Winter steelhead fishing is mostly over

Kilchis River - Idaville, OR (Tillamook County)


by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
5-5-2026
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No new reports from the Kilchis River. Winter steelhead fishing is mostly over and the Kilchis does not get any spring Chinook or summer steelhead so there won't be much going on there until trout season opens in the streams on May 22nd.




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