Nestucca River

The "Big" Nestucca River flows for about 57 miles (92 km) through forests near the Pacific coast of northwest Oregon in the United States. It drains a timber-producing area of the Northern Oregon Coast Range west of Portland.

The Nestucca River has some of the finest native winter steelheading on the west coast with a large run of native steelhead, this with a hatchery return offers a five month winter steelhead season. The opportunity for double digit days are very real during the peak of the native run from mid February through late march when the water conditions are right. With the average fish weighing eight to twelve pounds and fish in the twenty pound class often caught in the months of February, March and April making it truly a world class fishery. Spring chinook run from May through July, some of the meanest fighting salmon you will catch with the average weighing about twenty pounds. Summer steelhead begin to show in June and run through September with fish weighing six to ten pounds. Fall chinook run September through December. These fish will weigh from twenty to forty pounds. The Nestucca has around fifteen miles of floatable water. It varies from technical water to a calm river winding through the pasture land of the Nestucca Valley before entering the ocean at Pacific City.

Steelhead Native*: Jan - April & Nov - Dec  •  Steelhead Hatchery: Jan - Dec  •  Chinook (King)*: April - Nov
Coho (Silver)**: Aug - Oct  • Cutthroat **: Jan - Dec

*All wild (non-fin clipped) fish must be released.
** Catch & Release Only

Trask River

The Trask River is in northwestern Oregon in the United States. It drains a mountainous timber-producing area of the Northern Oregon Coast Range west of Portland into Tillamook Bay and the Pacific Ocean. It is one of five rivers—the Tillamook, the Trask, the Wilson, the Kilchis, and the Miami—that flow into the bay.

The Trask River is a medium sized stream that only has around 8 miles of floatable water. This river does not get hatchery planted fish, but the Wilson and Kilchis fish are raised at the Gold Creek Hatchery including the broodstock steelhead which a ton find their way into the Trask as the river dumps into Tillamook Bay close to the Wilson and a lot of these fish return to the hatchery where they were raised on the Trask. September brings a return of fin clipped coho salmon which is the only river in the immediate area with them. October the fall chinook start and run through November. The Trask also has a good return of hatchery spring chinook. The Trask doesn't receive as much pressure as some of the other local rivers in the area.

The river is known for its runs of Steelhead and Chinook salmon.

Steelhead Native*: Jan - April & Dec  •  Steelhead Hatchery: Jan - Dec  •  Chinook (King)*: April - Nov
 Cutthroat **: Jan - Dec

*All wild (non-fin clipped) fish must be released.
** Catch & Release Only

Wilson River

The Wilson River is about 33 miles (53 km) long, flows from the Northern Oregon Coast Range to Tillamook Bayin the U.S. state of Oregon. Formed by the confluence of its Devil's Lake Fork and its South Fork, it runs generally west through the Tillamook State Forestto its mouth near the city of Tillamook. It is one of five rivers—the Tillamook, the Trask, the Wilson, the Kilchis, and the Miami—that flow into the bay.

The upper floatable stretch of this river is very scenery and where you encounter the more technical water. It has returns of all of the salmon and steelhead so there is fish in it year round, as well as a broodstock program for the steelhead to go along with the hatchery. The Wilson is a very popular river due west from Portland and with the town of Tillamook near the end of the river.

Steelhead Native*: Jan - March & Nov - Dec  •  Steelhead Hatchery: Jan - Dec  •  Chinook (King)*: April - July & Oct - Dec
Coho (Silver)**: Aug - Oct  • Cutthroat **: Jan - Dec

*All wild (non-fin clipped) fish must be released.
** Catch & Release Only

Kilchis River

The Kilchis River is a small stream that rises fast, but is the first to come back into shape. It has a small run of hatchery steelhead along with a large return of native steelhead. It also has a late run of chinook salmon which are targeted in December. The upper portion of the boatable water is a beautiful scenic run which eventually winds down through the farmlands of the kilchis valley before entering Tillamook Bay about a mile north of Tillamook. The Kilchis River runs a beautiful blue green/turquoise color which is unique for this area. Chum salmon also return in large numbers, with a two week season for catch and release only in November.

The river has good runs of steelheadand fall Chinook salmon. Because much of the land along the lower stretches is private, fishing is often done by drift boat launched from boat ramps at Kilchis County Park, County Park, and Mapes Creek. Anglers may also fish from stream banks on public land in the Tillamook State Forest.

Steelhead Native *: Feb - Mar •  Steelhead Hatchery: Jan , May*** - Sep***, & Nov - Dec •  Chinook (King) *: Sep - Nov
Chum **: Sep - Nov  • Cutthroat **: Jan - Dec

*All wild (non-fin clipped) fish must be released.
** Catch & Release Only
*** Wilson River Strays

Miami River

**Bank Fishing Only**

The Miami River is a stream, approximately 13 miles (21 km) long, on the coast of northwest Oregon in the United States. It drains a mountainous timbered region of the Northern Oregon Coast Range west of Portland, into Pacific Ocean.[3][4]

The river rises in northern Tillamook County in the Tillamook State Forestand flows generally southwest, entering the north end of Tillamook Bay near Garibaldi. Descending swiftly from 1,782 feet (543 m) to near sea level, the Miami does not pass through any communities.[3][4] It is one of five rivers—the Tillamook, the Trask, the Wilson, the Kilchis, and the Miami—that flow into the bay.[6]

The river's name is based on the Chinook Jargon phrase Mi-me Chuck, meaning a tributary or downriver stream. Over time the expressive became corrupted into Miami, the familiar place name used in Ohio, Florida, and elsewhere