Oregon Fish Report
Nehalem River Fish Report for 4-5-2023


The Nehalem is already off color and is predicted to go up again

Nehalem River - Nehalm, OR


by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
4-5-2023
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The mainstem Nehalem doesn’t have any hatchery steelhead releases, but there are wild steelhead available for catch-and-release fishing throughout the basin. The Nehalem is already off color and is predicted to go up again Wednesday night and Thursday. It may not back into shape for a while. Avoiding long fights and handling will reduce stress on released fish.




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OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
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
Santiam River (South Fork): About 100 summer steelhead have already crossed into the upper Willamette Basin
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

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