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Willamette River · Oregon

Portland Harbor

Target: Spring Chinook

model v1.0.0 · Heuristic Baseline
freshly scored · 10/25/2026, 7:41:28 PM
54/100
Fair
Confidence62% · Moderate confidence

Confidence is reduced because fish counts, recent angler reports were unavailable. The score reflects only the sources that reported in.

Angler briefing

generated · claude-haiku-4-5

Portland Harbor is rated Fair for Spring Chinook right now, with water temperature in the ideal range providing the main positive signal. However, river flow at 17,400 cfs is running well above the optimal 600–2,200 cfs band, which significantly limits your chances—high flows make fish harder to locate and catch. The confidence in this forecast is moderate at 62% due to missing fish count and recent angler report data, so local intel from other anglers on the water would be valuable before committing.

What drove the score

Factor breakdown

Water temperature

+40pts

14.2°C is in the ideal band (8–16°C).

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Weather & pressure

+14pts

100% cloud, 11 km/h wind, stable pressure.

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River flow

+0pts

17400cfs is above ideal (600–2200cfs).

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Excluded — source unavailable

  • Fish countsweight 30% · dropped
  • Recent angler reportsweight 8% · dropped

Catch report

Did you catch fish here?

No account, no personal data — just the catch outcome.

Fish-count feed

last 6 readings
5/23/2026now · 1320 counted

Same inputs · every model version

v1.0.0active
Heuristic Baseline
54
62% conf
v1.1.0candidate
Thermal-Weighted Candidate
64
68% conf
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Provenance

inputs hash
d1559139
reproducible
✗ mismatch
usgs gauge
14211720 ↗