Idaho Fish Report
Big Fish This Year on the Nestucca
by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
8-28-2024
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Summer steelhead are in the Nestucca and there are some fish being caught. Cedar Creek hatchery has recycled over 200 steelhead over the last few weeks. There are some big fish this year. Fish should be throughout the fishery (up to Elk Creek).
Cutthroat trout fishing should be fair to good, with fish spread through the river system. Sea-run cutthroat have been moving through the tidewater and should be making their way upriver.
The Nestucca River (up to First Bridge) and Bay, and the Little Nestucca River is open to fall Chinook fishing Aug. 1 to Nov. 30. There have been a few fish caught in the esturay but fishing won't pick up until September and salmon won't move into the river in any numbers until the fall rains come.
The daily adult wild Chinook salmon bag limit is one fish in aggregate. No more than five adult wild Chinook salmon may be retained for the period in aggregate.
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