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Winter and Summer Steelhead Overlap During April at Winchester Dam

April is a transitional month on the North Umpqua River. Both late winter steelhead and early returning summer steelhead are migrating upstream, and the very first spring chinook are starting to arrive. We will be updating our species count posts to reflect these observations, particularly given current river flows and temperatures that are running more like May than April. ODFW's official statistical count estimate program uses April 30 as the cutoff for winter steelhead totals, which includes early summer steelhead observed in their random sample counts.

Powerhouse Electric Joins Hatchery Rebuild Project

Powerhouse Electric Joins Hatchery Rebuild Project

Umpqua Fishery Enhancement Derby teams up with Powerhouse Electric to help the North Umpqua River Spring Chinook program at Rock Creek Hatchery as part of the rebuild hatchery project.

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First Spring Chinook Appears on March 24th

First Spring Chinook Appears on March 24th

March was another great month for fish returning to the North Umpqua River. Not only did 4,000 winter steelhead pass upstream to add to the current total count of over 10,000, a few early spring chinook migrated through the fish ladder. The first one was a beautiful large fish and arrived on March 24th. This springer will find a quiet, deep pool in the river to hold during its no-food diet until September when it will spawn in a nearby gravel riffle.

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8,000th Winter Steelhead Counted in North Umpqua

8,000th Winter Steelhead Counted in North Umpqua

What's so special about this winter steelhead counted on March 10th at 8:05 PM by our project? It is the 8,000th fish for the 2025-26 North Umpqua River return and reported just a day after it occurred. There will be several more steelhead migrating upstream to spawn over the next several weeks to count and update for everyone. The total count could reach 10,000 by the end of April and be one of the highest number for this population in recent years. Thank you for watching our LiveCam Video.

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Watch for Spring Chinook at Winchester Dam

Watch for Spring Chinook at Winchester Dam

Spring weather is here and that means Spring Chinook will arrive in the next few days. The water temperature just hit 50 degrees for the first time in 2026, which is a great predictor for the arrival of the first springer in the North Umpqua River.

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Watch Steelhead Easily Traverse the Fish Ladder

Watch Steelhead Easily Traverse the Fish Ladder

Are you watching... 12 steelhead passing through the fish ladder in just 15 minutes. This year’s returns continue to be very high numbers and it is still 60 days away from the end of the migration period. A great start to the month of March.

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New Live Fish Chart Features Added

New Live Fish Chart Features Added

Moses built some more features on the new live dashboard! There is now live season fish charts showing this year's run compared to last year as well as lots of other data. You can check it out at https://live.umpquafish.com/ Great job Moses Finlay!

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