Nehalem River- North Fork Fish Report

The North Fork may get off color Thursday and Friday

Nehalem River- North Fork - Hamlet, OR

by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
4-5-2023
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Most of the hatchery run on the North Fork Nehalem is done but there are still some wild broodstock hatchery fish coming in and we saw a few of them show up last week. The North Fork may get off color Thursday and Friday, but should be fishable by the weekend and in decent shape early next week.

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OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports

for Wednesday, April 5th, 2023

Crescent Lake: The lake level remains extremely low
Fall River: Fly-anglers continue to report good spring fishing in the Fall River
Hood River: Winter steelhead fishing on the Hood River has been good
Metolius River: The Metolius River continues to fish well
Ochoco Reservoir: The reservoir is very low at 16 percent full
Prinevile Reservoir: Prineville Reservoir is slowly filling but still very low at 20 percent full
Rock Creek Reservoir: The reservoir is accessible and ice has melted
Blue River Reservoir: Reservoir level is still extremely low
Foster Reservoir: The boat ramp at Sunnyside Park County Park should be in good shape to launch boats
Green Peter Reservoir: The reservoir is slowly filling up
McKenzie River: McKenzie River Report
Santiam River (South Fork): About 100 summer steelhead have already crossed into the upper Willamette Basin
Waverly Lake: Waverly Lake Warning
Alsea River: The Alsea will river level has gone back down over the past few days
Kilchis River: The Kilchis is fishable and should remain so through the week
Nehalem River: The Nehalem is already off color and is predicted to go up again

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