Idaho Fish Report
River conditions should be good through the rest of the season
by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
3-29-2023
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Beginning Jan. 1, all steelhead anglers will need to be in possession of the new Rogue South Coast Steelhead Validation to fish the Illinois River. Anglers choosing to harvest a wild winter steelhead will also need to have in possession a new Wild Steelhead Harvest Tag, as well. One wild fish per day, 3 per year can be harvested on the new wild harvest tag.
Wild winter steelhead over 24 inches may be retained between Klondike Creek and Pomeroy Dam Jan. 1 – Mar. 31 (Friday of this week). The river is closed to all fishing from Fall Creek (the creek just upstream of the swinging bridge off Illinois River Road) to 400 feet above Illinois Falls.
River conditions should be good through the rest of the season. Much of the publicly accessible reaches of the Illinois River fall under the USFS Wild Rivers Ranger District. More information can be found on their website. For up-to-date flows check the USGS Kerby gauge.
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OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Wednesday, March 29th, 2023Haystack Reservoir: Anglers should expect slow fishing until the reservoir can be restocked and fish populations rebound
Hood River: Numbers of winter steelhead in the Hood River have been increasing
Prinevile Reservoir: Prineville Reservoir is slowly filling but still very low at 18 percent full
Alsea River: The Alsea will river level has gone back down over the past few days
Kilchis River: The Kilchis is low an in good shape early next week after the rains
Miami River: Friday is the last day to fish steelhead on the Miami as it closes April 1
Nehalem River- North Fork: The North Fork should fish through Friday but may be high and off color for the weekend
Siuslaw River: Winter steelhead are moving throughout the Siuslaw River
Trask River: The Trask still has steelhead throughout the fishery
Wilson River: Steelhead fishing slowed on the Wilson last week
Applegate River: River is back in shape with some color
Emigrant Reservoir: Emigrant is 39 percent full
Howard Prairie Reservoir: Howard Prairie is at 20 percent full
Hyatt Lake: Hyatt has started to fill and is 18 percent full
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