• WILLAMETTE ZONE

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• ADAIR POND: Located adjacent to the ODFW’s South Willamette Watershed office, the pond remains open for warmwater fishing opportunities.

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• CLACKAMAS RIVER: Moving later into October angling for summer steelhead has begun to come to a close. It won’t be too many more weeks until some winter fish start to move into the system. The spring chinook fishery is likely over also, with the quality of any chinook caught at this time of year nearly certain to be poor.

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• The coho catch has been fair with reports of fish caught in most stretches of the river, some as far up as McIver Park. Coho jack numbers appear to be high, which should bode well for next year’s run. The greatest opportunity for bank anglers will likely be down in the Gladstone area closer to the river mouth and the bowling alley. Boat anglers are seeing a few fish in most holes all the way up to McIver Park.

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• Catching coho in the Clackamas can be tricky with most dedicated anglers working diligently for their catch; using quality eggs for bait can prove to be crucial. Anticipation is for this to be a very good coho season but more rain will help get some fresh fish into the system.

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• The river level has dropped over the past week due to no significant rainfall taking place. Monday readings for the Clackamas showed flows at 1,090 cfs (11.12 feet) with a water temperature of 52 degrees.

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• DETROIT, GREEN PETER AND FOSTER RESERVOIRS: Foster and Detroit Reservoirs were each stocked with 5,000 legal-sized trout last week.

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