Drifter2007:
I see that starting about 9/9 the coho have been coming over the falls. Increasing every day. Last date shown was 9/19 with 451 adult coho.
Has anyone been out yet? I am going to go on Saturday. Will also bring smallmouth stuff.
Question on regs: Can you use barbed hooks here? Our salmon regs are so hard to follow.
elstunar:
Been thinking about giving it a shot, however counts are lagging quite a bit behind last year. I believe barbs are OK here.
C_Run:
I got one on October 1 last year out of the Santiam. There were more at that time than this year. I will give it a shot soon anyways.
Dungydog:
I'm hoping to make it out there next week.
Upstream of the falls for coho is barbless artificial lures only.
rogerdodger:
--- Quote from: Dungydog on September 26, 2025, 06:41:06 AM ---Upstream of the falls for coho is barbless artificial lures only.
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I can't find that restriction in the Regs.
Exceptions for Willamette river mainstem, above the falls, I'm not seeing barbless required anywhere and bait is allowed except a short stretch between 99 bridge/Harrisburg and mouth of the McKenzie.