Fall Chinook fishing in the Nestucca has been slow to fair in estuary. There should be a few fish pushing into the lower river on this week's rain.

Due to below average forecast this season the bag limit for wild Chinook has been reduced. See the Regulation Updates section above for details. ‌

Saturday, Sept. 9 was the opener of the wild coho fishery in the Nestucca estuary, and there should be some wild coho around. The fishery is open two days a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays from Sept. 9 to Oct. 18. See the regulation updates section above for bag limits and more details.

Summer steelhead are in the basin, and are present throughout the fishery, but recent resting pool counts confirmed that numbers are low this year and as a result fishing will probably be slow.

Cutthroat are available throughout the river. Sea-run cutthroat fishing is open through October.