Montana Fish Report

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

The Coquille 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. Anglers were reporting good catches of steelhead on the upper South Fork Coquille in the past couple of weeks. Steelhead are being caught on yarn balls, eggs, and even spinners. In the Coquille Basin 1 additional hatchery steelhead may be retained per day for a total aggregate of 3 adult fish harvested daily.

Beginning Jan. 1, anglers will have the opportunity to harvest 1 wild steelhead per day, 3 for the season from the East Fork Coquille River. The open area for steelhead fishing in the East Fork remains the same as in past years. These regulations are listed in the 2018 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations booklet.

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