Snake River Steelhead Fishery Change

Author: Report Date: August 28, 2019 Action: Reduces the daily limit to one hatchery steelhead in the Snake River and requires release of steelhead 28 inches or greater in length downstream of the Couse Creek Boat Ramp. Anglers must cease fishing after steelhead or adult salmon...

Fall Chinook season to open on Snake River starting Aug. 24

Author: Report Date: August 22, 2019 Enterprise, Ore. – Fall Chinook season will open on the Snake River on Aug. 24 from the Oregon and Washington border upstream to the deadline below Hells Canyon Dam. Snake River fall Chinook are currently making their way up the Columbia...

Currently the River is in Perfect Shape!

Author: Report Date: January 28, 2019 Currently the river is in perfect shape! Water is that green we like, flow is almost perfect and the fish are willing to play! Every time we have been out lately has given us some great results. Last Saturday was...

Small Yellow Perch Dominate the Catch

Author: Report Date: January 23, 2019 The reservoir is frozen. Small yellow perch dominate the catch. Open all year. Water levels are good, but the reservoir is turbid and visibility is 4- to 6-inches. Access is available along the Fishhole Creek road. Much of the reservoir...

One hatchery steelhead daily bag limit extended for the Snake River and tributaries

Author: Report Date: October 31, 2018 The one fish bag limit for steelhead on the Snake River and tributaries will be extended through the end of the year to reduce impacts on wild fish and ensure enough fish are available for broodstock. This restriction applies to...

Reduced steelhead bag limit for Oregon’s Snake River and tributaries

Author: Report Date: August 31, 2018 For the second year in a row, daily bag limits for hatchery summer steelhead will be reduced to one fish per day for the Snake River and tributaries in the Grande Ronde and Imnaha River basins when the season opens...

Snake River spring Chinook season opens April 28

Author: Report Date: April 26, 2018 Spring Chinook season will open on the Snake River in Hells Canyon on April 28 from the Dug Bar boat ramp to the boundary below Hells Canyon Dam. Fishery managers do not expect salmon to arrive to the fishery area for...

Steelhead bag limits reestablished for Oregon’s Snake River and Tributaries

Author: Report Date: January 17, 2018 Now that 2018 is here, anglers are reminded they are once allowed to harvest three hatchery summer steelhead per day in the Snake, Grande Ronde, and Imnaha Rivers, consistent with permanently-adopted regulations. Bag limits had been reduced during the fall through...

Upper Snake River opens to fall Chinook fishing today

Author: Report Date: September 1, 2017 The upper Snake River will open to hatchery fall Chinook fishing on Friday, Sept. 1. The river will be open from the Oregon – Washington border to the deadline below Hells Canyon Dam and will remain open until Oct. 31, or...

Snake River Chinook season below Hells Canyon Dam closes July 30

Author: Report Date: July 28, 2017 The spring Chinook fishery on the Snake River below Hells Canyon Dam will close at sundown (8:18 p.m.) on Sunday, July 30. Idaho Fish and Game, who monitors the Snake River fishery for both states, noted that angler interest and...

South Fork Reservoir Fishing Report

Author: Report Date: May 18, 2017 The surface water temperatures have climbed into the high 50’s to low 60’s and with the forecast weather, should continue to climb into the 60’s. Anglers have had good luck in Coyote Cove and along Jet Ski Beach, but...

Hells Canyon Chinook season opens April 22

Author: Report Date: April 19, 2017 Spring Chinook season will open in Hells Canyon on April 22 from the Dug Bar boat ramp to the boundary below Hells Canyon Dam.  Snake River spring Chinook are currently making their way up the Columbia River headed for Hells Canyon. “While...