Winter steelhead slowed down a bit on the Siletz. Like its neighbors, it's been a fair season on the Siletz, with fish seemingly being caught in big waves this year. Fish are taking advantage of the warmer weather and moving higher up into the basin. Fish have been caught in the upper gorge area and throughout some of the lower drift floats.

The upper gorge offers bank access for targeting winter steelhead. The gorge road has been cleared out and is accessible throughout the entire upper fishery. Fish don't seem to be quite so high in the system just yet, but they are definitely moving that direction.

Just a reminder that the gorge road is closed to public driving access during the weekdays M-F but opens for the weekend.

The Siletz is a truly unique system offering multiple opportunities for a variety of species