Willamette River OR, Kayak Bass Fishing Tournament!

[@pdxfisher1]

You did well fishing a section of river you had only fished once before! You caught some nice fish. I have never fished that section of the Willamette before but it looks a lot like the river around Newburg. Not nearly as much rock as further downstream. I know around Newberg I have had some great days and some days where I really struggled. Always seems harder for me to find the fish in that section of the river but when I get lucky and do find them they seem to be bunched up pretty good. Congrats on getting some quality fish, sorry you could not find a fifth good one.

[@tmkayakfishing8236]

First and second place finishers both launched out of Newberg

[@pdxfisher1]

@@tmkayakfishing8236 There are some nice rocky structures around Newberg (downstream of launch and way upstream of the launch) plus Ash Island has a lot of nice hydrilla beds around it. In between it is a lot of soft bottom with wood that gets trapped in the spring floods.