Spring Chinook Are Still Coming Upriver

OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff

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http://www.dfw.state.or.us

A few summer steelhead were being caught below Dexter Dam but spring Chinook fishing remained pretty slow over the weekend. Spring Chinook are still coming upriver as evidenced by the fish counts at Willamette Falls

No recent fishing reports but spring Chinook are on the way as evidenced by the fish counts at Willamette Falls

The Middle Fork Willamette River is open to bait below Dexter Dam only. Reminder: Restrictions from Dexter Dam to approximately 700 feet downstream to the markers: No angling from the north shore, from a floating device, or while wading (page 44 in regulations). This river reach is open to retention of adipose fin-clipped salmon and steelhead and non-adipose fin-clipped steelhead greater than 24 inches long.

A Columbia River Basin Endorsement is required for anglers targeting salmon and steelhead in the Middle Fork Willamette below Dexter Dam. 

The Middle Fork Willamette above Lookout Point and Hills Creek reservoirs is open to fishing using lures and artificial flies. All wild trout must be released upstream of Lookout Point Reservoir. The Middle Fork Willamette River is not stocked with hatchery trout

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