQ and the wild fish we will keep on the boat in the livewell until we meet up with the fish & wildlife biologist and then we will transfer them over to them. The biologist then will take these wild fish to the Clackamas river hatchery and hold them until they are ready to spawn in late March/April. This is known as the Broodstock Program. By using wild fish genetics we get a much stronger run of fish and much larger fish.

I will be running Winter Steelhead trips starting in December and running thru the end of March. I run 5hr trips for $200 per person (minimum 3 people, up to 6) and 8hr trips for $250 per person (minimum 2 people, up to 6) GIVE ME A CALL, TEXT OR EMAIL 503-310-5724 OR benparkerfishing@gmail.com or book here.

P.S I have a big heater on the boat and I have some warm gear that you can borrow if you need it.