Umatilla River Report

Umatilla River - Umatilla, OR


by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
3-3-2025
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This season, more than 1,400 summer steelhead have migrated past Three Mile Falls dam. The cold, low-water conditions experienced in early February gave way to muddy, high-water conditions making fishing difficult in February. However, fishing should improve as water levels subside into March.

There is now a new regulation in place with a hook gap size that may not exceed 3/8 inch in the section of the Umatilla River above the CTUIR reservation. This new regulation is to protect bull trout and decrease the chance of hooking mortality. As a reminder, if you catch a bull trout, recognized by its white spots, please keep it in the water and release it as quickly as possible. No targeting of bull trout is allowed in the Umatilla River.




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