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Montana Fish Report

The lower Nehalem mainstem is still in decent shape this week


by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
4-8-2026
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The lower Nehalem mainstem is still in decent shape this week. There are no hatchery releases on the mainstem Nehalem, so it is mostly a catch and release fishery, but should still provide good opportunity for hooking wild steelhead. The lower Nehalem produced some decent fishing fishing last weekend and remains a good pick for catch and release steelhead fishing this week. The upper Nehalem River (above the Hwy 26 bridge at Elsie closed to angling on April 1).





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OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Wednesday, April 8th
Deschutes River- Lower: First spring Chinook season in the Lower Deschutes since 2018 to open May 5-20
Beulah Reservoir: Beulah is around 62 percent full
Chewaucan River: Fishing will start to pick up as temperatures increase this spring
Chickahominy Reservoir: The reservoir still has plenty of water and conditoins have been ideal
Delintment Lake: There are plenty of holdover trout available in Delintment Lake this year
Fourmile Lake: The lake is currently 36 percent full
Holbrook Reservoir: Access is available and fishing will get better as water temperatures increase
Upper Klamath Lake: The lake is 0.7 foot below full pool and 89 percent full
Krumbo Reservoir: The reservoir was stocked this spring with 13,000 legal rainbow trout
Malheur Reservoir: Conditions should be ideal
Malheur River: Malheur River Report
Mann Lake: Mann Lake was stocked with fingerling Lahontan Cutthroat in October
Owyhee Reservoir: Owyhee Reservoir is around 65 percent full
Owyhee River- Lower: Flows from the dam are around 111 cfs
Pole Creek Reservoir: Recent samplings showed the reservoir is loaded with small crappie
Sprague River- North Fork: Flows are declining and still not very fishable
Kilchis River: The Kilchis will remain low and clear for another week

OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Reports
for Tuesday, April 7th
Agency Lake: Angling is fair for Redband Trout
Campbell Reservoir: Fishing should pick up with this unusually warm weather
Gerber Reservoir: Fishing should improve for brown bullhead using bait on the bottom
Haines Pond 1: Haines pond is very low
Klamath River - Upper - OR: Klamath River Fishing Report
Lake Of The Woods: Largemouth and smallmouth bass fishing is picking up
Link River : A few Redband Trout are being caught
Lost River: Water quality is fair
Miller Lake: Access is likely available
Detroit Reservoir: The reservoir is continuing to slowly fill up with the help of last week's rain
Santiam River ( North Fork) : The river is currently running at 2,500cfs at the gage in Mehama
Santiam River (South Fork): Flows are currently at around 2,900cfs at the gage in Waterloo