Astoria is a great town for people who enjoy the outdoors. The city population is around 10,000 people. It is located on the Columbia River just a few miles from the Pacific Ocean. The views are amazing and this is the town where the Goonies was filmed. Anglers have so many options with the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean. You can catch salmon, steelhead, sturgeon, lingcod, rockfish and sea bass in the area waters.