Yaquina River Fish Report

Fishing has been fair the past few weeks but coming into April it will slow down

Yaquina River - Newport, OR

by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
4-5-2023
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Winter steelhead fishing typically peaks on the Yaquina January-March. Fishing has been fair the past few weeks but coming into April it will slow down. Fishing has been fair and should be good – fair moving into the weekend.

As with the rest of the mid-coast basins, with the recent rains conditions went from poor to fair. The colder temps have been keeping the river levels low and clear but still challenging. Steelhead have been observed spawning in mainstem as a lnew push of fish have entered the basin.

Trout fishing in streams closed on Oct. 31 and will reopen on May 22.

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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
Nehalem River: The Nehalem is already off color and is predicted to go up again
Nehalem River- North Fork: The North Fork may get off color Thursday and Friday
Salmon River: The river is low and clear
Siletz River: Fishing has picked up with the recent rains over the past few weeks
Trask River: The Trask is predicted to go back up over 10 feet late this week
Wilson River: Wilson River Trophy Winter Steelhead

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