Idaho Fish Report
John Day River Update
by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
11-3-2021
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Please note that due to the steelhead fishing closure and the close of trout fishing on Oct. 31, all fishing is now closed in rivers and streams within the John Day Basin. Wild A steelhead over Bonneville dam are well below the minimum 20,000 fish necessary to hold a fishery, in addition to a smolt-to-adult ratio currently anticipated to be 1 percent. This also means bass fishing has closed in the John Day River for the remainder of the year.