Idaho Fish Report
The Trask has been a little high the past week and will likely remain so until early next week
by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
3-26-2025
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The Trask has been a little high the past week and will likely remain so until early next week, but there are steelhead throughout the system. The Trask does not have a hatchery steelhead release, but provides some good catch-and-release opportunity for wild steelhead and the occasional hatchery stray.
The North and South Forks of the Trask close to angling on April 1 to protect spawning wild steelhead and out-migrating juveniles but it will re-open for trout season on May 22.
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OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Wednesday, March 26th
Imnaha River: Steelhead fishing has been good recently.
Wallowa River: Steelhead are still moving upstream to the hatcheries and are available to anglers
Bikini Pond: Stocked Recently
Fall River: Fly-anglers continue to report good and consistent fishing in the Fall River
Hood River: Hood River flows spiked up quite a bit over this weekend
Pine Hollow Reservoir: Stocked Recently
Taylor Lake: Stocked Recently
Alton Baker Canoe Canal: Stocked the week of March 17
Blue River Reservoir: Was stocked the week of March 10
Dexter Reservoir: Stocked Recently
Fall Creek Reservoir: Was stocked the week of March 17
Junction City Pond: This pond will be stocked again this week
Quartzville Creek: Flows are currently around 2,000 cfs
Row River Pond: Will be stocked the week of March 24
Santiam River ( North Fork) : The river is currently running at around 7,000 cfs at the gage in Mehama
Santiam River (South Fork): Flows are currently above 8,000 cfs at the gage in Waterloo
Willamette River: Poor river conditions last week and not much effort
Alsea River: Steelhead fishing continues to be fair on the Alsea River
Kilchis River: The Kilchis River is in decent shape and there should be fish throughout the system
Necanicum River: The Necanicum River is in decent shape and there should be fish throughout the system
Nehalem River: The Nehalem was high and off color much of the past week
Nehalem River- North Fork: Winter steelhead fishing on the North Fork picked back up this week
Nestucca River: Looks like it will be a little high this weekend and early next week
Salmon River: Winter steelhead continues to be fair on the Salmon River
Siletz River: Winter steelhead slowed down a bit on the Siletz
Siuslaw River: The Siuslaw has been producing a decent run with good angler success
Three Rivers: Three Rivers had still has some hatchery and wild steelhead coming in
OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Wednesday, March 19th
Fern Ridge Reservoir: There is good bank access
Freeway Lake East: The lake was stocked recently with 500 hatchery trout
Green Peter Reservoir: The water level in the reservoir is slowly increasing
Quartzville Creek: Flows are currently around 1,200 cfs
Santiam River ( North Fork) : The river is currently running at about 3,500 cfs at the gage in Mehama
Santiam River (South Fork): Flows are at 6,400 cfs at the gage in Waterloo
Walter Wirth Lake: Will be stocked this week
Waverly Lake: Will be stocked this week
Alsea River: Steelhead fishing continues to be fair on the Alsea River
Kilchis River: The Kilchis River is in decent shape and there should be fish throughout the system
Necanicum River: The Necanicum River is in decent shape and there should be fish throughout the system
Nehalem River: Winter steelhead fishing on the Nehalem mainstem was fair the end of last week
Nehalem River- North Fork: Hopefully the rain this weekend will also bring another push of fish
Nestucca River: The Nestucca is just dropping into prime shape and anglers can expect fair to good steelhead fishing
Salmon River: Winter steelhead continues to be fair on the Salmon River
Siletz River: Winter steelhead slowed down a bit on the Siletz
Siuslaw River: The Siuslaw has been producing a decent run with good angler success
Three Rivers: Three Rivers had some fair steelhead fishing this past week
Trask River: Steelhead fishing on the Trask has been slow to fair this week
Wilson River: Winter steelhead fishing on the Wilson picked up a little early this week
Agate Lake: Agate Lake is now 100 percent full
Applegate Reservoir: Trout should be widely distributed throughout the reservoir
Applegate River: In the last few weeks we've gotten reports of folks catching steelhead upstream of Cantrall Buckley County
Cooper Creek Reservoir: The reservoir was stocked with 2,500 larger-size rainbow trout in early February
Elk River: High water has kept anglers off the river, but flows look to be dropping and maybe clearing
Emigrant Reservoir: Emigrant is currently 87 percent full
Expo Pond: Expo Pond Report
Fish Lake : Fish Lake is at67 percent full
Galesville Reservoir: The reservoir should be close to full pool now with all the recent rainfall
Howard Prairie Reservoir: Howard Prairie is 64 percent full and rising
Hyatt Lake: Hyatt is currently 65 percent full and rising with open water
Illinois River: Flows on the Illinois are dropping, but still very high
Lake Marie: Lake Marie is a good spot for a quiet fishing experience
Lake Selmac: There should be plenty around for anglers to enjoy
Lost Creek Reservoir: Trout can be caught at a variety of depths from the surface down to about 50 feet
Plat I Reservoir: Fish will be spread throughout, fishing is slow
Rogue River- Lower: The river has been running very high and muddy
Rogue River - Middle: Flows in Grants Pass is around 13,000 cfs
Rogue River- Upper: There are currently trout and steelhead available in this section of the Rogue
Smith River: Winter steelhead fishing will be slow because of high water and dirty conditions
Umpqua River: Fishing will be slow until the river levels reside, and water conditions clear up
Umpqua River- North : Winter steelhead angling is starting to whine down
Umpqua River- South : Anglers are catching steelhead throughout the river
Willow Lake: Warming weather and inflow have filled the reservoir to 100 percent
Winchuck River: Anglers should get an opportunity to fish before the end of the season