Oregon Fish Report
Coast Fork Willamette River Fish Report for 5-26-2026


Coast Fork Willamette River Updates

Coast Fork Willamette River - Cottage Grove, OR (Lane County)


by OR Department of Fish & Wildlife Staff
5-26-2026
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Was stocked the week of May 18th and will be stocked again the week of June 8th with 1,000 hatchery rainbow trout.

Chinook fishing should get going in mid-May and really heat up in June.

The river is open to fishing all year for trout, hatchery Chinook salmon, hatchery steelhead and wild steelhead over 24 inches.

Use of bait allowed April 22 – Oct. 31 but beginning Nov. 1 anglers may only use lures and artificial flies. In addition to five hatchery trout, two wild trout may be kept daily. 




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