UMPQUA RIVER: Estuary - Ocean chinook fishing out of Winchester Bay is starting to pick up. The South Jetty has continued to provide good rockfish angling. Surfperch fishing has been spotty above Winchester Bay. Crabbing continues to improve. Both sturgeon and striped bass fishing have improved recently in the lower Umpqua. Check with the Coast Guard for new deadlines in the lower Umpqua when the bar is closed (541-271-4847).Main - Remember the mainstem Umpqua is closed to wild steelhead harvest, but remains open year-round for adipose fin-clipped steelhead. Please report anybody harvesting wild steelhead to OSP. Chinook fishing is open year round for 2 adults per day (wild or finclipped) and 5 jacks (15 to 24 inches). Bass fishing is picking up now throughout the mainstem.
North - Remember that only adipose fin-clipped steelhead can be harvested on the North Umpqua. There is a North Umpqua summer steelhead hatchery program, so the number of fin-clipped steelhead available for harvest should increase as summer approaches. Chinook fishing in the North Umpqua closes July 31. The North is open to catch-and-release trout fishing from the mouth upstream to Soda Springs Dam.
The South Umpqua is open to trout and smallmouth bass fishing. The South and its tributaries are open from Jackson Creek downstream to the mouth. Jackson Creek and above is closed to angling. Tributaries to the South Umpqua, plus Cow Creek and its tributaries require the use of artificial flies and lures. Bait is allowed in the mainstem South. Bass fishing in the South is fair to good.