The Siletz has had a strong Fall chinook fishery but like the rest of our Mid Coast basins it's just about done. The rains we have had these last weeks have pushed any lingering fish high into the spawning grounds. Fall Chinook will close Dec. 31.‌

Like the Salmon and Alsea rivers, the first few winter steelhead are beginning to enter the Siletz Basin. The Siletz also has a hatchery component to its steelhead run and provides a great opportunity early in the season for steelhead retention. Most of the early component fish have shot up and are likely hanging around in the upper Siletz Gorge. The Gorge provides excellent bank fishing opportunity but as winter flows settle in be mindful of traversing the river at higher flows. ‌

Trout fishing closed Oct. 31.