Fishing Reports

Outdoor Report 11/16
Outdoor Report 11/16

A lot of the chinook have moved into the rivers now, but you can still find fall chinook at the coast. The rivers will continue to fish for the next few weeks, as the water level starts to go down plug fishing will be the go-to. …

Outdoor Report 11/24
Outdoor Report 11/24

Rain, rain, rain, that has been the name of the game these last few weeks. It is getting late in the season, but anglers that are still in search of fall chinook can find them in most of the Tillamook area rivers.  While there m …

Outdoor Report 11/30
Outdoor Report 11/30

Looks like we are finally getting a reprieve from the rain this week.  It’s time to start thinking about winter steelhead.  We are getting reports daily of steelhead being caught in most of the local tributaries.  We expect to s …

Outdoor Report 12/7
Outdoor Report 12/7

Winter steelhead are here!  Virtually every river system has had a few winter steelhead caught in them.  The smaller tributaries such as Big Creek, Gnat Creek, North Fork Nehalem and Necanicum River typically have early returnin …

Outdoor Report 12/14
Outdoor Report 12/14

 Winter steelhead have started to enter virtually all the local and North Coast streams. The smaller creeks like Big Creek, Gnat Creek, Eagle Creek etc, will get the bulk of their hatchery fish returning now through the f …

Outdoor Report 12/21
Outdoor Report 12/21

The water has been low and clear lately so there has been a little less pressure on area rivers.  That doesn’t mean there are not fish around, you just need to alter your tactics a little bit.  When the water gets clear and cold …

Outdoor Report 12/28
Outdoor Report 12/28

The cold weather this week has brought river temps down as well as made waters clear, steelhead fishing remains consistent and continues to improve daily.  We had reports from most of the north coast streams that they have fresh …

Outdoor Report 1/4
Outdoor Report 1/4

Winter steelhead fishing is now officially in full swing!  There has been a decent mix of wild and hatchery steelhead for anglers to target on all local and coastal rivers. Reports say there has also been some very big fish arou …