Texas Fish Report
Summer steelhead fishing has been good on the Clackamas
by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
5-29-2024
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Summer steelhead fishing has been good on the Clackamas. Pressure has been decent, but there are a lot of bright fish being caught. Spring Chinook are also now in the system and starting to be caught. Number should only increase in the coming weeks.
The winter steelhead return continues to be excellent on the Clackamas River. The current run prediction is for over 4,000 returning adults. Only in 1962 and 1971 have we had more than 3,000 unmarked winter steelhead return to the trap.
Latest creel showed bank effort is mostly Dog Creek area. Boats were checked from Feldheimer to Carver ramp.
Preliminary catch/effort estimates for Clackamas River (Rivermill Dam-Hwy 99 Bridge), May 13 - May 26:
127 boats
- Chinook- 11 kept, 21 released
- Steelhead- 32 kept, 0 released
288 bank anglers
- Chinook- 12 kept, 0 released
- Steelhead- 69 kept, 0 released
USGS hydrological data readings from the Estacada gauge near Milo McIver State Park. Hydrologic data and river forecasts can also be accessed on the NOAA/National Weather Service NW River Forecast Center -- NW River Forecast Center.
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