Montana Fish Report

Fall Chinook fishing is starting in Tillamook Bay. Overall fishing is still slow, which is no surprise this early in the season, but there are some fish being caught in both the lower and upper bay. 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.

A wild coho salmon retention fishery opened in Tillamook Bay on September 10th. The Bay is open for wild coho three days a week (Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays) through October 26th. The bag limit is 1 wild adult coho per day and 3 for the season as part of the daily salmon/steelhead bag limit. See regulation updates online for more details.

Sea-run cutthroat trout fishing in the bay and tidewaters is slow as most fish have moved upstream into the rivers, but there is still some opportunity.

Fishing for rockfish and kelp greening should still be decent near the mouth of the bay (by boat or off the North Jetty). Lingcod 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.