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About 100 summer steelhead have already crossed into the upper Willamette Basin

OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff

Report Date:4-5-2023

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Fishing is generally best when flows are below 3,000 cfs. Currently flows are around 3,000 cfs at the Waterloo gauge as of April 3. Winter steelhead numbers are improving but are still low. Anglers can tell winter steelhead from hatchery summer steelhead by their intact adipose fin. Take care to release any wild fish unharmed. Hatchery chinook should begin arriving in April.

About 100 summer steelhead have already crossed into the upper Willamette Basin at Willamette Falls, hopefully the forerunners of many more. Peak fishing for them is between May and July.

Hatchery trout harvest season closed on Nov. 1. Fishing with bait is only allowed between April 22 and Oct. 31. Anglers are reminded that only fin-clipped trout may be kept.

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for Wednesday, April 5th, 2023

Crescent Lake: The lake level remains extremely low
Fall River: Fly-anglers continue to report good spring fishing in the Fall River
Hood River: Winter steelhead fishing on the Hood River has been good
Metolius River: The Metolius River continues to fish well
Ochoco Reservoir: The reservoir is very low at 16 percent full
Prinevile Reservoir: Prineville Reservoir is slowly filling but still very low at 20 percent full
Rock Creek Reservoir: The reservoir is accessible and ice has melted
Blue River Reservoir: Reservoir level is still extremely low
Foster Reservoir: The boat ramp at Sunnyside Park County Park should be in good shape to launch boats
Green Peter Reservoir: The reservoir is slowly filling up
McKenzie River: McKenzie River Report
Waverly Lake: Waverly Lake Warning
Alsea River: The Alsea will river level has gone back down over the past few days
Kilchis River: The Kilchis is fishable and should remain so through the week
Nehalem River: The Nehalem is already off color and is predicted to go up again
Nehalem River- North Fork: The North Fork may get off color Thursday and Friday
Salmon River: The river is low and clear
Siletz River: Fishing has picked up with the recent rains over the past few weeks
Trask River: The Trask is predicted to go back up over 10 feet late this week
Wilson River: Wilson River Trophy Winter Steelhead
Yaquina River: Fishing has been fair the past few weeks but coming into April it will slow down
Diamond Lake: Some anglers have been catching tiger trout while ice fishing
Emigrant Reservoir: Emigrant is 42 percent full
Galesville Reservoir: There have been very good reports of anglers catching a lot of hold over trout
Howard Prairie Reservoir: Howard Prairie is at 20 percent full
Rogue River- Lower: Spring Chinook fishing has been pretty good
Rogue River - Middle: Current flow is around 3,100 cfs and temperature in the low-40s
Rogue River- Upper (Above Lost Creek): Winter conditions now limit access to most of this area
Umpqua River: Anglers have had poor luck on the mainstem Umpqua over the past week
North Umpqua River: Steelhead fishing has been slowing down throughout basin over the past week
Willow Lake: The reservoir is 75 percent ful
Chewaucan River: Fishing will be slow until water temperatures warm up
Gerber Reservoir: The reservoir remains very low at 17 percent full
Klamath River - Upper - OR: Klamath River Fishing Report

States extend recreational spring Chinook season below Bonneville Dam through Tuesday, April 11

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OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff

Report Date: 4-4-2023

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About 100 summer steelhead have already crossed into the upper Willamette Basin

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