High flows are expected through the week. Bank anglers will have the best chance to start picking up steelhead as flows drop below 10,000 cfs. Steelhead fishing was good prior to the recent high water and should fish well once flows drop.

The angler-caught winter steelhead broodstock program has been very successful this year, with both boat and bank anglers donating steelhead to the Chetco River hatchery program. The program will run until the end of February.