Water conditions on the Willamette have begun to look more like summer than early March as flows decrease and the visibility improves. An occasional winter steelhead has been landed at Meldrum Bar and near the Clackamas River mouth at the “blacktop”, along with a handful of spring Chinook recorded in the catch around Oregon City and in the Milwaukie area. Heading into March the springers should begin to show up in better numbers so get the gear and boat ready to hit the river.

Passage counting at Willamette Falls for coho came to close at the end of January with the unofficial final season count standing at 18,062, ending an excellent coho run for 2014-2015. The total passage of winter steelhead through March 1st stands at 2,423. As of yet no spring chinook have passed through the ladder but it’s early.