Chinook fishing should heat up

Coast Fork Willamette River - Cottage Grove, OR (Lane County)


by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
6-1-2026
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Will be stocked the week of June 8th with 1,000 hatchery rainbow trout.

Chinook fishing should heat up in June.

The river is open to fishing all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead and wild steelhead over 24 inches.

Use of bait allowed April 22 – Oct. 31 but beginning Nov. 1 anglers may only use lures and artificial flies. In addition to five hatchery trout, two wild trout may be kept daily. 





More Reports

OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Monday, June 1st

Kilchis River: Water is low and clear
Necanicum River: Cutthroat Throughout the River
Nehalem River: Cutthroat Throughout the River
Nestucca River: Fishing is slow to fair
Three Rivers: Fish are Getting Caught
Trask River: Some sporadic good bites!
Wilson River: Fishing for summers should improve
Alton Baker Canoe Canal: Come on out and bring the family!
Blue River: Stocked with Trout Recently
Blue River Reservoir: Stocked Recently with Rainbow Trout
Carmen Reservoir: Recently Stocked with Rainbow Trout
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