Arizona Fish Report
Walter Wirth Lake Fish Report for 11-3-2022


Stocked for the first time this fall

Walter Wirth Lake - Salem, OR (Marion County)


by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
11-3-2022
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This urban lake usually gets stocked from about Thanksgiving through May. It was stocked for the first time this fall with about 1,000 averaging greater than 1-pound. Anglers may keep only one fish over 20-inches as part of their 5 trout bag limit.

Walter Wirth is a 20-acre lake located within the City of Salem’s Cascades Gateway Park with good access all the way around.





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OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Thursday, November 3rd, 2022
Grande Ronde River: Anglers have been catching steelhead and coho salmon
Morgan Lake: Morgan Lake closed to fishing on Oct. 31
Umatilla River: Umatilla River Fishing Report
Walla Walla River: Steelhead fishing will not be open on the river during the 2022-23 season
Wallowa River: Recently trout fishing has been very good on the Wallowa River
Crane Prairie Reservoir: Crane Prairie closed for the season on Nov. 1
Crooked River: Flows in the Crooked River are projected to increase to 50 cfs
East Lake: Anglers report good fishing
Hosmer Lake: Anglers report that fishing at Hosmer has improved
Laurance Lake: Closed for fishing Oct. 31
Lava Lake: Recent reports of good fishing
Odell Lake: Odell Lake closed for the season
Paulina Lake: Anglers are reporting good kokanee fishing in Paulina Lake
Fern Ridge Reservoir: Fern Ridge Reservoir Report
Foster Reservoir: Foster Reservoir Report
Green Peter Reservoir: The water level in this reservoir is slowly beginning to drop
Quartzville Creek: After recent rains the river is up to 150 cfs as of Nov. 1
Santiam River ( North Fork) : The gate at Green’s Bridge is now open
Santiam River (South Fork): Currently flows are around 1,500 cfs at the Waterloo gauge as of Nov 1
Alsea River: Fall Chinook fishing should improve this weekend
Kilchis River: The Kilchis will be open for retention of hatchery salmon but will be closed to wild Chinook
Necanicum River: Fall Chinook are available in the Necanicum basin
Nehalem River: Salmon fishing on Nehalem Bay has really dropped off the past week
Nehalem River- North Fork: North Fork Nehalem River Report
Nestucca River: The majority of the fall Chinook should be in the river at this point and throughout the fishery
Salmon River: Fall Chinook fishing should improve this weekend
Siletz River: Fall Chinook fishing continues to be fair on the Siletz but it should improve with the forecasted rain
Siltcoos Lake: Coho fishing should really improve this weekend
Trask River: Track River Report
Yaquina River: Fall Chinook fishing continues to be fair on the Yaquina
Ben Irving Reservoir: Ben Irving Reservoir Report
Chetco River: The wild Chinook bag limit has been reduced this year
Cooper Creek Reservoir: Midday trout fishing should pick up more as temperatures cool
Diamond Lake: Snow has already started falling on Diamond Lake
Galesville Reservoir: The water level is now so low you are unable to launch most watercraft
Howard Prairie Reservoir: Howard Prairie remains at 6 percent full at the end of irrigation season
Plat I Reservoir: Fishing at Plat I is slowing down
Rogue River - Middle: Chinook are likely winding down for the year
Umpqua River: Chinook fishing has been moderate this fall
North Umpqua River: Summer steelhead fishing remains steady around Swiftwater park
Willow Lake: Willow Lake Report
Winchuck River: Gear restrictions were extended through Nov. 15
Ana Reservoir: The reservoir has been lowered 5 feet to decrease erosion throughout the winter
Chewaucan River: Chewaucan River Fishing Report
Heart Lake: Heart Lake Fishing Report
Holbrook Reservoir: Holbrook Reservoir Fishing Report
Upper Klamath Lake: Upper Klamath Lake Fishing Report
Lofton Reservoir: Lofton Reservoir Fishing Report
Miller Lake: Brown trout are cruising the shallows looking for spawning habitat
Sycan River: Fishing not recommended due to extensive drought and fire in most of the river corridor

OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022
Chetco River: Gear restrictions extended on Chetco, Winchuck rivers
Columbia River: Nov. 9 Joint State Hearing to consider 2023 sturgeon fisheries upstream of Bonneville Dam
Applegate Reservoir: Surface temperature is 55 degrees
Elk River: Elk River Fishing Report
Emigrant Reservoir: Emigrant has dropped to 3 percent full at the end of irrigation season
Fish Lake : Fish Lake Fishing Report
Hyatt Lake: Hyatt is starting to fill and is now at 2 percent full
Lemolo Lake: Fall fishing at Lemolo can be great
Rogue River- Upper: The first coho of the year arrived at Cole Rivers Hatchery