Montana Fish Report

August 1st is the official start of fall Chinook season in Tillamook Bay but there won't be many around until September. Tillamook Bay and the rivers that empty into it have reduced bag limits for wild fall Chinook this year. The limit for wild adults is 1/day and 2/ season as part of the daily salmon and steelhead bag limit. Check the regulation updates online for more details.

Sea-run cutthroat trout fishing in the bay and tidewaters is usually pretty good through mid-August and there are some fish being caught.

Fishing for rockfish and kelp greening should still be decent near the mouth of the bay (by boat or off the North Jetty). Ling cod fishing will start slowing down inside the bay as the summer goes on, but there is still a chance. Surf perch fishing also slows down in the bay and anglers will find better success on the beaches during the summer.