Once the water conditions improve after the weekend rains anglers can anticipate better angling as fresh winter steelhead make their way towards the Clackamas River; an occasional winter steelhead has been landed along Meldrum Bar and near the Clackamas River mouth at the “blacktop.” Also of considerable interest is the fact that a handful of spring Chinook have already been recorded in the catch.

Passage counting at Willamette Falls for coho is about over, although a late straggler or two could swim by. There has been one coho pass at the falls in nearly four weeks. Counts are well underway for winter steelhead and were showing some signs of life before the high, turbid water arrived early this week. Once the river settles back down passage will improve heading into late January. The total passage of winter steelhead through January 15 stands at 570.