The last few days have had nice summer steelhead passage through the Willamette Falls Fish Counter. ODFW reports nice numbers of fish returning; so keep yourself posted to the Willamette Falls Fish Counts. My personal opinion is when the numbers breach 3,000 summer steelhead, it is good enough to have high probability of roping into some chrome bright fish. The numbers hit that 3,000+ mark from May 6th to May 7th, and then almost jumped another thousand fish since then to the 12th which is the last day of counted fish reported by ODFW.
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| Clackamas River Summer Steelhead |
| Daily | Cum | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 201 | 2,972 | 5/6 |
| 186 | 3,158 | 5/6 |
| 193 | 3,351 | 5/7 |
| 96 | 3,449 | 5/8 |
| 137 | 3,586 | 5/9 |
| 172 | 3,758 | 5/10 |
| 87 | 3,845 | 5/11 |
| 142 | 3,987 | 5/12 |
When the numbers are coming in; the counts will fall behind several days due to the spring chinook and steelhead literally having to be hand counted with pictures taken from a camera as they pass through the fish ladder. That is a good sign too, and that basically means that it is time to get out to the tributaries that come into the main stem Willamette River like the Clackamas, Santiams, McKenzie, and Middle Fork Willamette Rivers. The early fish are full of serious vigor, and if you have not hooked one, I strongly recommend trying getting out to experience one.
If you are interested in booking a guided trip for steelhead, call me at (541)-232-6360 or email me at fish@mckenzieangler.com .
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