Nehalem River Fish Report

Fair But Sporadic Fishing

Nehalem River - Nehalm, OR

by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
9-11-2024
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The Nehalem fall Chinook fishing has been fair although sporadic. More Chinook should be coming in and the rain falling as of this writing may help facilitate that.

The Nehalem gets a return of hatchery coho salmon that should be showing up soon as well. In addition, the wild coho fishery starts this Saturday. Nehalem Bay is open to retention of 1 adult wild coho/day and 2/season on WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS only, from Sept. 7 to Oct. 23. See the regulation updates online for more details.

Trolling with flashers and spinners seems to be the go-to technique for this fishery in the bay, but trolling herring is always a good option for Chinook as well. In upper tidewater bobber fishing bait can be effective. The bag limit for wild adult Chinook is 1/day and 5 for the season from July 1 to Nov. 30. See the regulation updates for more details.

There are cutthroat trout throughout the Nehalem basin. Most of the sea-run cutthroat should be up in the rivers and tributaries by this time of year.

More Reports

OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports

for Wednesday, September 11th

Columbia River: More fall salmon fishing in store for the Columbia River
Umatilla River: Fishing should pick up on the Umatilla
McKay Reservoir: Mix of Bass and Crappie Being Caught
Crescent Lake: Currently Closed Due to the Red Fire
Deschutes River: Best Steelhead Fishing on Deschutes, Mouth to Pelton Dam
Haystack Reservoir: Rare Opportunities on Haystack
Ochoco Reservoir: Reports of Large Fish Near Ochoco Dam
Prinevile Reservoir: Fair Fishing on Prinevile
Three Creek Lake: Reports of Excellent Fishing
Wickiup Reservoir: Continuous Reports of Productive Fishing
Clackamas River: Coho Numbers Expected to Be Solid
Clear Lake: Clear Lake Updates
Willamette River CST FK: Stocked with Trout, Salmon, and Steelheads
Fern Ridge Reservoir: Good Boat Access
Foster Reservoir: Reservoir will be in good shape through September
Leaburg Lake: Leaburg Lake Updates
McKenzie River: McKenzie River Below and Above Leaburg Lake Updates
Quartzville Creek: Quartzville Creek Updates
Salmon Creek: Salmon Creek Updates
Sandy River: Coho fishing should be great this season
Santiam River ( North Fork) : Santiam River (North Fork) Updates

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Hosmer Lake

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