Illinois River - Flows on the Illinois are dropping, but still very high

Flows on the Illinois are dropping, but still very high

Illinois River - Cave Junction, OR

by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
3-19-2025
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Flows on the Illinois are dropping, but still very high. Check current and predicted levels here. A bit more rain is forecasted for later this week, so it might not be in very good shape for a week or more.

Please remember no wild steelhead retention allowed on the Illinois River for the 2024/2025 season. See regulations and season updates. Artificial lures and flies only.

Hatchery steelhead may be retained in certain sections.

The Rogue-South Coast Steelhead Validation is required for all winter steelhead anglers fishing in the Rogue Basin or on the south coast from Dec. 1 to April 30

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for Wednesday, March 19th

Fern Ridge Reservoir: There is good bank access
Freeway Lake East: The lake was stocked recently with 500 hatchery trout
Green Peter Reservoir: The water level in the reservoir is slowly increasing
Quartzville Creek: Flows are currently around 1,200 cfs
Santiam River ( North Fork) : The river is currently running at about 3,500 cfs at the gage in Mehama
Santiam River (South Fork): Flows are at 6,400 cfs at the gage in Waterloo
Walter Wirth Lake: Will be stocked this week
Waverly Lake: Will be stocked this week
Alsea River: Steelhead fishing continues to be fair on the Alsea River
Kilchis River: The Kilchis River is in decent shape and there should be fish throughout the system
Necanicum River: The Necanicum River is in decent shape and there should be fish throughout the system
Nehalem River: Winter steelhead fishing on the Nehalem mainstem was fair the end of last week
Nehalem River- North Fork: Hopefully the rain this weekend will also bring another push of fish
Nestucca River: The Nestucca is just dropping into prime shape and anglers can expect fair to good steelhead fishing
Salmon River: Winter steelhead continues to be fair on the Salmon River
Siletz River: Winter steelhead slowed down a bit on the Siletz
Siuslaw River: The Siuslaw has been producing a decent run with good angler success
Three Rivers: Three Rivers had some fair steelhead fishing this past week
Trask River: Steelhead fishing on the Trask has been slow to fair this week
Wilson River: Winter steelhead fishing on the Wilson picked up a little early this week
Agate Lake: Agate Lake is now 100 percent full
Applegate Reservoir: Trout should be widely distributed throughout the reservoir
Applegate River: In the last few weeks we've gotten reports of folks catching steelhead upstream of Cantrall Buckley County
Cooper Creek Reservoir: The reservoir was stocked with 2,500 larger-size rainbow trout in early February
Elk River: High water has kept anglers off the river, but flows look to be dropping and maybe clearing
Emigrant Reservoir: Emigrant is currently 87 percent full
Expo Pond: Expo Pond Report
Fish Lake : Fish Lake is at67 percent full
Galesville Reservoir: The reservoir should be close to full pool now with all the recent rainfall
Howard Prairie Reservoir: Howard Prairie is 64 percent full and rising
Hyatt Lake: Hyatt is currently 65 percent full and rising with open water

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