Nehalem River Fish Report

Fair Fishing With Sporadic Good Bites

Nehalem River - Nehalm, OR

by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
8-28-2024
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The Nehalem gets an early component of the fall Chinook run sometimes referred to as "summer Chinook" and those fish are in the bay. Fishing has been fair but the "good bites" have been sporadic. The creel sampler checking the fishery in Nehalem reports seeing 50 or more Chinook harvested per week for the past few weeks.

Trolling with flashers and spinners seems to be the go-to technique for this fishery, but trolling herring is always a good option for Chinook as well. The bag limit for wild adult Chinook is 1/day and 5 for the season from July 1 to Nov. 30. See the regulation updates for more details.

There are cutthroat trout throughout the Nehalem basin. Most of the sea-run cutthroat should be up in the rivers and tributaries by this time of year.

More Reports

OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports

for Wednesday, August 28th

Morgan Lake: Morgan Lake is Back Open!
Crane Prairie Reservoir: Good Trout and Bass Fishing at Crane Prairie
Crescent Lake: Limited Access to Crescent
Haystack Reservoir: Rare Opportunity on Haystack
Ochoco Reservoir: Reports of good rainbow trout fishing
Wickiup Reservoir: Reports of productive fishing for very nice rainbow trout on Wickiup
Green Peter Reservoir: Water Level is Dropping Slowly
Quartzville Creek: Quartzville Creek Update
Santiam River ( North Fork) : High levels of a toxin caused by a cyanobacteria bloom
Kilchis River: Cutthroat fishing should be fair to good!
Necanicum River: Trout fishing should be fair to good
Nestucca River: Big Fish This Year on the Nestucca
Wilson River: Summer Steelhead Throughout the River!
Agency Lake: Overall fishing is fair
Blue Lake: This lake will fish well until the snow flies
Campbell Reservoir: Fishing has been good in August for stocked trout
Chewaucan River: Fishing with hoppers at this time of year is a lot of fun
Cottonwood Reservoir: Fishing has been slow as expected
Dead Horse Lake: Reports of great boat fishing recently
Dog Lake: Fishing for smaller crappie and yellow perch has been good
Fourmile Lake: Fishing Should be Slow
Gerber Reservoir: Incredible densities of yellow perch and some larger crappie
Klamath River - Upper - OR: Lots of Good Locations to Fish!
Klamath River - Upper - OR: LAKE EWAUNA-KLAMATH RIVER (Above Keno Dam to Link River) Report
Lost River: River Typically Slow for Fishing
Miller Lake: Lake has been stocked with rainbow trout
Sprague River: SOUTH FORK SPRAGUE RIVER AND ALL TRIBUTARIES Update
Sun Creek: Fishing not recommended at this time as density of fish is low
Thief Valley Reservoir: Reservoir drained completely and all fish have died
Williamson River: There are incredible populations of scuds
Williamson River: LOWER WILLIAMSON RIVER Update
Willow Valley Reservoir: ODFW and BLM have restocked the reservoir
Wood River: Wood River Update
Chetco River: Chetco River Updates
Umpqua River: UMPQUA RIVER, MAINSTEM Update

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