UMPQUA RIVER, NORTH: steelhead The final count for spring chinook was 7,677 fish. As of Sept.30, 124 coho and 5,826 summer steelhead have passed Winchester Dam. Remember that only adipose fin-clipped steelhead can be harvested on the North Umpqua. The North is open to catch and release trout fishing from the mouth upstream to Soda Springs Dam. Season opened for adipose fin-clipped coho on Aug. 1. There will be few fin-clipped coho returning to the North Umpqua this year since the hatchery program was discontinued in 2005. There will still be fin-clipped coho in the mainstem Umpqua. The North closed to chinook fishing on July 31 and will not re-open until Jan. 1.

Reported by: Oregon D.F.W