BEND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon fish biologists say anglers can still find good steelhead fishing on the Lower Deschutes despite smaller runs.
This year’s steelhead run is expected to be above average. Last year’s run set a record, with more than 500,000 steelhead making their way over The Dalles Dam by mid-October.
So far this year, only about 330,000 have done so.
Steelhead are large, ocean-going rainbow trout. Anglers prize them for their feistiness.
The fish return to the Deschutes River from the Pacific Ocean via the Columbia River. They must make their way over Bonneville Dam and then over The Dalles Dam before they can turn south into the Deschutes.
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Information from: The Bulletin, http://www.bendbulletin.com
