Smallmouth Bass and Largemouth Bass Fishing

Welcome to John Day River fishing and the best smallmouth bass and largemouth bass, steelhead and crappie fishing website in Oregon. We offer fishing and hunting trips on the John Day River.

- More master angler smallmouth (20+") boated and released every year than any other guide service!
- The most experienced guides on the river (many of them were born and raised in Wheeler County)
- Highest quality drift boats, rafts, camping, fishing, and safety equipment available
- A flawless safety record
- Personalized trips (just tell Steve what you want)
- Stress-free days of fishing and hunting, complete with stories, history, humor, and, yes, FISH AND BIRDS!!
- Country breakfasts and gourmet lunches and dinners


We offer so many different trips and trips and packages that it is impossible to cover everything here, but we have tried to list most of the services and give you an idea of basic costs.

Prices Include:
- Full Country Breakfast
- Hot Dutch Oven Lunch (Choose from: Pot Roast, Pork Roast, Chicken and Rice, Lasagna-Meat or Veggie, and others), Dutch-Oven Dessert, Dinner (on the overnight trips), Coffee and Non-Alcoholic Beverages
- Finest Quality Equipment & Tackle, the Best Producing Lures
- All BLM Fees
- Full Day of Fishing
- Deluxe Drift Boats with Infrared Heaters
- Lots of pictures
- Dry Bags, Tents, Camping Gear for Overnight Trips  
- The Best John Day River Guide Team.


You Provide:  
- Oregon Fishing License/Tags
- Pop or Alcoholic Beverages,  
- Hats, Sunscreen Sunglasses  
- Appropriate Clothes (Dress in Layers of Warm Clothes in the Spring with a Rain Jacket on Top - Dress in Layers for the Summer with Sweat suits and Swimsuits or shorts).  
- Sleeping Bags & Air Mattress for Overnight Trips

Accommodation:  
We can assist you in finding local lodging. A list of bed and breakfasts, motels, and RV parks will be sent to you if you plan to come to the area the night (or day or two) before your trip.

Breakfast will be waiting the morning of your trip; after which you will depart from one of Steve's public or private put-ins, depending upon the section to be fished and the time of year.

You will fish and enjoy the scenery all morning, and then take time for a Dutch-oven prepared lunch cooked right in your boat!

On to more fishing, and then a midday snack of Dutch-oven prepared cobbler.

More Fishing right up to take-out time. If it's a multi-day trip, you got it - more mouthwatering food! The camp is set up for you (all you had to bring was your own sleeping bag and air mattress).

Smallmouth Bass and Largemouth Bass Fishing - The John Day River is a wild and scenic river located in the unique high desert region of Eastern Oregon.

It runs through seven sparsely populated counties - Grant, Umatilla, Jefferson, Wheeler, Sherman, Wasco, and Gilliam - before finally emptying into the mighty Columbia.

Long the recreational playground of the "locals," the John Day offers visitors:

Solitude
Wildlife viewing (deer, beaver, otters, eagles, ducks, geese, hawks, coyotes, bighorn sheep)
Scenery (basalt canyons, rock formations, rolling hills, awe-inspiring sunsets)
History (Indian writings, old homesteads)
Brief stretches of rolling rapids followed by relaxing drifts
Amazing water clarity
Stretches of beach ideal for swimming and camping
Bird hunting for upland birds and waterfowl
Summer/Spring runs of wild Steelhead
GREAT fishing for Smallmouth bass!

The following is a list of things to consider when choosing us as your John Day River guide service:

Experienced guides, some have grown up on the John Day River. Steve Fleming has been fishing and hunting in the area since 1968.

We guide exclusively on the John Day River. All out trips are spent fishing and learning, just the John Day River.

Our trips start early in the morning and spend a minimum of 10 hours on the water, fishing.
Great trophy "catch and release" record, our clients entered in the "In-Fishermen Master Angler Program" (20"minimum for smallmouth) every year.  

Provide quality poles, reels, and all the tackle to produce a quality trip and trophy fish.
Can provide services for large numbers of people, plus an awards ceremony to make the trip even more memorable (great corporate fish catching trips).
We sell out each year with over 50% returning clientele each year, and lots of references.
We employ "C.P.R." fishing ethics, "Catch, Photograph, and Release".

We are licensed, bonded, insured, and registered with the BLM to do trips on the John Day River.

Please submit a package inquiry with your preferred dates.
Two - Six Day Trips prices available upon request.

Book Now - "What the guide charges, is what you will pay and nothing extra. No middleman fees ~ book direct or contact the guide today!"
John Openshaw ~ President, WadersOn.com

* Prices do not include gratuity for guides

Discounts:
Children 13 and under, 1/2 price on 1-day trips

Personalized Trips are our specialty. Just tell Steve Fleming what you want and let him design a trip around your desires.

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