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Date	03-Mar-10
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Conditions : UMPQUA RIVER: Estuary - Both sturgeon and striped bass fishing have been slow in the lower Umpqua. Crabbing has also slowed down recently. Sturgeon fishing tends to improve in February and March. Check with the Coast Guard for new deadlines in the lower Umpqua when the bar is closed

Main - Remember the main stem Umpqua is closed to wild steelhead harvest, but remains open year-round for adipose fin-clipped steelhead. The recent warm rain helped move the steelhead throughout the basin. Angling has been good recently in the lower mainstem for catching and releasing wild steelhead. Please report anybody harvesting wild steelhead. Spring chinook should start entering the system. There have been only a few scattered reports of chinook being caught. There was a good jack count in 2009, so run should be similar to last year which had over 14,000 spring chinook at Winchester Dam.

North - Remember that only adipose fin-clipped steelhead can be harvested on the North Umpqua. Fishing has been good on the North. Through the end of January over 2,500 winter steelhead had crossed Winchester Dam. This represents one of the best counts through the end of January in the last 10 years. The North is open to catch-and-release trout fishing from the mouth upstream to Soda Springs Dam.

South - The South Umpqua opened for winter steelhead on Dec. 1. Fishing is good and steelhead are being caught from Canyonville down to River Forks. Hatchery fish are already being caught in the Canyonville area by boat and bank anglers. The number of hatchery steelhead should start improving this winter. Last year 91,000 hatchery smolts were released and this year over 100,000 smolts should be released. From 1999 - 2006, the South Umpqua hatchery program released an average of 83,000 smolts. Most Umpqua steelhead come back as 2-salt fish, so while fishing for one-salt hatchery fish will be average, fishing for hatchery fish will improve even more in 2011 and 2012. Only adipose fin-clipped steelhead can be harvested.

Reported by: Oregon D.F.W

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About: - The Umpqua River, is one of America's premier fishing rivers. Originating at Diamond Lake in the Cascade Mountains, the Umpqua flows through the Oregon Coast Range to meet the Pacific Ocean near Reedsport Oregon. The river contains a variety of fish species and supports year-round fishing. Boat ramps are numerous all along the length of the lower river. Winchester Bay, at the mouth of the river, is a major sport fishing destination and also has ocean charters. The upper two forks of the Umpqua River east of Roseburg are also popular for fishing Driving Directions: The lower Umpqua River is paralleled by Hwys 38 and 138. Hwy 101 crosses the Umpqua at Reedsport, Oregon.			Steelhead Chinook Coho Salmon Shad Smallmouth Bass

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