Montana Fish Report

Streams and rivers are now closed to trout fishing until May 22, 2018.

The Coos Basin steelhead rivers are open until April 30. The majority of the steelhead run has entered the rivers but there are still a few fresh steelhead running up the rivers. Steelhead anglers are having success fishing eggs or yarn balls along the bottom or by fishing a jig suspended below a bobber. In the Coos Basin, 1 additional hatchery steelhead may be retained per day for a total aggregate of 3 adult hatchery fish harvested daily.

Anglers fishing the South Fork Coos River above Dellwood will need a permit from Weyerhaeuser, which allows the angler access up to the Seven Mile Bridge. Permits can be obtained at Weyerhaeuser’s Coos Bay office.

Recreational fishing for bottomfish is open in the ocean along with bays and estuaries. The daily bag limit will be 5 marine fish plus 2 lingcod. There will be no retention of cabezon until July 1. Anglers have reported catching rockfish and lingcod inside Coos Bay near the north jetty.

Crabbing and clamming updates can now be found in the Crabbing and Clamming section of the Recreation Report.