Mckenzie
Rating - Fair
Monday, Jan 16 2023
Was last stocked the week of Sept. 12 with 2,000 hatchery rainbow trout. Bait can be used from April 22 Oct. 31, but beginning Nov. 1, anglers may only use lures and artificial flies.The Leaburg Dam fish counts are a great spring salmon and summer steelhead resource, and information is back online. Counts are updated by the Corps of Engineers weekly. These resources are most useful to anglers from May September.All non-adipose fin-clipped trout must be released unharmed. Check page 46 of the 2022 Sport Fishing Regulations for bait restrictions in the segment you plan to fish. Beginning Nov. 1, anglers may only use lures and artificial flies.The lower McKenzie River is open to retention of adipose fin-clipped salmon and steelhead and non-adipose fin-clipped steelhead greater than 24 inches long. A Columbia River Basin Endorsement is required for anglers targeting salmon and steelhead in the McKenzie.
Monday, Jan 16 2023
Access Info
Trout, Salmon, and Steelhead
Click here to unsubcribe from your fishing reports.
Mckenzie
Rating - Fair
Was last stocked the week of Sept. 12 with 2,000 hatchery rainbow trout. Bait can be used from April 22 Oct. 31, but beginning Nov. 1, anglers may only use lures and artificial flies.The Leaburg Dam fish counts are a great spring salmon and summer steelhead resource, and information is back online. Counts are updated by the Corps of Engineers weekly. These resources are most useful to anglers from May September.All non-adipose fin-clipped trout must be released unharmed. Check page 46 of the 2022 Sport Fishing Regulations for bait restrictions in the segment you plan to fish. Beginning Nov. 1, anglers may only use lures and artificial flies.The lower McKenzie River is open to retention of adipose fin-clipped salmon and steelhead and non-adipose fin-clipped steelhead greater than 24 inches long. A Columbia River Basin Endorsement is required for anglers targeting salmon and steelhead in the McKenzie.
Other Fishing Reports for Albany
Willamette River
Fair
01/16/2023
catch-and-release sturgeon, steelhead, spring Chinook, coho, small and largemouth bassThe upstream section between Albany and Ha
...
Learn More
Wilson River
Fair
01/16/2023
The Wilson has been a little slow for steelhead this week (although some fish were caught), but that is probably due to challeng
...
Learn More
N. Santiam
Fair
01/16/2023
No recent fishing reports. River levels best for fishing are at or below 3,000 cfs, and the river is currently running around 11
...
Learn More
Clear Lake
Good
01/16/2023
Was last stocked the week of Aug. 22 with 3,000 hatchery rainbow trout. Clear Lake is accessed from Hwy. 126 approximately 70 mi
...
Learn More
Nestucca River and Three Rivers
Fair
01/16/2023
The Nestucca River has been running high this week, although the color has been decent, and fishing has been slow. It is going t
...
Learn More
Siuslaw
Fair
01/16/2023
Winter steelhead are showing up on the Siuslaw River. Fishing has been slow early in the season. The Whittaker Cr. drift will be
...
Learn More
Alsea River
Good
01/16/2023
Winter steelhead are throughout the Alsea system. The popular NF Alsea fishery is open and improving. This fishery should contin
...
Learn More
Siletz River
Fair
01/16/2023
Winter steelhead are showing up in the Siletz River. Fishing has been fair over the last week with boats hooking 2-5 fish a day.
...
Learn More
Columbia River
Fair
09/21/2022
On Saturdays (8/27) flight, there were 939 salmonid boats and 40 salmonid bank anglers counted from Bonneville Dam to Tongue Poi
...
Learn More