Santiam River (South Fork) Fish Report for 5-15-2024
Currently flows are around 3,600 cfs at the Waterloo gauge
Santiam River (South Fork) - Sweet Home, OR (Linn County)
by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
5-15-2024
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Fishing is generally best when flows are below 3,000 cfs. Currently flows are around 3,600 cfs at the Waterloo gauge as of May 13. These conditions are less than ideal but should recover relatively quickly with dry weather expected the rest of this week. Summer steelhead are off to a pretty good start this year with about 3,360 adults having crossed into the upper Willamette River as of May 7. A few of these fish have already arrived in the South Santiam and are being caught by anglers, with more arriving each day.
A few weeks behind are the spring Chinook, but their numbers are expected to rise dramatically in the next couple of weeks. Now that we are beyond April 22, bait restrictions are lifted and anglers can use bait through the end of October.
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OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Wednesday, May 15thUmatilla River: The spring Chinook fishery on the Umatilla River is open currently
Crane Prairie Reservoir: The reservoir 88 percent full
Crooked River: The USBOR continues flood control operations from Bowman Dam
East Lake: Paulina Lake Road with access to East Lake is scheduled to reopen for the year
Fall River: Fly-anglers continue to report productive and consistent spring fishing
Hood River: The peak of spring Chinook fishing on the Hood will be around Memorial Day
Hosmer Lake: The Cascade Lakes Highway is scheduled to reopen May 21 at 8 a.m.
Laurance Lake: Laurance Lake is open for the season
Odell Lake: Odell Lake Fishing Report
Clackamas River: Winter steelhead can currently be found throughout the system
Detroit Reservoir: Recent rains have filled the reservoir almost to the top
Foster Reservoir: Anglers report good success in the two arms of the reservoir, as well as the shoreline in between
Green Peter Reservoir: The water level in Green Peter continues to rise
Santiam River ( North Fork) : River is currently running at around 6,300 cfs at the gauge in Mehama
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