Spring Chinook fishing slowed a little on the Nestucca and Little Nestucca this week. Some rain predicted for later this week should bring in some fresh fish and get holding fish back on the bite. The best fishing has been in the lower river downstream of Three Rivers the past couple weeks, but there are still fish coming into the bay and should be some fish upstream of Three Rivers as well. The Little Nestucca river should have some springers, and those fish are showing up in the river up to Stella Falls.

The Nestucca also gets a hatchery summer steelhead run, and fishing has been fair to good. The best fishing is probably between 1st bridge (near Beaver) and Cloverdale, but there are fish in the upper river as well.

Trout season opened in the streams May 22 and there are cutthroat trout throughout the Nestucca basin. Sea-run cutthroat should be starting to show up in tidewater.