It has been a good year for fish returns in the Columbia River, and the high numbers of summer steelhead passing through Bonneville Dam are enough to keep fishing open on the Lower Deschutes River.

The Upper Deschutes Basin is seeing one of its strongest steelhead returns in years, but the comeback is being driven almost ...

PENDLETON — Salmon and steelhead are returning to spawn in McKay Creek, a tributary of the Umatilla River near Pendleton, thanks to a fish passage project that dropped part of the weir that blocked ...

TILLAMOOK, Ore. — Volunteers help create a stronger fishing future on many Oregon streams. That’s especially true for a group of anglers who live for winter steelhead fishing on Tillamook County’s ...

Improved ocean conditions and local ecosystem work have set the stage for a record number of adult steelhead returning to the Upper Deschutes River. During the 2024-2025 steelhead run, over 950 fish ...

Skiers and snowmobile riders may lament winter’s tardiness, but the balmy conditions have been a boon for steelhead anglers. Fishing for the ocean-going rainbow trout has been especially good recently ...

It’s the last weekend of summer and the forecast predicts sun and highs in the 70s on the horizon. Couldn’t really ask for more. Temperatures may even get to the 80s early into next week. And with the ...

As updated through 2024 fish returns, the report shows six Snake River steelhead populations, 27% of the species’ total number, are on the critical list, below the extinction threshold or heading ...

Kyle Bratcher had been warning Northeastern Oregon steelhead anglers this summer to brace for a fall of futility. A season of fruitless casts and unnecessary nets. But then, after three weeks or so ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon biologists have recorded the highest number of adult steelhead trout to return to the Deschutes River since the 1960s. Members of the Pelton Round Butte hydroelectric ...

Imagine a place where trophy walleyes can be caught, fisheries biologists encourage you to keep what you catch, and there is no daily creel limit in effect. Welcome to Oregon, a state where walleyes ...